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It was the perfect end to a bizarre day of World Cup qualifying: the United States saved Mexico. The longtime rivals rarely do anything to help the other out, but on Tuesday there was no mistaking what took place. Mexico, which has struggled throughout the Concacaf qualifying tournament, was just minutes away from losing to Costa Rica, 2-1, and failing to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1982. El Tri’s only hope was that the United States, which was losing to Panama at the time, would somehow rally for at least a tie. The United States...

NASHUA, N.H., - Some parents with children at a New Hampshire elementary school said they disagree with the principal's decision to ban playing tag at recess. Principal Patricia Beaulieu of Charlotte Avenue Elementary School in Nashua posted a statement to the school's website saying the playground game was being banned due to recent injuries involving games of tag, WMUR-TV, Manchester, N.H., reported. "Playgrounds offer a chance for children to be active," Beaulieu wrote. "However, playgrounds also have risks, and numerous injuries have resulted recently on our playground, prompting us to review school playground rules with all students." "As you know,...

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: Oregon3: Clemson4: FSU5: THE Ohio State University6: LSU7: TAMU8: UCLA9: Louisville10: Baylor

School “zero tolerance” policies claimed another victim as Massachusetts high school student Erin Cox was suspended from her volleyball team after giving an intoxicated friend a ride home from a party. Police determined that Cox had not consumed alcohol, and agreed that the honors student had only come to a party featuring underage drinking in order to make sure a friend got home safely. But Andover High School decided to punish Cox anyway, determining that she had violated the school district’s zero tolerance policy against drug and alcohol use. Cox was demoted from her position as captain of the volleyball...

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When the Northwestern Wildcats face off against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Ryan Field in Evanston on Saturday, something will be missing: peanuts. Northwestern University is hosting its first peanut-free football game to give fans with allergies a chance to focus on the game instead of worrying about negative reactions to the popular stadium snack, which can range from mild irritation to life-threatening anaphylactic shock.

Reaching Rio would trigger an advertising bonanza as the ­country gears up for the massive tournament.­ Pubs would be packed, football shirt sales would rocket and supermarkets would be cleared of booze and snacks. But if the Three Lions lose to ­Poland tonight at Wembley and crash out of the play-offs, businesses up and down the country will be ­counting the cost. City experts ­calculate the once-­every-four-years party adds between £1bn and £2bn to the economy. Financial boffin David Bick ­reckons the tournament is one of the few sporting events which is watched by everyone throughout the nation. England’s last...

<p>Fighting in hockey is a rare sight on the international stage (especially in the women’s game), but according to Team Canada captain Hayley Wickenheiser, this isn’t the first dustup the two world powers have been involved in.</p> <p>“We had a similar scrap in 2010, so I guess we have one every Olympic cycle to get it out of our system,” Wickenheiser told reporters after the game, via Canoe.ca.</p>

As reported by WWLTV, the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the Associated Press, among other outlets, two referees who were working the St. Paul's School (Covington, La.) against Mandeville High (Mandeville, La.) football game were arrested on intimidation charges related to threats they allegedly made against a Covington police officer during the course of the game. The officer in question then reported the threat and shortly thereafter, both officials were escorted off the field by a group of three other police officers. The delay occurred in the middle of the third quarter of what eventually became a 20-3 St. Paul's victory....

England, the country that gives so many of the world’s top players employment and huge salaries in its Premier League, remains tenuously on the brink of the World Cup. A 4-1 home win over Montenegro at Wembley Stadium on Friday looked comprehensive, but on a raw, wet and windy night, it took an own goal, a penalty, a predatory strike from Wayne Rooney and a fabulous debut goal from the Tottenham winger Andros Townsend to subdue Montenegro. England’s passage to Brazil for the finals next year is not yet assured. England still needs to beat Poland at Wembley on Tuesday...

His leftist, politically-correct commentary during Sunday Night Football's halftime confirms his idiocy. He concluded that the name "Redskins" is offensive. No. It's not.NBC's removal of Keith Olbermann from SNF was not enough. Costas now must go.

So, at halftime of the Sunday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington REDSKINS, Bob Costas decided to lay down some wisdom on America. He started out okay in his discussion of Obama's new pet project, to pressure Washington into changing the name of the football team, but almost at the end when you were suffiently sucked in, he threw out the bombshell.....the use of the term "Redskins" is indeed offensive...a nasty slur. And there you have it. Just like Global Warming, um, I mean Climate Change, the debate about the term "Redskins" is now settled science....

With the crowd noise having to be filtered during the broadcast (or else that's all we'd hear), this a great video that shows just how loud it actually is on the field at Beaver Stadium.

