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1). Alexander Tied NFL Record
Shaun Alexander from the Seattle Seahawks tied a NFL single season record for touchdowns (TD) on Saturday, after scoring three times against the NFL Indianapolis Colts. Alexander scored in the first, third and fourth quarters of the game. The mark was established by Priest Holmes from Kansas City Chiefs on September 27th, 2003.
Alexand...
2). Breeders’ Cup World Championship
The total purses for the Breeders’ Cup World Championship have been raised to $20 million, $6 million more than last year. Seven of the eight Breeders’ Cup races have increased their purses.
The Breeders’ Cup Classic which is powered by Dodge has increased its purse to $5 million that means $1 million more than last year. The horse rac...
3). Florida Gators: The New NCAA Champions
Florida Gators received on Monday their first NCAA Championship title after a basketball game played against UCLA Bruins which final score was 73 – 57. UCLA has already won 11 NCAA titles.
More than 43,000 fans were at the limit of their emotions cheering at their favorite team. Florida won the first 17 games of the season and then got...
4). International Spring Training
Baseball Team Detroit Tigers and The Italian National Baseball Team will play an exhibition game at Lakeland, Florida on March 4th. The Italians are preparing for the World Baseball Classic, for this reason, they will train in the Tigers’ spring training home from March 3rd to 6th, 2006.
Jason Grilli, who at the present time pitches fo...
5). La Flèche Wallonne 2006 Results
The Spaniard rider for the Caisse d'Epargne team: Alejandro Valverde has won La Flèche Wallonne. At the end of the race at Le Mur de Huy, Valverde left behind his compatriot from the Euskaltel-Euskadi team Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez who finished second. Karsten Kroon and his teammate Frank Schleck from the Team CSC finished third and fourth. T- Mobile...
6). New Rules For 2006 Formula One Season
2006 Formula One drivers will experience new rules for the 2006 season opening race in Bahrain next weekend.
The F1 season will start on Sunday with the Grand Prix in Bahrain which will have different rules compared to previous competitions. The Fédération Internationale de l’ Automobile (FIA) which is the governing body for motor raci...
7). NIT Versus NCAA National Championship
From March 14th and for the next three weeks until April 3rd, 64 NCAA College Basketball teams will be performing after one common goal: to win the National Championship in Indianapolis.
The top four seeds in the NCAA tournament are Duke University in Durham, North Carolina; Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania; the Universi...
8). Seattle Supersonics Full Of Energy
On the NBA round, Seattle Supersonics won again last night on a basketball game played against Indiana Pacers. For the third time in a row, the Sonics have shown their fans they are full of energy and they are improving their scoring techniques.
As back up guard Ronald Murray said: “We're just trying to bring whole lot energy, and keep...
9). Steve Smith: The Panthers’ Claw
Carolina Panthers’ Steve Smith is considered the Michael Jordan of the NFL after he decided to take the last game against Chicago Bears in his own hands and surprised everyone taking the breath out of the crowd.
The NFL player caught 12 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns; his 12 receptions tied for the second most in a NFL playoff...
10). The Eleventh Formula One Team is Ready to Start Engines
Formula One governing body: Federation Internationale de L’Automobile accepted on Thursday the eleventh team to be part of the 2006 Formula One World Championship for the first time since 2002. FIA gave the green light to the Japan’s Super Aguri Team to join the Formula One Championship after a late entry.
The team was left off the ini...
11). The Fiesta Bowl is Moving Out of Town
In College Football the Fiesta Bowl is saying good bye to the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona after 35 years since Arizona State beat Florida State 45-38 in the inaugural Fiesta Bowl on December 27th, 1971.
Next year, the College Football game will move across the Phoenix Metropolitan Area to Glendale, due to that all the proposals...
12). The Winner Arrived To The Indy Japan 300
The Indy Japan 300 has a new champion. After Dan Wheldon monopolized the championship for the last two years, a new winner has raised: Helio Castroneves. The pilot claimed his second straight win of the season on the IndyCar Series. The first one was the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Dan Wheldon was on the run towards becoming th...
13). Tragic Accident During the Indy Race
A tragic crash took away Paul Dana’s life during the Indy Race opening day at the Homestead-Miami Speedway last Sunday.
Ed Carpenter lost control and crashed his car against the wall and after some spinning ended up in the middle of the race track. Most of the drivers got to avoid hitting Carpenter’s car but Dana couldn’t. He crashed a...
14). Was Eriksson Tricked or Not?
England’s Soccer Team Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, was caught making controversial revelations to an undercover journalist from the News of the World.
During this “interview”, Eriksson affirmed that in case England won the Soccer World Cup 2006, he would quit his job and find a new one managing the Aston Villa if they were taken over by ...
15). Winter Olympics: Canada Lost Another Athlete
During the Winter Olympics tournament, the Canadian alpine ski team lost a second racer to injury. Allison Forsyth of Nanaimo, British Columbia, who is one of the country's top medal threats in long-track speed skating failed to live up to expectations.
The athlete shredded her left anterior cruciate ligament during training for Wednes...
16). World Cup 2006 And A New Communication System
A new communication system for referees is being implemented and hopefully will be ready for the World Cup 2006 that starts in Germany on June 9th.
It will be a way for the referee to communicate with the two assistants and the fourth official during the game. Last December FIFA rejected the idea of a smart ball, system that would avo...
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