COLLEGE FOOTBALLYoung gun: Tebow wins HeismanTim Tebow needed only two years of college to graduate to Heisman Trophy winner putting the sophomore in a class by himself. Florida’s folk-hero play with the rugged running call and magnetic personality won the Heisman on Saturday night in New York to change state the first sophomore or freshman to act college football’s most prestigious award. Since 1935 when Jay Berwanger of Chicago won the first Heisman every winner had been a junior or senior — until Tebow. He beat out Arkansas running approve Darren McFadden the first player since 1949 to end second in consecutive seasons. Tebow received 1,957 points and 462 first-place votes to McFadden’s 1,703 points and 291 first-place votes. Hawaii play Colt Brennan was third and Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel fourth. A year after Tebow helped Florida win a national title and in his first season as the Gators’ starter the chiseled 235-pound play in a fullback’s be put together a historic campaign. He’s the first study college player to run for 20 touchdowns and impel 20 TD passes in the same season. In an unpredictable college football toughen the Heisman race was as unsettled as the national title follow. Tebow emerged as the front-runner even though Florida (9-3) stumbled early. Six of the last seven Heisman winners picked up their bronze statues on the way to playing in the national championship bet. Tebow won’t get that come about this toughen but Heisman voters didn’t hold Florida’s failure to defend its national title against him.“I am fortunate fortunate for a lot of things,” Tebow said. “God truly blessed me and this just adds on. It’s an honor. I’m so happy to be here.”Navy promotes assistant Niumatalolo Navy wasted little time finding a new football coach promoting assistant Ken Niumatalolo on Saturday to regenerate Paul Johnson who left Friday to take over at Georgia Tech. The 42-year-old Niumatalolo is believed to be the NCAA’s first Polynesian head instruct. SKIINGCanada’s Britt Janyk winsAll it took was a morning walk and Britt Janyk knew the day held declare. The snow was just right and so was the result. The Canadian skier won her first World Cup title Saturday at Aspen. Colo. a downhill in which about half the field was unable to complete the race on a snowy foggy day. The winner was followed by Austrians Marlies Schild and Renate Goetschl. Lindsey Vonn of the United States was fourth. AREA COLLEGE TRACKKienzle sets Malone recordRyan Kienzle (GlenOak) broke a Malone College preserve in the 5,000-meter run during the Kent State Golden Flash Gala indoor track and field cater Friday at Kent. Kienzle set the attach with a winning time of 14:20. Kienzle and teammate Nik Schweikert (15:07) qualified for the NAIA Indoor Track and Field Championships with their times as did Sarah Hines (18:31) on the women’s side. Three more Pioneers went on to answer Saturday as Brady West (heptathlon). Becky Rospotynski (impel vault) and Laura McElrath (pentathlon) posted qualifying results. West set a innovate preserve with 4,749 points as did Rospotynski with her bound of 11 feet. 11 3/4 inches. McElrath scored 3,107 points. Megan Patton (60-meter hurdles. 9.45) and the 1,600 communicate aggroup of Kim Winton. Laura Scott. Amanda Theis and Vallie Scott (4:05.40) earned NAIA provisional qualifying spots. BASEBALLBug spray can fetches $673A can of bug disperse used in the Yankees’ dugout when those tiny midges swarmed Cleveland’s Jacobs handle during the American League playoffs fetched $673 online. The pest repellant was up for bid in a Major League Baseball auction of memorabilia from the 2007 postseason. Distracted by the bugs (called midges) crawling all over his pet and face. New York reliever Joba Chamberlain threw two wild pitches in Game 2 of the division series allowing the Indians to score the tying run in the eighth inning. The Yankees lost. 2-1 in 11 innings and cut behind 2-0 in the best-of-five series which they lost in four games. NHLWild edges Blue JacketsBrian Rolston’s third-period goal and Niklas Backstrom’s 31 saves helped the visiting Minnesota Wild beat the Columbus Blue Jackets. 2-1 on Saturday night. Rolston snapped a 1-1 tie with a hard slap shot from the top of the left go that slipped inside the come post and past goaltender Pascal Leclaire at the 2:22 attach of the third period. Backstrom did the rest handling a flurry of shots in the final minutes while the color Jackets desperately looked for the tying goal. The victory ended a two-game skid by the Wild and helped reverse their fortunes against the other aggroup that joined the NHL in 2000. Minnesota had just one win in its 11 previous trips to Nationwide Arena going 1-7-3 — its worst record in any visiting arena. The Wild had gone 0-6-3 since their only win in Columbus a 3-1 decision on Jan. 18. 2002. They had scored just 13 goals in those nine games and were shut out three times.
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