COVINGTON, La. -- Two referees arrested during last night's St. Paul's vs. Mandeville game in Covington have now bonded out of the St. Tammany Parish Jail. 55-year-old Christopher Gambino of River Ridge and 54-year-old James Radcliffe of Metairie are both charged with one count of Public Intimidation for their involvement in an argument with Covington Police Officers during the third quarter of the game. Both Radcliffe and Gambino are free today, after posting $5,000 signature bonds late last night.According to police and witnesses, the incident began when the Chain Crew, the volunteers holding the yard markers at the game, got...

Cologne - Germany maintained their impeccable FIFA World Cup qualifying record by rubberstamping their ticket to Brazil 2014 with a 3-0 victory against the Republic of Ireland. Sami Khedira’s deflected strike was the home side’s reward for a dominant first-half and aside from a momentary scare either side of the interval, Joachim Löw’s charges were in complete control as Andre Schürrle added a superb second, before Mesut Özil's injury-time strike made absolutely sure the three-time world champions clinched top spot in European qualifying Group C with a game to spare.

(AP) -- Mexico needed a spectacular Raul Jimenez goal in the 85th minute to beat Panama 2-1 on Friday and revive its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. The result moved Mexico into fourth place in CONCACAF qualifying, three points ahead of Panama and three points behind third-placed Honduras with one game to play. The top three teams qualify automatically for the World Cup, while the fourth team faces an intercontinental playoff against New Zealand. In the last round of games, Honduras is away to already-eliminated Jamaica and needs only a draw to secure a World Cup berth, while...

UNIVERSITY PARK — The new building was beautiful, loud and packed to the rafters. And nearly all of those fans left with smiles on their faces. Aside from a few too many penalties, it was hard to ask for anything more of the Penn State ice hockey team in their new home, erupting for three third-period goals to put away Army 4-1 Friday night in the first game in Pegula Ice Arena. “When there’s a packed barn like that, and those fans are yelling,” said defenseman Nate Jensen, who scored the first goal in the new rink, “you get jitters,...

The 2-year-old son of NFL star Adrian Peterson died Friday in a South Dakota hospital after he was allegedly beaten by a man dating the boy's mother, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported. A release from the Sioux City police department said the toddler died "from injuries sustained during the aggravated assault Wednesday." It said it was witholding the child's name.

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A year after almost losing her life behind the wheel of a race car, former Formula One test driver Maria de Villota was found dead in a hotel room in Seville on Friday. Spanish police told The Associated Press that investigators did not find any drugs or signs of violence and "everything points to a death by natural causes." De Villota was 33. The police spokesman spoke on condition of anonymity in line with police policy. De Villota's manager alerted staff at the Hotel Sevilla Congresos. An autopsy will be carried out. De Villota was seriously injured last year in...

"I trust the players and I believe in them," he said. "I know how determined they are to do the job. "People do doubt sometimes. They can quote the statistics. We haven't had a marquee result. The one we had was the friendly against Brazil at home, or the draw away, but you can't have a marquee result in a friendly. "But we are a long way forward compared to how I felt 18 months ago. This is a perfect opportunity to prove that and improve the mood. "The nation wants us to be in Brazil. They expect us to...

Suzuka Race Date: 13 Oct 2013 First Grand Prix: 1987 Number of Laps: 53 Circuit Length: 5.807 km Race Distance: 307.471 km Lap Record: 1:31.540 - K. Raikkonen (2005)

The College Football Czar: Week 7 Week six in review: The NCAA has proceeded with its disastrous decision to appoint a college football playoff selection committee, and already, you can foresee the fabric of the game coming unraveled. Among the committee members who have been appointed to select the four semifinalists for the 2014 season is former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. Immediately, there came protests that Rice is unqualified, but then, what qualifications are there, really? If the idea is to make sure that the best team gets a shot at the national championship, then just about any fan...

Thursday, October 10 TIME (ET) MATCHUP 7:30 PM Rutgers at No. 8 Louisville 9:00 PM San Diego State at Air Force 10:30 PM Arizona at USC Friday, October 11 TIME (ET) MATCHUP 8:30 PM Temple at Cincinnati Saturday, October 12 TIME (ET) MATCHUP 12:00 PM No. 25 Missouri at No. 7 Georgia 12:00 PM No. 12 Oklahoma vs. Texas* 12:00 PM Iowa State at No. 20 Texas Tech 12:00 PM Pittsburgh at No. 24 Virginia Tech 12:00 PM South Florida at Connecticut 12:00 PM Indiana at Michigan State 12:00 PM Memphis at Houston 12:00 PM Eastern Michigan at Army 12:00...

