Dejoria wins at Thunder Valley
DEJORIA WINS AT THUNDER VALLEY » Alexis DeJoria powered to her first Funny Car victory in more than four years in the NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals at Bristol Dragway.
DeJoria beat J.R. Todd with a 3.921-second run at 327.66 mph in a Toyota Camry for her sixth career victory.
Mike Salinas won in Top Fuel and Angelle Sampey in Pro Stock Motorcycle in the fifth of seven events in the Countdown to the Championship playoffs.
College football
CINCINNATI MOVES UP TO
Cincinnati moved up to No. 2 behind Georgia in The Associated Press college football poll, the first time a team from outside the traditional power conferences has been ranked that high since 2010.
The Bulldogs remained a unanimous No. 1 with 63 first-place votes in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank and the Bearcats inched up a spot, taking advantage of Iowa’s loss to Purdue on Saturday.
The Hawkeyes dropped nine places to No. 11 and the Boilermakers moved into the rankings at No. 25, snapping the longest current AP poll drought for a Power Five school. The Boilermakers were last ranked in 2007.
Oklahoma is No. 3, followed by Alabama and Ohio State.
LSU, ORGERON TO PARY WAYS » LSU and coach Ed Orgeron have agreed to part ways after this season, according to multiple media reports, 21 months after he led the Tigers to a national championship with what is considered one of the greatest teams in college football history.
Sports Illustrated was first to report that Orgeron would not return to LSU in 2022 but is expected to coach out the rest of the season for the Tigers. LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette declined to comment on the reports.
The timing of the decision — the day after the Tigers (4-3) upset Florida — comes as a surprise, though the end for Coach O at LSU seemed to be approaching soon after a
blowout loss to Kentucky last week.
Soccer
NEWCASTLE OPENS SAUDI ERA WITH LOSS » Newcastle will have to get used to the taunts they faced from Tottenham fans.
“No noise from the Saudi boys,” they chanted at St. James’ Park.
The celebratory noise quickly faded Sunday from the supporter base now directly associated with the Saudi state since the buyout 11 days earlier.
A day which started perfectly for Newcastle, with the new ownership announced to a excitable crowd and Callum Wilson scoring after 107 seconds, ended so familiarly.
Three goals conceded before halftime — after a 20-minute suspension of the game for a fan illness — and a 3-2 loss.