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City wins English title for 1st time in 44 years
By ROB HARRIS | Associated Press – MANCHESTER, England (AP) — In the closing moments of the Premier League’s most dramatic season, Manchester City had just enough time for one final, breathtaking twist. With the club’s title hopes fading by the second, its anguished fans in disbelief in the stands, relegation-threatened Queens Park Rangers clung to a one-goal lead after 90 minutes
Cal emphasizing 7-man rugby
There’s a different look to college rugby this season. The 500-pound gorilla in the room is missing. Cal, winner of 26 national championships since 1980, joined five other schools in withdrawing from college rugby’s top division, formerly called the Premier League and now known as Division I-A – not to be confused with NCAA Division I-A since rugby is not an NCAA sport
Boise State’s Moore in camp with Lions (Yahoo! Sports)
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) By now, Kellen Moore is used to the doubters. His Boise State team fought for respect throughout his college career, and after leading the Broncos to 50 victories – a Football Bowl Subdivision record for a starting quarterback – Moore still went undrafted last month
American National Rugby League Merges With Grand Prix Rugby
PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The American National Rugby League (AMNRL), announced today an agreement to partner with Grand Prix Rugby (GPR), a Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment company. The AMNRL is the governing body of the sport of Rugby League in the U.S.A. as exclusively sanctioned by the Rugby League International Federation
Grand Prix Entertainment Expands & Acquires American National Rugby League
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Grand Prix Sports, a subsidiary of Grand Prix Entertainment, LLC, a Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment company, announced the acquisition of The American National Rugby League (“AMNRL”), the governing body for the development of the “American football like” sport of Rugby League in the USA.
Rugby: Mourie and Gilbert to coach North v South
Former All Blacks captain Graham Mourie and former All Blacks assistant coach Tony Gilbert will coach the teams in the first North and South match for 17 years. The game will be held at Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium on June 10 as a way to help the cash-strapped Otago Rugby Union, who recently staved off bankruptcy. Mourie, who captained the North in six appearances between 1976 and 1982, will coach the North team with assistance from North Harbour coach Liam Barry.
Rugby: Franks wary of Rebels
All Blacks prop Ben Franks returns to his hometown Melbourne for tomorrow’s match against the Rebels with a warning for the much-changed Crusaders to be wary, even though the home team have won only twice this season. Over the years in Super rugby, struggling teams caused the top tier teams the most strife, he said.
Nuggets rout Lakers 113-96 to force Game 7
By ARNIE STAPLETON | Associated Press – DENVER (AP) — The upstart Denver Nuggets are one win from running the lumbering Los Angeles Lakers and their star-studded cast right out of the playoffs. Ty Lawson scored 32 points, fellow spark plug Corey Brewer added 18 and the free-wheeling, too-young-to-scare Nuggets forced a Game 7 in their first-round playoff series with a dominating 113-96 win Thursday night.
Raiders’ receiver Heyward-Bey charged with DUI
Associated Press – SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland Raiders wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey has been charged with misdemeanor drunken driving following his arrest last month after a traffic stop on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge . California Highway Patrol Officer Tony Tam says Heyward-Bey was driving his 2012 Range Rover on the lower deck of the bridge on April 7 when he was pulled over by a CHP officer who saw him speeding and weaving. Tam says the 25-year-old Heyward-Bey was arrested after failing a field sobriety test.
Stanford women's rugby back in Final Four
They call themselves “The Swir,” sort of an acronym for Stanford women’s rugby. They’re not on athletic scholarships.