Armstrong was open about his doping with Crow, never suspecting that she would tell anybody about it. "Rather than try to hide the transfusion from her, Armstrong was completely open about it," the authors write, according to the Daily News. "He trusted that Crow would have no desire to tell the press or anyone else about the team's doping program. He explained that it was simply part of the sport - that all cyclists were doing the same thing."

that was just plain strange (karma for the Rangers’ long goal on Jonathan Quick the night before, perhaps?), Hertl had another highlight-reel goal in the third period, beating Rangers goalie Martin Biron after putting the puck through his own legs. Hertl, playing his third NHL game, finished the night with four goals (and six in his last two), continuing the strong start this season by some of the league’s younger players.

THU, OCT 10 NY Giants at Chicago 8:25 PM SUN, OCT 13 Cincinnati at Buffalo 1:00 PM Detroit at Cleveland 1:00 PM Oakland at Kansas City 1:00 PM Carolina at Minnesota 1:00 PM Pittsburgh at NY Jets 1:00 PM Philly at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM Green Bay at Baltimore 1:00 PM St. Louis at Houston 1:00 PM Jacksonville at Denver 4:05 PM Tennessee at Seattle 4:05 PM Arizona at San Fran 4:25 PM Saints at New England 4:25 PM Washington at Dallas 8:30 PM MON, OCT 14 Colts at San Diego 8:30 PM Bye: Atlanta, Miami

England's chances of securing automatic qualification for next year's World Cup in Brazil will be in the balance when they host Montenegro in their penultimate qualifying match on Friday. Whereas victory at Wembley Stadium will preserve their place at the top of Group H ahead of next week's final game at home to Poland, anything less could dash their hopes of qualifying automatically. An added source of concern for England is that, in their eight games to date, they have only managed to beat Moldova and San Marino, the pool's two weakest teams. Their last meeting with Montenegro, in Podgorica...

St. Louis celebrated its tenth NL Central title after taking care of business against the Pirates winning 6-1

Former Cubs star Andy Pafko had a good bat, a memorable nickname and a reputation as one of the friendliest players in the game. Pafko, 92, died Tuesday in a nursing home in Stevensville, Mich., the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. A popular five-time All-Star who played 17 seasons and appeared in 24 World Series games — including the Cubs' last visit to the Series in 1945 — Pafko had a lifetime .285 average with 213 home runs and 976 RBIs playing for the Cubs, Brooklyn Dodgers and Milwaukee Braves.

It seems almost sacrilege that controversy over a new college football playoff system should be allowed to overshadow the last season of the controversial BCS. The BCS deserves center stage as it takes its last walk down the halls of horror. All this talk about whether Condoleezza Rice should be on a selection panel she has not yet been named to yet is a slap in the face to a BCS system that for 15 years has misfired more often than a Yugo. The first BCS Standings will be released Oct. 20 -- that's only a week from Sunday. Shouldn't...

Craig Kimbrel is supposedly the heir to Mariano Rivera. In his postseason career as closer, Rivera recorded 27 appearances of 2+ innings. Uribe bunted two balls foul, ... and then tomahawked a high fastball from David Carpenter into left-field stands for a shocking two-run homer .... Note that I wrote "David Carpenter" and not "Craig Kimbrel." The Braves had to win this game. Lose, and they go home. Somehow they lost -- in the late innings, no less -- without using the most dominant relief pitcher in the game. The sad thing is, Gonzalez apparently didn't even think of using...

It’s hard to watch any sporting event without seeing a commercial featuring a star athlete such as Peyton Manning or LeBron James. Now, a study published on Oct. 7 in Pediatrics shows that a lot of the foods they are promoting are unhealthy, concerning pediatricians because adolescents are among their primary viewers. “Professional athletes wouldn’t endorse tobacco today because it would be a liability for them,” lead study author Marie Bragg, a doctoral candidate in psychology at Yale University, told the Globe and Mail. “We’re hoping one day that the same would be true for unhealthy foods.” …

World famous German photographer Thomas Hoepker, sharing his memoirs on famous boxer Muhammad Ali with the Turkish audience, states he took 'legendary' photos of Ali. World famous German photographer Thomas Hoepker, sharing his memoirs on famous boxer Muhammad Ali with the Turkish audience, stated he took 'legendary' photos of him. Being in Turkey's Bursa city as a guest of "Third International Photography Festival in Bursa" Hoepker told his photography memories with famous boxer Muhammad Ali and said he had the opportunity to take each scene of him during a boxing match. "It was an incredible thing to approach him that...

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to be named to the College Football Playoff’s selection committee, a source told the Associated Press on Friday. Rice is the latest in a string of reported members of the upcoming committee, which will select the four teams to participate in the College Football Playoff that kicks off after the 2014 season. Earlier this week, CBSSports.com reported that West Virginia athletic director Oliver Luck, Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez and USC athletic director Pat Haden are all expected to be named to the 12- to 18-member committee. On Friday ESPN reported that...

