January 4, 2012, 7:33 pm
Dave Martin/Associated Press Alabama running back Trent Richardson scores the game’s only touchdown with a 34-yard run late in the fourth quarter of the BCS national championship on Monday in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Rematch of the Century, it wasn’t. For Alabama, it was good enough for No. 1, if not a lot of style points.
The Crimson Tide romped to another BCS championship against top-ranked LSU with a smothering defensive performance Monday night, a numbing barrage of field goals and even a long-overdue trip to the end zone. Fin
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January 4, 2012, 12:48 am
While looking towards the new, we note the old golfing year has ended with a record from a most unexpected source. It seems that last Monday in his native Hawaii, US President Barack Obama set a personal best of 32 golf outings for 2011, outstripping the totals for his first two years in office.
Whatever about the American voters who will be going to the polls late this year, Obama’s obvious enthusiasm for the game would probably have prompted alarm bells for a celebrated predecessor, John F Kennedy.
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January 1, 2012, 2:26 am
CALGARY, Alberta—Canada will not play for the gold medal at the world junior hockey championships for the first time in over a decade.
The Canadians lost 6-5 to defending champion Russia in Tuesday night’s second semifinal despite a four-goal burst in the third period. Canada’s streak of playing in every final since 2002 ended. The Canadians were 5-5 in those games.
Russia will meet Sweden in the championship game Thursday after the Swedes beat Finland 3-2 in a shootout earlier Tuesday in the other semifinal. C
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December 30, 2011, 6:00 pm
The Arbitron ratings for the “Fall Book” came out last week and as Chad Finn of the Boston Globe reported, it was another victory for 98.5 the Sports Hub. However, it was the first ratings period in which WEEI was broadcasting under their new FM signal, 93.7 as well as 850 AM, and the upgrade helped.
The ratings period covered Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 among men 25-54, and both stations had plenty of sports topics to discuss. The
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December 18, 2011, 5:21 am