Norway scored three in the second and two in the sixth on the way to a 7-5 victory over upstart China on Friday at the men's world curling championship in Grand Forks, N.D.
The victory moved skip Thomas Ulsrud's rink to the semifinals where they'll meet the loser of Friday's other playoff game, an evening affair between Kevin Martin of Canada and David Murdoch of Scotland.
This was China's first trip to the worlds, and they played well, showing a little inexperience against Norway in the sixth end when a Chinese curler touched his own rock while trying to sweep an opponent's rock out of the house.
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Posted on Jul 18, 2007 under Bowls, Golf |
Oklahoma State beat Alabama in the Independence Bowl 34 to 31. It was Oklahoma State’s first bowl game win since 2002. In the 4th quarter Oklahoma State almost gave away the game. Javier Arenas of Alabama returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown to pull them within a touchdown. On the kickoff Grant Jones of Oklahoma State fumbled and Chris Rogers of Alabama recovered. Andra Smith of Alabama caught a lateral pass and ran 2 yards for the touchdown to tie the game. Dantrell Savage of Oklahoma State caught a screen pass and ran 26 yards to Alabama’s 15-yard line. Jason Ricks of Oklahoma State was about to take a field goal but Alabama iced him with 3 timeouts. He then came back on the field and nailed the field goal to win the game. Alabama’s late 4th quarter run wasn’t enough to win the game so Oklahoma State came away with a sloppy 4th quarter victory.
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