The News Review:
- A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
- Maryland has its way with Purdue in Champs Sports Bowl
- UC Berkeley lacks parity in varsity sports
- Remembering top sports stories of 2006 _ starting with Tiger.
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- 2006: The Year In Sports
A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
ESPN – Dec 30, 2006
If Tiki stays true to his retirement word that would represent the most rushing yards for a player in the final regular-season game of his NFL career. The old record stood for 69 years. Hall-of-Famer Cliff Battles ran for 165 yards for the Redskins in his last regular-season game on Dec. 5 1937 against the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
Maryland has its way with Purdue in Champs Sports Bowl
USA Today – Dec 30, 2006
Sam Hollenbach passed for 223 yards and two touchdowns Lance Ball rushed for 98 yards and the Terrapins won the Champs Sports Bowl 24-7 on Friday night. Maryland blew a chance to play for the Atlantic Coast Conference title by losing to Boston College and Wake Forest by a combined 76-40 in November. “We didn’t want to go out the way we did end of the season with two losses it’s hard to swallow” said Maryland cornerback Josh Wilson who had an interception. The Terrapins (9-4) were able to keep Purdue’s offense the NCAA’s 10th best at 425 yards per game in check by blanketing its speedy wideouts batting down several passes — and keeping the ball away from the Boilermakers.
UC Berkeley lacks parity in varsity sports
San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 30, 2006
tmpl –>UC Berkeley ranks at or near the top of the nation’s elite universities in the number of women who play varsity sports the number of women’s teams the university subsidizes and the success of those teams in national competition. By most indicators Cal’s sports program for women and men alike has become more broadly successful in the last five to 10 years. tmpl –> Images.
Remembering top sports stories of 2006 _ starting with Tiger.
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 30, 2006
Remembering top sports stories of 2006 _ starting with Tiger. (30-DEC-06) Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL). And he was about to let go b.
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Press-Enterprise – Dec 30, 2006
12:56 AM PST on Saturday December 30 2006By BRDERICK TURNERThe Press-Enterprise CHARLTTE – Kwame Brown ranted. Story continues below. He was not going to take all the responsibility for the Lakers losing 133-124 in three overtimes to the Charlotte Bobcats Friday night at Bobcats Arena before 19561 fans and coming home 3-3 from this road trip.
2006: The Year In Sports
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription… – Dec 30, 2006
It is the Journal Sentinel’s No. 7 story of the year. A list of the year’s “biggest sports stories” always includes some combination of the following: teams that reached great heights or suffered abysmal seasons individuals who rose to rare and sustained brilliance and headline-grabbing developments such as major trades. The top 10 Wisconsin sports stories of 2006 as selected by the Journal Sentinel sports staff hits for the cycle. There’s a little bit of everything from the Packers Brewers Bucks and the state’s major universities. In order of impact and importance as determined in balloting here they are: 1. Season of change in Titletown: n Jan.
