A Long Wait to Win a Title Ends for Senior
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As a redshirt freshman four years ago, Louisiana State quarterback Matt Flynn stood on the sideline in the Superdome and watched his team win a national championship.
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By Steve Ford  Not all the talk around Victoria National Golf Club has centered around the USGA Senior Amateur Championship that runs through Thursday.
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Independence High School in Charlotte, N.C., had its 109-game winning streak end Saturday night when it lost at Cincinnatiâs Elder High in overtime, 41-34, in the Kirk Herbstreit Challenge. The streak, which began seven years ago, was the nationâs longest.Independence (1-1) had not lost since falling to Shelby Crest, 34-31, on Sept. 1, 2000.
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BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Phil Mickelson was hoping this was the season when he finally could wear the title of &quot;major champion.
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Sonia OâSullivan, who claimed silver for Ireland in Sydney four years ago, struggled home in last place in the 5,000m final in Athens tonight.
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There was a time when beating Holy Cross made the season for Boston College. Those who remember that era never dreamed there would be a BC senior class with a chance to sweep four games from national power Notre Dame.
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WORCESTER -- Saturday's Division 1 state final was postponed to yesterday because of rain, but the delay did nothing to dampen the Taunton Tigers' spirits.
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IT WAS typical of the trend of the match that it should finish this way. There was a power threat lurking from early on in a contest that took an age to warm up.
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Steve Stricker never lost hope, even when all the signs were stacked against him. He had gone 6 1/2 years and 146 tournaments since his last victory. Four times this year, he wasted prime chances to pose with the trophy.
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When Casey Capello made the decision to transfer from Notre Dame of Hingham to Archbishop Williams for her junior year, an influential factor was having the opportunity to play for a state championship.
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With a major championship in her grasp, Suzann Pettersen never flinched. Not at the furious charge from 18-year-old Na On Min, who made four straight birdies to pull within one shot. Not at the relentless pressure from Karrie Webb, who birdied the last two holes. And not at memories of a major meltdown 10 weeks ago.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. - Bryan Randall is wrapping up his college career in style, putting Virginia Tech on the verge of an unexpected championship.
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This is no time for Colin Montgomerie to get excited about Carnoustie. He already has suffered enough. The sometimes burly, often surly Scot should be positively chuffed with the British Open only a week away. Having gone 18 months without a trophy that belonged only to him, Montgomerie ended one of the longest dry spells of his career when his 6-iron somehow stayed out of the water on the 18th hole and he won the European Open by one shot.
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They stayed in school because there were more championships to be won. Now, Florida's juniors are one victory away from a three-peat at the Southeastern Conference tournament.
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Jennifer Capriati is one of the elder statesmen on this WTA circuit, having turned pro in 1990 at the age of 14, and folks have now taken to asking her if she&#39;s thought about retirement.
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ATHENS -- We'll have to wait until the lab reports come back. This is the modern era of track and field after all, when it can take four years for Olympic results to become final (right, Jerome Young?). But when the last baton crossed the line here last night, the US team had turned in a heck of a meet, ...
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When Georgia's seniors are introduced before their final game at Sanford Stadium, the crowd always sends them off with respectful cheers. Well, this group should get a rousing ovation.