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ATLANTA — They were once just high-priced accessories to the main show, rarely hitting the spotlight, not because of their abilities but because of the conservative system and a quarterback who failed to make them a part of the offense.
receivers and , two first-round picks who had the word “bust” placed next to both of their names by many skeptics as they languished in a run-oriented offense, are now showing that maybe it wasn’t their fault after all.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. — scored his first victory of the season Sunday — even though he ran out of gas before crossing the finish line — in a wild race that jumbled the Chase for the championship standings.
The Chase field imploded at Kansas Speedway, where rain and impending darkness cut the race short by 85 miles.
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Irish firm acquire Racing Post
Monday, 1 October 2007 14:18
Irish private equity firm FL Partners has bought the Racing Post newspaper from British group Trinity Mirror for ё170m (╓244m).
The key men behind FL Partners are former IBI corporate finance executives Peter Crowley and Neil Hughes.
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VALDIVIA, Chile — The U.S. women’s basketball team took a rarely used route to get back to the Olympics.
Tina Thompson scored 18 points to help the U.S.
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Leinster name squad for Llanelli game
Monday, 1 October 2007 14:05
Leinster coach Michael Cheika has named his squad for the Magners League tie against Llanelli Scarlets at the RDS on Friday, kick-off 7.10pm.
Cheika has kept faith with the group of players who beat the Cardiff Blues 30-19 last weekend and named an unchanged squad.
Leinster have won both of their previous games in this season’s competition with Luke Fitzgerald and Jonathan Sexton impressing in both victories.
He threw No. 421 in the first quarter to Greg Jennings and No. 422 in the fourth quarter to James Jones and went interception-free against a defense determined to make him the league’s all-time leader in that category, too.
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Finally grabbing hold of the loose ball 33 yards behind the line of scrimmage, Romo dashed back up the left side, followed some blocks and made a nifty move of his own. By the time he went out of bounds, he’d recovered all that he’d lost, plus gained four more, exactly what the Dallas Cowboys needed on a third-and-3 and the spark they needed to beat the St.
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Mignoni will miss All Blacks clash
Monday, 1 October 2007 14:15
France scrum-half Pierre Mignoni has been ruled out of the hosts’ World Cup quarter-final against New Zealand in Cardiff on Saturday because of a torn right thigh muscle.
Mignoni was substituted in the first half of France’s 64-7 win over Georgia in their final Pool D match in Marseille on Sunday.
‘He will have to rest for ten days,’ France team doctor Thierry Hermerel told reporters.
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He ran for three touchdowns and threw for two to win the grudge game against his former team, 35-17.
Culpepper’s slow recovery from major knee surgery limited him to four games last year in his only season with the Dolphins, and his breakup with new Miami coach Cam Cameron was bitter.
Cameron has bigger problems now — for the second time in four years, the Dolphins are off to an 0-4 start.
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Kallis century puts Proteas in control
Monday, 1 October 2007 14:33
Jacques Kallis scored his 25th test century to guide South Africa to a commanding 294 for three after the opening day of the first test against Pakistan at the National Stadium.
Kallis (118 not out) and Hashim Amla (71) put on 170 for the third wicket to justify captain Graeme Smith’s decision to bat first on a slow pitch.
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