European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 262007 stars an stripes Page 29 Edwards holds off teammate Kenseth for Busch win the associated press Bristol term Carl Edwards held off hard charging teammate Matt Kenseth Over the final dozen laps to win the Busch series race at Bristol motor Speedway on saturday it was a typical crash filled Bristol race with 12 cautions for 103 laps and one re Flag Stop Page Lascar also confused things with a miscue on pit Road that confused most of the Field and gave Edwards Kyle Busch and Ryan Newman a second Chance Edwards used that free pit Stop to get fresh tires and drive away to his first Victory of the season Edwards beat Kenseth to the line by 0260 seconds Edwards the Busch series Points Leader led 147 laps Busch led 89 and seemed to have the Best car but was spun out twice once while leading the second spin came with 77 laps to go in the race when he was running Sec Ond and Edwards was third Barton upsets Winona Springfield mass an Thony Atkinson scored 10 Points in the final 45 seconds including the deciding Layup at the Buzzer and Barton College ended defend ing Champion Winona states 57game winning Streak with a 7775 Victory saturday in the championship game of the Mcaa division ii tournament Winona appeared poised to re peat As Champion after Zac Mal Vik made two free throws to put the Minnesota school ahead 7467 with 45 seconds left two straight baskets by Atkinson made it 7471 but Jonte Flowers of i Nona hit one of two foul shots to put his team in front 7571 Atkinson scored on a Layup with 194 seconds remaining then stole the inbound pass and made a Layup to tie it 7575 with 11 seconds left Atkinson then forced a turnover raced Down court and delivered the winning Basket just before time expired Barton of North Carolina finished 315 Winona 351 beat previously unbeaten Bentley 6461 in the quarterfinals Atkinson finished with 29 sports briefs Points Malvik led Winona with 26 Points Duke loses to Rutgers Greensboro Anny Prince went coast coast for the godhead Layup with 20 seconds left and Duke Star Lind sey Harding missed two free throws with 01 seconds left pre serving fourth seeded Rutgers 5352 upset of to seeded Duke on saturday in the semifinals of the women Mcaa tournament Greensboro regional Harding stole Rutgers in Bounds pass near mid court with 5 seconds left drove hard for the Basket and was fouled by Myia Mccurdy with 001 seconds remaining Harding could have won it for the Blue devils 322 by making both foul shots or forced overtime by making one but the Atlantic coast conference player of the year bounced both off the Back Iron after the second miss Dukes Carrel Gay attempted a tip in As the Horn sounded but want close Harding fell to her Back and covered her face while the Scarlet knights 258 celebrated at mid court Duke was no 1 in women basketball virtually All season while winning its first 30 games Cricket to probe match fixing Kingston International governing body of Cricket said Friday it would investigate whether match fixing was a motive for the slaying of Paki Stan coach Bob Woolmer who was strangled after his team was upset by Ireland Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said police believed More than one person May have killed Woolmer 58 in his 12thfloor hotel room sunday his teams humiliating defeat Satur Day assured Pakistan Elimina Tion from the Cricket world cup after Days of speculation that Woolmer May have died of Natu ral causes or even committed Sui tires wheels Springs shocks brakes want to improve the look enhance the performance of or keep your vehicle driving like the Day it was new the tire rack is your on Estop shop for what you need choose from 15 tire brands review our test results choose from 19 major wheel brands see them on your vehicle Springs and shocks for sure footed handling and aggressive appearance Premium Brake pads and rotors for affordable performance upgrades Mary Ann Rutgers Myia Mccurdy 24 celebrates As Dukes Lindsey Harding Falls to the floor after missing the second of two free throws with 01 seconds left in a women Mcaa tournament Greensboro regional semifinal game on saturday Rutgers beat the to seeded Blue devils 5352 cide police commissioner Lucius Thomas confirmed thursday that the pathologist had declared the cause of death As asphyxia As a result of manual strangulation police said they were review ing Security cameras in and around the Jamaica Pegasus hotel and asked witnesses to come Forward if they had seen anything suspicious in the up scale hotel where Woolmer and the rest of the Pakistan squad had been staying the International Cricket councils ant corruption unit will investigate if match fixing had a role in Woolmer death Council chief executive Malcolm Speed said Woolmer family said it was unaware of any death threats against him or any involvement in match fixing Ando wins skating title Tokyo Miki Ando won the women title in the world figure skating championships on Satur Day leading a 12 finish for the Host country with japanese team mate Mao Asada second Kim Yuna of South Korea who led after the Short program got the Bronze medal defending Champion Kimmie Meissner of the United states was fourth Ando didst do a much Antici rated Quad but her seven triples to a Mendelssohn violin concerto earned her a total score of 19509 Asada fifth entering the free skate scored 19445 Points for the Silver medal Falcons Addeb Redman Atlanta the Atlanta fal cons who traded backup Quarter Back Matt Schaub to the Houston texans earlier in the week on Fri Day signed fifth year Veteran quarterback Chris Redman Redman played for new fal cons coach Bobby Petrino at the University of Louisville jets sign a a Tuiasosopo Hempstead by the new York jets signed free agent quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo on Friday Tuiasosopo 28 spent his first six nil seasons with Oakland which drafted him in the second round in 2001 he appeared in 11 games including two starts and completed 48 of 88 passes for 550 Yards and two touchdowns Hes expected to compete with second year quarterback Kellen Clemens for the no 2 Job behind starter Chad Pennington Richardson to coach Mexico Little Rock Ark former Arkansas basketball coach Nolan Richardson is taking Over the mexican National team we had our press conference on monday in Mexico City Rich Ardson said Friday Treyve asked me to try to coach the National team Richardson was fired from a Kansas in 2002 after an outstand ing College coaching career that included a National championship with the Razorbacks in 1994 swim officials everybody out of the water 7101 Vorden Parkway Bend in 46628 gj005 the tire rack w wow tire Backcom 5742872w5 fax 574236770 by Paul Newberry the associated press Melbourne Australia from jellyfish to towering White Caps the Ope water swimmers Are sure taking a beating in these world championships while those ornery jellyfish  keep them out of the water the Hearty swimmers were forced to evacuate the Stormy seas of port Phillip Bay on Satur Day having completed Only half of the 25kilometer race it was the first time in world championship history that an open water race was halted be cause of weather conditions that was a terrifying experience us swimmer Kalyn Keller said i thought it was a bad dream after huddling privately for Sev eral hours officials from govern ing body Fina decided to resume the race sunday using a Stag gered Start that will take into account the swimmers positions when they completed the fifth of 10 laps shortly after the women dive into the Waters off St Kilda Beach the men will get started on their 25kilometer race it should be quite a show though several women Keller among them were pondering whether they wanted to go through it again no wonder the conditions were harrowing saturday with the swimmers flailing around in crashing surf Many of them unsure exactly where they were going As the wind whipped up to 46 Mph it was my first Ever 25 kilo me Ter and till be my last said Jana Hechanova of the czech Republic its too dangerous Germany Britta Kamra Cor Estein had a big Lead when the race was stopped just As the swim mers were beginning the sixth Lap at first it was thought that Fina would award the medals based on placings at the Midway Point instead they decided to bring the women Back for another five laps the following Day when sunny conditions and less wind were expected China which has won All six diving events so far was on course for another Gold after Guo Jingjing led the preliminaries for the women 3meter springboard with 35610 Points the three time defending world Cham Pion will try to become the first diver to win the same event four straight times