Feb 17
Sooners post team score of 357.750, fourth-highest total in NCAA this season.
Feb. 16, 2008
IOWA CITY, Iowa – The fourth-ranked Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team posted its best score of the season, and Sooner gymnasts swept all six event titles en route to a 357.750-338.050 road victory over No. 10 Iowa Saturday afternoon. The Sooners’ team total was the fourth-highest score registered by any team in NCAA competition this season.
“We struggled a little bit on pommel horse, but we definitely got some momentum and ended up finishing pretty well,” said OU head coach Mark Williams. “Recording our highest team score at an away meet is impressive.”
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Feb 17
Valuev beats Liakhovich
NUREMBERG, Germany – Nikolai Valuev earned a chance at the WBA heavyweight title Saturday by beating Sergei Liakhovich of Belarus in a one-sided decision between former champions.
The seven-foot Russian, in one of his best performances, effectively used his left jab from the opening seconds to subdue the smaller fighter in the WBA eliminator bout.
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Feb 17
Poitrenaud had been recalled to France’s squad
France full-back Clement Poitrenaud has been ruled out of the Six Nations after breaking his ankle on Saturday.
Poitrenaud was stretchered off during Toulouse’s 41-15 win over Perpignan in the French championship and is expected to be sidelined for around three months
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Feb 17
One day after losing to Eastern Michigan in a high-scoring 12-7 affair, the Bucknell softball team dropped a 1-0 decision to the Eagles Saturday afternoon on day two of the Longwood Lancer Leadoff Classic. Christie Wiest (Centre Hall, Pa./Penns Valley) pitched a complete-game eight-hitter for the Bison, who fell to 0-3 on the season.
Erin Curatola (River Edge, N.J./River Dell) and Mary Pavlovich (Johnstown, Pa./Richland) each went 2-for-3 for Bucknell, while Jessie Snyder (Tacoma, Wash./Stadium) contributed a hit as the Bison touched Eastern Michigan starter Kari Chambers for five hits.
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Feb 17
THE AFL’s push to dominate western Sydney will be built on the code’s next TV deal, which is tipped to top $1 billion.
AFL broadcasting boss Gillon McLachlan believes the league can no longer simply rely on Sydney Swans in Australia’s biggest and toughest sporting market.
"It’s a huge market and a market in itself," McLachlan said.
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Feb 17
Junior pitcher D.J. Mathis throws two-hitter.
Feb. 16, 2008
Box Score
LAS VEGAS – The No. 9 Oklahoma softball team added another win on Saturday as it downed Illinois, 3-1, in its second game of the day at the UNLV Louisville Slugger Desert Classic. Oklahoma edged South Carolina, 2-1, in its first game of the day.
The Sooners are now 8-2 overall and 5-0 in this weekend’s tournament. Oklahoma will close out tournament action on Sunday with a 1:15 p.m. contest against Cal Poly on Sunday.
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Feb 17
I’ve been daydreaming a lot lately. Midwinter in CT has that effet on me. We spend a lot of time indoors during February. Even a simple trip to the driving range, is out of the question on icy, gray days with grounds covered in snow and winds whipping wildly.
My winter reveries are often inspired by virtual meanderings across the seductice landscape of the internet. Not long ago on a particularly dark and bitter day I discovered what is currently my ultimate fantasy. That day google search for “Luxury Golf Communities” led me to The Cliffs, a place where dreams (and daydreams) appear to come true… that is, if your dreams involve attractive people frolicking in gorgeous landscapes, playing relaxed rounds on masterfully designed courses. …and isn’t that what everyone fanasizes about?
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