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In college football, it’s politics over playoffs

Posted by: singhbishan on: November 28, 2008

When she first uttered the phrase that would help Louisiana State win last season’s BCS championship, Kathy Miles was just trying to get her husband to look at the bright side.
Les Miles’ Tigers had just blown the inside track to the BCS title game, losing on the day after Thanksgiving in triple overtime to Arkansas. [...]

Tendulkar breaks Lara’s record

Posted by: singhbishan on: October 17, 2008

At 2.31pm, on a hot Mohali Friday, Sachin Tendulkar steered Peter Siddle towards the third-man boundary for three runs to break Brian Lara’s record for most Test runs. The record stood for nearly two years after Lara played his final Test and it was inevitable that Tendulkar would eventually break it.
The disappointingly small crowd, built [...]

Lack of quality spinner costs Australia

Posted by: singhbishan on: October 15, 2008

India-Australia matches are becoming increasingly tight contests – and the first Test in Bangalore wasn’t any different.
Winning the toss in the sub-continent has always been very important but on tracks like the one at the M._Chinnaswamy_Stadium, it’s almost a must.
Australia did the expected by choosing to bat first and piled on the runs. One could [...]