Lawrence Thomas knows he will feature in every highlights reel for this A-League
season for the wrong reason.
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.The Melbourne Victory goalkeeper is the one watching and then diving in vain as
Tim Cahills 40-metre rocket scorched past him and into the net in this seasons
first Melbourne derby.Its a great finish, Thomas told AAP, underplaying the
strike just a touch.It was perhaps the A-Leagues best ever goal.The stunning
moment had Melbourne City fans screaming, Victory fans speechless, and Thomas
himself sprawled on the grass.But the mature 24-year-old gloveman has already
accepted it as the goalkeepers lot.And theres no way hell be retreating from his
advanced position as a sweeper-keeper when Cahill or any other forward is on the
ball, 40 metres from goal.If I cop one of those a season Ill take that on the
chin, he said.Nonetheless Ill continue to be in that position.I cut out a lot
more balls coming through than I do conceding goals from that position and the
ones I cut out are one-on-one chances.While Thomas conceded four on that October
night, itd be hard to pin blame for any of them at his feet.And since then,
Thomas has formed part of one of the meanest A-League defences.Victory has
conceded just five goals in seven games - and one in the last month - to surge
to third on the A-League table.Thomas - who was in goal for Victorys 2015 grand
final win - said he was feeling confident after starting an A-League season as
Victorys first-choice gloveman.I feel like Im having a solid season. Thats the
greatest thing about getting a regular league spot, you get a chance weekly to
perform, he said.I look back at the goals I have conceded and quite a few of
them have been great finishes.Im not happy to concede. I never want to get
beaten.But if youre covering certain areas of the goal and people are beating
you by off the post and in or top corners, then yknow.A win over City would have
Kevin Muscats side in second place with that catch-up game against Wellington
Phoenix to come.Thomas said he believed Victorys early-season inconsistency had
been banished and a derby day success would cement their resurgence.One week we
looked fantastic and the next we didnt turn up, he said.But the last patch of
five, six, seven games has been very solid. The inconsistency is gone and were
in decent form.Its a massive game and especially for the fans.Coming into
Christmas, we have a massive responsibility to send fans home happy.
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. The players spoke Jan. 13 during a Major League Baseball Players Association
conference call after Rodriguez sued the union and Major League Baseball to
overturn an arbitrators decision suspending him for the 2014 season and
post-season.
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. -- Gus Malzahn finally had his day in Fayetteville.
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. The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth
place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have
three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two.INDIANAPOLIS -- A born
and bred Hoosier, Ryan Newman spent his childhood racing everywhere from
Anderson to Winchester and every short track he could find in a state mad about
racing. He graduated from Purdue and landed a summer job working in Jeff Gordons
old race shop in Pittsboro. One of the perks? He got to live in the shop and
sleep alongside the cars. And like many Indiana kids, he revered Indianapolis
Motor Speedway, the track he first visited in 1986 and later accidentally
stumbled upon NASCARs inaugural 1992 test while out buying tires with his
mother. A win at the famed Brickyard? That would be a dream come true for the
South Bend native. Newman made the boyhood dream a cool reality, taking the
checkered flag Sunday to end a 49-race winless streak in front of his home state
fans. His parents, who fueled his love of racing and took him to the 500 as a
kid, joined him for his biggest win in Indiana. Newman was as cool and collected
in Victory Lane as he was on the track when he held off Jimmie Johnson. There
were no tears, no quiver in his voice and no need to collect himself as Newman
was strangely stoic. "I dont show a lot of emotion, I think everybody knows
that," said Newman, who likened the victory to his 2008 win at the Daytona 500.
