Monday, 28 February 2011
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Virginia Tech Drops No. 1 Duke
Filed under: Duke, Virginia Tech
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Terrell Bell scored 12 points, including five straight to give Virginia Tech the lead for good, and the Hokies beat No. 1 Duke 64-60 on Saturday night.
The Hokies (19-8, 9-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), badly in need of a signature victory to enhance their NCAA tournament credentials, got it thanks to 12-4 run over a span of 4 1/2 minutes that turned a 53-47 deficit into a 62-57 lead with 2 minutes remaining.
The Blue Devils (26-3, 12-2) had chances in the closing minute to pull even when Virginia Tech struggled at the free throw line, but couldn't capitalize. Duke had its seven-game winning streak snapped and allowed the Hokies to get a badly boost to their NCAA hopes.
Kyle Singler led Duke with 22 points and Nolan Smith had 18.Source: http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2011/02/26/virginia-tech-drops-no-1-duke/
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PGA Set to Host Another Pebble Beach Party for AT&T Pro-Am
Filed under: PGA
Yep, the PGA Tour is playing again this week. It's the Pebble Beach AT&T National Pro-Am.
That means Pebble Beach. Cool. Great tournament. There is the celebrity/amateur thingy that was once very, very hip when Bing Crosby was the host, but now too many people wonder "who the hell is Bing Crosby?" and Bill Murray, George Lopez and Andy Garcia are the celebrity headliners.
Play will be slow and the weather most-likely lousy, but there may be no greater piece of real estate in golf than Pebble Beach.
Remember, they did play the U.S. Open there last year.
Graeme McDowell won it, but Dustin Johnson came close. That's significant because Johnson did win the two Pebble Beach Pro-Am stops before that. So, despite the fact Johnson in June shot a final-round 82 to fall out of the hunt, he led after three rounds and also has been the winner at the previous two PGA Tour events at Pebble Beach by one shot over David Duval and J.B. Holmes last year and four in front of Mike Weir in 2009.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2011/02/09/pga-set-to-host-another-pebble-beach-party-for-atandt-pro-am/
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Angels Pitching Coach Mike Butcher Says He's Cancer Free
Filed under: Angels
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Angels pitching coach Mike Butcher said Friday that he is cancer free. He was diagnosed with thyroid cancer six weeks ago.
Butcher, who has participating in limited coaching duties so far this spring, had his thyroid gland and 14 lymph nodes removed on Feb. 10.
He said that a decision on his treatment would be made next month and that he was told he would not need chemotherapy.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/02/25/angels-pitching-coach-mike-butcher-says-hes-cancer-free/
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Alabama-Auburn Rivalry Reaches New Low: Tree Poisoning
Filed under: Alabama, Auburn, SEC
Sweet Home Alabama, where skies are so blue (and the trees are rotting from poison).
It's come to this, the 130-year-old oaks in Auburn's majestic Toomer's Corner have been poisoned and are in the process of dying. A 62-year-old man from Dadeville, Ala. was arrested Thursday in connection to the tree-poisoning, but anyone with an IQ above 16 -- insert SEC fan joke here -- suspected Alabama Crimson Tide partisans were to blame from the outset. After all, no one else hates Auburn this badly. Not even close. Now the South's biggest mystery since Who shot J.R.? is unfurling across the region.
It's a whodunnit bedecked in moonlight and magnolias -- "To Kill a Mockingbird" meets to "To Kill an Oak Tree."
Somewhere in Monroeville, Ala., the South's most famous living writer, Harper Lee, is quietly shaking her head. A tree-hating Boo Radley's afoot. Who could be so diabolical? Will ESPN refashion it's "Never Graduate" commercials to replace the nursing home partisans with botanical assassins? Or will the network just give up on satirizing the rivalry. After all, you can't satirize crazy. And every time we think we've seen the most ridiculous SEC antic, the state of Alabama is always there to remind us that we were sorely mistaken. Nope, they've seen your crazy and raised it beyond the point of contemplation.
How crazy are football fans in Alabama? Everyone in the rest of the SEC even thinks they're crazy. Think about this for a moment: the rest of the people in college football's biggest insane asylum have a profound respect for the insanity that is Alabama. But this latest mess, the killing of the trees, left Auburn fans comparing the trees dying to the murder of family members. Seriously. When I tweeted this consoling message to Tiger fans: "Auburn fans: The trees aren't dead because Cam Newton doesn't know the trees are dead. NCAA concurs," one of my followers was aghast:
@jeramye: "thanks Clay. I feel like a family member was murdered and you are making more Cam jokes. STFU"
He really wrote this. Other Auburn fans backed him up.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Source: http://ncaafootball.fanhouse.com/2011/02/16/alabama-auburn-rivalry-reaches-new-low-tree-poisoning/
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Tiger Woods Sits One Shot Off Lead After Wild, Windy Third Round
Filed under: PGA
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Tiger Woods overcame a poor start in windy conditions Saturday to shoot a par 72, one shot behind leader Rory McIlroy and two others going into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.
On dusty day in the desert when the wind reached 28 mph, Woods showed an uncanny ability to repeatedly rally.
He finished with a total of 7-under 209, behind second-round leader McIlroy (75), Denmark's Anders Hansen (71) and South Africa's Thomas Aiken (74). Woods is in a seven-way tie for fourth.
Woods shouldn't even be in contention going into Sunday. But the tough conditions took their toll on most of the top players, with McIlroy finishing at 3 over and Sergio Garcia -- who was eight shots ahead of Woods after nine holes -- finishing at 3 over and tied with Woods and five other players.
In an uneven round, Woods had an eagle, four birdies, four bogeys and a double bogey.Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Source: http://golf.fanhouse.com/2011/02/12/tiger-woods-sits-one-shot-off-lead-after-wild-windy-third-round/
