North Carolina, the ninth rank team in the nation, lost in upset to the College of Charleston. North Carolina had an 11-point lead but ended up losing 82-79 in overtime. Charleston's Andrew Goudelock led the Cougars with 24 points. Take a look:
You can also see the College of Charleston's article on the stunning win here.
Alabama's star running Mark Ingram has won the coveted Heisman Trophy. He is the son of former NFL wide receiver Mark Ingram, Sr. You can see Ingram's career stats here. Mark Ingram averaged over 100 yards per game in 2009. Ingram is the first Crimson Tide player to wind the Heisman.
80-year-old Florida State coach Bobby Bowden is retiring. He spent 34 years as the coach of the Seminoles. Bobby Bowden says, "Nothing lasts for ever, does it. But I've had some wonderful years here at Florida State." The Seminoles were only 6-6 this year, which is not a good season for the school that is used to winning.
Andrew Bailey Named Americal League Rookie of the Year
Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Andrew Bailey was voted the American League Rookie of the Year. Andrew Bailey had 26 saves and an ERA of 1.84 according to his stats. The AP says no other American League rookie pitcher had more than 2 saves. Take a look:
The Yankees beat the Angles 5-2 to return to the World Series. It's been a six year drought for the Yankees of not being in the World Series. For most baseball teams a six year drought would be nothing but for Yankee fans it has probably felt like a long time. Write-ups of game six can be found at the New York Times, Newsday and the Daily Fix.
The 2010 Winter Olympics torch relay began this week with a ceremony at Olympia in Greece. The relay will last 106 days and will eventually end in Vancouver, the host of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It was pretty cool how a parabolic mirror was used to use the Sun's ray to light the torch. Take a look:
Rush Limbaugh Dropped by Group Seeking Rams Purchase
There will be no NFL team for Rush Limbaugh. The AP says the conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dumped by a group that was seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts says Limbaugh was dropped from the group he heads because he had become a complication. Rush Limbaugh was once briefly a sports ommentator but quit following controversial racial remarks.
NPRreports that golf and rugby will be added as Olympic sports at the 2016 Olympic in Rio de Janeiro. Golf was last an olympic sport in 1904 and Rugby was last played at the olympics in 1924.
Both were reinstated for the 2016 and 2020 games after a vote Friday by the International Olympic Committee.
The vote also was a victory for Jacques Rogge, the IOC president who was re-elected to a final four-year term hours earlier. The 67-year-old Belgian, the president since 2001, was the only candidate.
"Time will show your decision [on the new sports] was very wise," Rogge said.
Each sport received majority support in separate votes after leading athletes and officials from both camps gave presentations, including a taped video message from Woods and other top pros. Woods has indicated he would play in the Olympics if golf were accepted for 2016.
It should be interesting. Both of the very different sports were strongly approved. Tiger Woods says he will golf for a medal in 2016.
Sweden's Mats Sundin announced Wednesday that he is retiring after the NHL career after a lengthy two decade career. He retires with many accomplishments but no Stanley Cup. He spent his last season with the Vancouver Canucks. You can see his career stats here. Mats Sundin is 38.
Caroline Wozniacki Ousts Oudin in U.S. Open Quarterfinals
Melanie Oudin couldn't make it past the U.S. Open quarterfinals but she shouldn be very happy with her U.S. Open performance since she surprised everyone by beating Elena Dementieva, Maria Sharapova and Nadia Petrova. As SInotes, Oudin's career may just be starting.
Oudin said that Wozniacki made her play a lot of defense and hit a lot of balls.
Everyone thought it was not going to happen but ESPN reports that Brett Favre has agreed to play a season with the Minnesota Vikings.
"I felt I did everything I possibly could do to get where I need to be," Favre said at his introductory news conference Tuesday. "You're 39, your arm may not feel like it did at 21. But the pieces are in place that you don't have to do that much and I agree with that.
"If they were willing to take that chance, I was, too."
Favre says he doesn't want to look back and say "what if" years from now Favre said, ""I don't know how I'll feel a year from now, five years from now, but I didn't want to say what if."
Amazingly fast sprinter Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has broken his own 100 meter record at the World Championships in Berlin. He ran the 100-meter dash in just 9.58 seconds. Take a look:
Michael Vick will return in an Eagles uniform after serving an 18-month sentence for running a dogfighting ring. It was just a couple weeks ago when Vick was reinistated by the NFL. Vick signed a 1-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles for $1.6 million.
TechCrunch reports that Sports Illustrated has partnered with Azuki systems to launch a swimsuit iPhone app. The app is billed as the "World's Sexiest App." It costs $2.99 and can be found here on iTunes. Below is a promotional video about the iPhone app.
The Vikings wanted Brett Farve but they won't get him. He won't be playing this eyar. Farve came out of retirement and played for the New York Jets last year and started 8 in 3 but then the Jets lost the last four of five. Perhaps his retirement is permanent this time.
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