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Rangers scored three first-half goals Saturday to beat Kilmarnock 3-0 in the Scottish Premier League. Rangers took the lead in the seventh minute when Kris Boyd ran onto Kevin Thomson's pass and slid the ball into the net. Kenny Miller grabbed Rangers' second in the 24th with a clinical finish after Lee McCulloch flicked the ball on.  

 

It took a while for Rob Thomson to get home to Tampa to begin the shortest off-season he's had in 20 years in the New York Yankees' organization. If only every holiday were this brief. The onetime Stratford Hiller has gone from signaling for fastballs, curves and pitchouts behind the dish at National Stadium to keeping the Pinstripers circling the wagons in the Bronx, all the way home to their first World Series title in a decade.

It was exhilarating, gratifying, just about any great emotion you can think of   -Rob Thomson

 

Kevin Ball's Sunderland Under-18s rallied from a two-goal first-half deficit to draw 2-2 with Nottingham Forest in the battle of the top two in Group D of the FA Premier Academy League. In driving rain, Tom Mullen and George Thomson had Forest ahead, but Ryan Noble's header and a back-post finish by Adam Mitchell ensured a share of the spoils in a thrilling battle. * Full report in tonight's Football Echo - the bargain of the weekend at just 50p.  

A stunning 30-yard strike from Derek Riordan, his sixth goal of the season, wasn't enough to give Hibs their first win in Paisley in almost 11 years as Chris Innes hit back in injury time at the end of the first half to earn St Mirren a well-deserved point. The return of Sol Bamba saw Hibs boss John Hughes reshuffle his defence again with skipper Chris Hogg moving out to right-back as the Ivory Coast star took his place alongside Ian Murray while David Wotherspoon stepped forward into midfield. But it  

KRIS BOYD claimed his eighth goal of the season as Rangers returned to the summit of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League with a 3-0 win over Kilmarnock – and further strengthened his case for a Scotland recall. dvantage for the Scottish champions. Steven Whittaker then put the seal on the win with Rangers' third of the day to pile the pressure on Celtic ahead of their visit to Dundee United on Sunday. The match was overshadowed slightly by the mystery which once again surrounded the whereabouts of Ma  

Abood won the event in a time of 45.46, becoming the first Australian to break 46 seconds for the race, taking 0.6 off his previous mark, and 0.57 off the Commonwealth record held by South Africas Lyndon Ferns. Australian teammate Mitchell Patterson, 23, was third in 46.91. Having set new Australian records for the 50m and 100m freestyle in Berlin, Abood will be looking to continue his record-breaking run in the 50m freestyle on Sunday.

Matt is the first Australian to go under 46 seconds and to see Mitchell Patterson swim a personal best in the event as well was good   -Alan Thompson

 

If this is a selection tour, as the All Black coaches say it is, then their job this week is not going to be terribly hard. There are, injuries depending, just two positions where there is need for debate. The only uncertainties are who partners Brad Thorn at lock and who wears No 6 - Adam Thomson or Jerome Kaino.  

Michael Jackson's film 'This Is It' has earned more than $200 Million to date, grossing $61 million in the US and $140 million in other parts of the world, with Japan bringing in $27.2 million. UPDATE: 11/11/09: The Los Angeles Times reports that the funeral for the King of Pop cost approximately $1 million. Court documents released on Tuesday reveal that his suit cost $35,000, security costs for the event ran to $30,000, invitations were $11,716, flowers were $16,000 and a funeral planner cost $15,000.

The way I feel right now. I could cry right now listening to his voice again. You know ... Michael was trying to share with the world that our culture thinks somehow that fame and fortune are an acceptable substitute for love and affection   -Shmuley Boteach