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...Chijoff-Evans who stole the show. Going into his 10th match in three days, Chijoff-Evans doubted himself. “I thought it was a bad idea to play doubles immediately before singles,” Chijoff-Evans said, referring to the doubles bracket championship he played with senior co-captain Dan Nguyen just before, losing to a duo from Columbia, 9-7. “I had lots of blisters, and I thought it was going to tighten me up. But the result was to the contrary.” Chijoff-Evans cruised past Western Michigan?...
Hard to believe, but the biggest college pigskin plotline of the season has included a team from Division I-AA, I mean, the Football Championship Subdivision. Eh…I-AA. When Appalachian State knocked off a fifth-ranked Michigan team in Ann Arbor two weeks ago, and the pundits immediately started ranking it among the greatest upsets in the sport’s history, the ugly sister of college football was thrust into the spotlight...
...chief designer of confidential technical data belonging to fierce rival team Ferrari. McLaren was also stripped of its points in this year's constructors' race, effectively handing that title to Ferrari. Still, things could have been worse: McLaren had faced the possibility of being booted out of the drivers' championship for this year and next, but both Hamilton and Alonso are free to scrap for the world title in the remaining four races...
...taking points away from drivers, but it doesn't sound very logical," says Jackie Stewart, a three-time Formula One World Champion and former team boss. "The governing body is suggesting that information had been transferred to the benefit of McLaren; why else be eliminated from the constructors' championship...
...competitive for 2008," Stewart suggests. And the drivers' title may get the most attention, but McLaren's engineering suppliers are unlikely to be so forgiving at losing out on the constructors' trophy. The team's engine maker "Mercedes-Benz will be horrified," Stewart says. The constructors' championship is "why they're in the business." Still, come the final race in Brazil in October, McLaren may be hoping for some consolation. "We have got the best drivers and the best car," Dennis said defiantly in Paris. "And we intend to win the World Championship...