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QUEENSLAND'S State of Origin team is feeling at home in Melbourne and expects Brisbane-like support on Wednesday night, says skipper Darren Lockyer.

It's the time of year that every rugby league fan loves. State of Origin is just two sleeps away and we want to know what you think.

ARLINGTON — Not even former Texas Longhorns catcher Taylor Teagarden could stay up long enough Saturday night to see how his school fared in its NCAA regional baseball game.But Teagarden received an e-mail Sunday morning and found out that the Longhorns outlasted Boston College 3-2 in a 25-inning game that is the longest in NCAA baseball history.Among many of the record-breaking numbers in the game was that Texas catcher Cameron Rupp caught all 25 innings.Teagarden has never done that.'I caught a 21-inning game in college against Kansas State on the road,' Teagarden said. 'I didn’t really feel so bad because they went by so quickly. It was like three-up, three-down every inning. I think I caught the next day.'Teagarden said he gave up on Saturday’s game in the 14th or 15th inning, assuming Texas would win. While Teagarden was impressed with Rupp’s endurance behind the plate, he was amazed by the pitching performance of UT reliever Austin Wood, who pitched 12 1/3

Beijing » Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said early today that the global recession seemed to be losing force but that it will be critical for the United States and China to institute major economic reforms to put the world on a more sustained footing.

1969-70: Southeast Missouri State (Cape Girardeau Mo.), assistant coach 1970-73: Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Wisconsin), assistant coach 1973-74: Brevard Community College (Brevard, N.C.), assistant coach 1974-76: Mercer (Atlanta), assistant coach 1976-78: Chadron...

Arizona State advances to NCAA Super Regionals for 3rd straight year with a win.

John Donne Says It?s Time To Play Catch As John Donne remarked: ?No man is an island, entire of itself? I am involved in mankind? never send to know for whom the...

STATE of Origin football flushes out all sorts of twisted emotions and I'm feeling one of the most bizarre of all. I'm missing Willie Mason.

Brandon Meredith hit two home runs and Tyler Lavigne pitched into the eighth inning as San Diego State eliminated defending College ...

MAROONS coach Mal Meninga has admitted fears over which Greg Inglis will turn up for Queensland in the State of Origin series opener on Wednesday night.