Of all the records Peyton Manning is laying waste to through the first five weeks of this season -- 20 passing touchdowns, 1,884 passing yards, 230 points -- it is perhaps this number that best defines how dominant he and the Denver Broncos have been: minus-28. That's how many points Denver is favored by over the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 6 opening lines posted by the Las Vegas Hotel. According to The Gold Sheet, a sports-betting publication that has been tracking point spreads since the 1950s, that number ties the highest spread of all time, set by the Baltimore Colts...

Top 10: 1: 'Bama2: Clemson3: Oregon4: Stanford5: FSU6: THE Ohio State University7: UGA8: OU9: LSU10: Louisville

Police say two men were shot outside a Wilmington, Delaware store Saturday morning while they were camped out waiting for the release of a new Nike Air Jordan sneaker. The shooting happened around 5:30 a.m. outside the Sneaker Villa store located on the 600 block of North Market Street after an argument reportedly began.

Shortly after dawn on December 2 four men will set out to row across the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean on a fibreglass boat measuring no more than 30ft long and six foot wide. The crew of Endeavour will face mountainous seas, tropical storms and sweltering heat as they attempt to row the 3,000 miles from the Canary Isles to Antigua. That would be a challenge for anyone, but for two of crew the crossing will be particularly tough. Scott Blaney lost much of his right leg after being blown up by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) while serving...

I have seen/heard multiple sportscasters hammering Romo for trying to do too much; lack of judgement; recklessness...On the replay (from behind the pocket) Romo's left foot was clearly kicked by his lineman's right foot as he attempted the throw. Now, I am not a Cowboy fan, but he is being slammed mercilessly with no mention of what was clearly visible on replay. For goodness sakes, he threw for over 500 yds!

Developing. Car into fence, debris in stands.

Should Roy Hodgson drop Joe Hart for England?

Rodriguez took a swing for the fences in a bid to restore his reputation and lucrative career with the New York Yankees, accusing Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig in a lawsuit made public Friday of pursuing him in a “witch hunt” designed to smear Rodriguez’s character and cost him tens of millions of dollars. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in New York State Supreme Court by lawyers for the Yankees third baseman. It seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for what it alleges was a relentless campaign by the league and Selig to “destroy the reputation and career...

President Obama has been playing golf at a furious pace this year – already heading out more times than during any year of his presidency – but the government shutdown raises the prospect that his favorite leisure activity is about to be suspended. It’s unclear how a presidential golf outing could be justified as “essential,” which is the general standard for government activities that continue during the shutdown. When Obama is in Washington, he plays at one of two publicly funded courses – either the links at Andrews Air Force Base or at Fort Belvoir. His rounds are paid for...

The following is a correction to the Czar's pick on the Arizona State-Notre Dame game, which is being played in Arlington, and not in San Antonio, as is indicated in his original pick. Arizona State vs. Notre Dame The 3-1 Sun Devils stuck a fork in USC coach Lane Kiffin in a 62-41 runaway. Quarterback Taylor Kelly led the team in rushing with 79 yards on four carries, while also passing for 351 yards and three TDs. At 3-2, the Fighting Irish have lost to their first two ranked opponents: Michigan (41-30) and Oklahoma (34-20). Last week against OU, quarterback...

The College Football Czar: Week 6 Week five in review: Although the 2013 season has really just now gotten underway in earnest, there have already been two head coaches fired, and rightly so. USC finally tired of Lane Kiffin’s poor results and abrasive personality during his fourth season with the Trojans. The only reason Kiffin’s record at Southern Cal was as good as 28-15 was that he was fortunate enough to inherit QB Matt Barkley from his predecessor, Pete Carroll. It’s not just that Kiffin has only gone 10-8 since the start of the 2012 season, but the fact that...

Yeongam Race Date: 06 Oct 2013 Circuit Name: Korea International Circuit First Grand Prix: 2010 Number of Laps: 55 Circuit Length: 5.615 km Race Distance: 308.630 km Lap Record: 1:39.605 - S Vettel (2011) Friday Sunny 26C Saturday Rain 26C Sunday Rain 25C

Thursday, October 3 TIME (ET) MATCHUP 7:30 PM Texas at Iowa State 7:30 PM Western Kentucky at Louisiana-Monroe 10:00 PM No. 12 UCLA at Utah Friday, October 4 TIME (ET) MATCHUP 8:00 PM Brigham Young at Utah State 9:00 PM Nevada at San Diego State Saturday, October 5 TIME (ET) MATCHUP 11:30 AM Air Force at Navy 12:00 PM No. 7 Louisville at Temple 12:00 PM No. 25 Maryland at No. 8 Florida State 12:00 PM No. 20 Texas Tech at Kansas 12:00 PM Penn State at Indiana 12:00 PM Illinois at Nebraska 12:00 PM Ball State at Virginia 12:00...