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The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
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Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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Getty Images for NASCAREdwards said he understood crew chief Bob Osborne’s decision to go with two tires.
“That was a 50-50 call,” Edwards said. “I thought we were doing what we needed to do considering how we ran on two tires earlier.”
Biffle nipped at Kenseth’s bumper and kept inching his way past his teammate. Then Biffle pinched off Kenseth and got his nose out there to pass him down the backstretch. “The Biff” never let up the rest of the way on the mile concrete track.
“I couldn’t give up. It was my last chance to get him,” Biffle said.
Roush hopes this season doesn’t end like a rerun of 2005 when he placed five drivers in the Chase, but Stewart drove away with the Cup title. The runner up? Biffle.
Biffle finished third here in June, has reeled off six straight top-10 finishes overall on the Monster Mile and also won the race back in June 2005. Plus, Biffle has two more victories at Dover in the Nationwide Series.
“It was an exciting day to say the least,” Biffle said.
Biffle has looked little like the driver who only came seriously close to a victory a couple of times over the first 26 races. His lingering contract talks seemed to overshadow his performance and Biffle blasted his team over faulty equipment after a last-place finish in May at Darlington Raceway.
Whatever the reason, something has clicked with Biffle and crew chief Greg Erwin. He only led 29 laps — well behind Kenseth’s race-high 136 — but he got all the only ones that really mattered.
“I have put more emphasis on this,” Biffle said.
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