South Africa's Steyn dismantles New Zealand

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) - Fast bowler Dale Steyn ripped through the lower order as New Zealand were bundled out for 121 in their first innings before moving to three without loss after being asked to follow on at lunch on the third day of the second test against South Africa at St. George's Park.Steyn, the world's top-ranked bowler, claimed five for 17 off 13 overs as New Zealand were...

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Cricket-Australia v Sri Lanka - second ODI scoreboard

ADELAIDE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Scoreboard in the second of five one-day cricket internationals between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday:Sri Lanka win by eight wickets.Australia inningsA Finch c J Mendis b Mathews 4P Hughes lbw b Kulasekara 3G Bailey c Thirimanne b Malinga 26D Hussey run out (Dilshan) 29S Smith c K Perera b T Perera 8G Maxwell c K Perera b Mathews 8B Haddin c Thirimanne...

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UPDATE 2-Cricket-Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets

ADELAIDE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Lahiru Thirimanne struck his first one-day century as Sri Lanka levelled the one-day series against Australia with a convincing eight-wicket win on Sunday.Sri Lanka put the hosts in to bat after rain delayed the start at the Adelaide Oval and the bowlers capitalised on cloud cover and moisture in the pitch to restrict Australia to 170 all out from 46.5 overs.The tourists'...

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'Bama bashes Notre Dame 42-14 in BCS title game

e against Notre Dame Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in …more RELATED CONTENT    View PhotoAlabama head coach Nick Saban holds …View PhotoAlabama head coach Nick Saban holds …MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Barely taking time to celebrate their latest national championship, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide are ready to get back to work.That's how they make it look so easy.In what must be an...

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Te'o sees career end with BCS title-game loss

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — One of the last things Manti Te'o remembers Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly telling his team before the BCS title game was about the importance of four particular segments of play.—The first two minutes of the game.—The last two minutes of the first half.—The first two minutes of the second half.—The last two minutes of the game.Of those, only one was not wrought with disaster...

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BCS title game's TV rating hurt by rout

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The BCS title game's television rating was up from last season, but the lopsided score kept viewership down.Alabama's 42-14 rout over Notre Dame drew a 15.1 fast national rating Monday on ESPN, the network said Tuesday. The 26.4 million viewers were up 9 percent from last year's game, another blowout Crimson Tide victory, 21-0 over LSU.But that's down from the 27.3 million...

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Can the Government Really Ban Twitter Parody Accounts?

Arizona is entertaining a law that will make it a felony to use another person's real name to make an  Internet profile intended to "harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten," which to some sounds like a law against parody Twitter accounts. The legislation, if passed, would make Arizona one of a few states, including New York, California, Washington and Texas, to enact anti-online-impersonation...

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Meet the Adorable Bulldogs That Rule College Sports Social Media

Here's Blue III, successor to Blue II, skating across campus.Image courtesy Butler UniversityClick here to view this gallery.[More from Mashable: Viral Nike Ad Speaks to Hockey Fans’ Angst as NHL Lockout Drags on]These are heady times for the basketball Bulldogs of Butler University. The team has reached college basketball's storied Final Four in two of the past three years, recently scored a monumental...

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Nielsen and Twitter Team to Track TV

Your favorite TV shows may soon need a strong social-media presence if they’re going to stick around for a while. Networks and advertisers are hip to social media’s power to publicize a show, as well as TV’s influence over the social media conversation. They’ve even found ways to quantify this relationship.Twitter and Nielsen, the company that tracks TV viewership, are creating a Nielsen Twitter...

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Walter Alan Ray Announces the Release of ‘Is God Unnecessary?’

Why Stephen Hawking Is Wrong according to the Laws of PhysicsGlendora, CA (PRWEB) January 10, 2013When Stephen Hawking, the most famous scientist living in the twenty-first century, published “The Grand Design,” he provoked a lively response in the media. Hawking wrote that the laws of physics made God unnecessary when explaining the origin of the universe. In “Is God Unnecessary?,” (published by...

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