Cooper Tire Names Ultimate Bowl Tour Grand Prize Winner
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FINDLAY, Ohio, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cooper Tire &amp; Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB) announces today that Robert Simmons of Baton Rouge, La.
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SHREVEPORT, La. (Sports Network) - Freshman quarterback  Bret Meyer passed for 113 yards and rushed for 121, leading the  Iowa State Cyclones to a 17-13 victory over the Miami-Ohio  RedHawks in the 29th annual Independence Bowl.
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George Hincapie won USA CyclingÂs national professional road-race championship, the first national road race for Americans only.
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ANDRE Stolz took the giant step from struggling rookie to season millionaire with a future secured by a two-year exemption when he won the US PGA Tour&#39;s Michelin Championship in Las Vegas.
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Fiji&#39;s Vijay Singh became the first player in PGA Tour history to earn more than $10 million in a single season with victory in the Chrysler Championship on Sunday.
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When Peyton Manning finally hoisted the Lombardi Trophy after leading the Indianapolis Colts over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI last Sunday, NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Tony Stewart, a tad superstitious as well as a home-grown Hoosier from Columbus, Ind., saw it as a good omen.
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By Dan Margolies, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jan. 30--The grand prize was a $1.3 million mansion in Parkville, complete with Bentley automobile.   The proceeds were to benefit spinal cord-injury research.
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Buccaneers quarterback Jeff Garcia is headed to the Pro Bowl for the fourth time, replacing Green Bayâs Brett Favre on the N.F.C. roster.
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - Woody Austin birdied the  first hole of a sudden-death playoff against fellow American  Tim Herron to win the $4.2 million Buick Championship on  Sunday.
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BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - Brett Favre hasn&#39;t had much success against the St. Louis Rams. But the three-time NFL Most Valuable Player will get to play them in his own backyard on Monday night.
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Louisville&#39;s JR Russell (3) lands in the end zone for a touchdown against Memphis&#39; Joshua Tinch (9) during the first quarter on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004,at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.
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Ricky's legend was growing. On Oct. 29 of last year, University of New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos brought his fourth-ranked Wildcats into McGuirk Alumni Stadium for a showdown with the seventh-ranked University of Massachusetts. Santos swaggered into town coming off an otherworldly game at Northeastern in which he completed 25 of 26 passes for five touchdowns.
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ANDRE STOLZ took the giant step from struggling rookie to season millionaire with a future secured by a two-year exemption when he won the US PGA Tour&#39;s Michelin Championship in Las Vegas.
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NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Southern California quarterback  Matt Leinart has been named the winner of the 70th Heisman  Trophy, college football's most prestigious individual honor,  at the Yale Club in New York City.
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The schoolâs all-time leader in sacks with 33, the senior defensive end added something even more prestigious to his legacy Wednesday as he was named winner of the Lombardi Award by the Rotary Club of Houston.
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BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - Two years ago, Carson Palmer won the Heisman Trophy after a fantastic outing against Notre Dame. Matt Leinart may have earned himself the same piece of hardware after his performance Saturday.
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Liz Johnson became the first woman to qualify for a PBA Tour event by finishing fourth in the qualifying round. The bowler from Cheektowaga, NY, was the top amateur Wednesday during qualifying for the PBA Uniroyal Tire Classic.