Saban era lifts Alabama into AP Top 25 after win
Alabama climbs to No. 16 in the AP poll after a 41-38 comeback win over Arkansas at Bryant-Denny Stadium. USC tops the rankings with 46 first place votes after routing Nebraska 49-31, while LSU slides in with 19 first-place votes. In other action, Windy City Thunderbolts tie Frontier League series at 2-2, Lindsay Davenport wins Bali Open, and George Hincapie leads Discovery Channel to Tour of Missouri victory with Dominguez and Contador also racing.
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Associated Press
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Arkansas
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Southern California
LSU
USC
Nebraska
Tigers
Middle Tennessee
Chrestwood
Washington Wild Things
Windy City Thunderbolts
Windy City
Phillip Hawke
Standard Bank
ST. Louis
George Hincapie
Discovery Channel
U.S
Missouri
Ivan Dominguez
Toyota United
Kansas City
Brad Huff
Springfield
Slipstream
Huff
Hincapie
Discovery
Lance Armstrong
Alberto Contador
Contador
Greenville
S.C
Clinton
Union Station
Bowyer Starts Chase With First Cup Win At New Hampshire
Bowyer, seeded 12th with zero prior Cup wins, won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, leading 221 of 300 laps from the pole to beat Jeff Gordon by over six seconds. The victory vaulted him to fourth in the Chase standings, 15 points behind Gordon and Jimmie Johnson, signaling a true title challenge.
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Nascar
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Tony Stewart
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Matt Kenseth
Casey Mears
Ryan Newman
J.J. Yeley
Carl Edwards
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Jeff Burton
Kurt Busch
Stewart
Truex
Kenseth
Edwards
Hamlin
Harvick
Burton
Victory Lane
Clint
New York
Clint Bowyer
Richmond
Richard Childress Racing
Kansas
Woods wins Tour Championship and seven titles in a season
Tiger Woods dominates East Lake with a 66 and an eight shot victory to capture the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. He earns 1.26 million for the win and adds 10 million toward retirement, finishing the season with 10.88 million in prize money and 61 career wins.
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Mercury win first WNBA title with road triumph
Phoenix Mercury opened fast to beat the Detroit Shock 108-92 in Game 5, securing the 2007 WNBA title on the road. Cappie Pondexter led with 26 points and was named series MVP, Penny Taylor added 30, Diana Taurasi 17, while Detroit failed to sustain defense and rebounding after a strong start.
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Penny Taylor
Diana Taurasi
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Shock
Detroit
Bill Laimbeer
Deanna Nolan
Paul Westhead
Westhead
Los Angeles Lakers
Laimbeer
Katie Smith
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