"I had the same emotion, the same thankfulness I did when I won the Daytona 500
because I feel everybody that has been a part of my racing career -- from people
that bought my racing uniform, bought me a right rear tire, given us a credit
card to get to some race track at some point in my career -- those are the
people that helped me get to where I am today. "To me, its awesome to be here at
Indy. Its awesome because its my home state. Ive raced go karts at pretty much
every go kart track around here, been kicked out of half of them. Those are the
things that make it special. I think about those things more than I carry the
emotion on my cheeks." So the emotion was seen in father Greg, who spotted for
Newman on Sunday, and his mother, Diane. Newman kept it together during his
celebratory burnout and the drive to Victory Lane, a hallowed area that he twice
had to ask his crew over the radio for directions how to get there. He took the
customary ride in a convertible around the track with his wife and two young
daughters, and happily bowed again and again to kiss the Yard of Bricks. Sure,
he smiled, and shared some tender hugs with one of his daughters. But that was
the most anyone was getting out of Newman, who had admitted to getting emotional
after winning the pole on Saturday but seemed almost numb following Sundays win.
"Im not sure (how I feel) at this point. I know its an amazing feeling," he
said. "I was more emotional yesterday after winning the pole than I was two laps
after doing my donuts and everything else today. Im not sure why. I took an
emotional hit yesterday. Just an awesome day." Newman beat Johnson twice on this
Brickyard weekend, first when he set a NASCAR track record in knocking Johnson
off the pole in qualifying, then Sunday with a fast final pit stop to snatch the
win from the four-time Indianapolis winner. The two were the class of the field
-- they combined to lead 118 of the 160 laps -- but it was Johnson who dominated
the race and appeared to be just a bit better. But Johnson pitted from the lead
with 27 laps remaining and it was a slow final stop for the Hendrick Motorsports
crew. Newman pitted after that and took only two tires to move into the lead
after the green-flag stops cycled through the field. The closest Johnson would
get to him again was when he paid a congratulatory visit to Newman in Victory
Lane. The victory comes as Newman is lookinng for a job.
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Stewart-Haas Racing has signed Kevin Harvick to join the team next season, and
team co-owner Tony Stewart informed Newman two weeks ago he wont be brought back
in 2014. It didnt change the post-race mood, as Stewart hustled to Victory Lane,
lifted Newman from behind and the two shared a long embrace. "He just had an
awesome weekend," Stewart said. "I kept looking up the board and watching and I
was scared to ask where he was at and how big of a lead he had. I didnt want to
jinx him. Just really proud of him -- hes a great teammate and an even better
friend." Johnson, the Sprint Cup Series points leader who was hoping to tie
Formula Ones Michael Schumacher as the only five-time winners in Indy history,
finished 2.657 seconds behind Newman in second. "Theres definitely
disappointment there, but thats racing. It happens," Johnson said. "We win as a
team, lose as a team. Theres been some late race mistakes on my behalf that have
taken race wins away from us. Granted, not a major event like this. We still
ended up second. "We have a lot to be proud of over the course of the weekend.
Well do the best to let it roll off our shoulders by tomorrow afternoon." Kasey
Kahne, Johnsons Hendrick Motorsports teammate, was third and Stewart was fourth
as Chevrolet swept the top four spots. All four cars were also powered by
Hendrick Motorsports. "We had pretty good power all day long. There were a lot
of scenarios where I noticed how good it was," Stewart said. "Thats what you
expect out of the Hendrick engine department. Thats the standard that they set."
Matt Kenseth was fifth in a Toyota and followed by Hendricks Dale Earnhardt Jr.
and Jeff Gordon, as all four Hendrick entries landed inside the top seven.
Earnhardt rallied from a loose wheel on the opening run of the race to grab his
top-10 finish. "I knew it was loose," said Earnhardt, adding it was a no-brainer
to pit. "You have a wheel falling off, you have something serious happening.
Come in, its dangerous staying out there. You can hit the wall, or wreck
something, or wreck some other people. I dont want to do that. It is a long
race. We had an early chance to fix that, and that is fine. It gave us an
opportunity to try some different strategies, and it worked out for us." Joey
Logano was eighth in a Ford, and followed by Juan Pablo Montoya and Kyle Busch,
who picked up his first career win at the Brickyard in Saturdays Nationwide
Series race. NASCARs 20th running at the historic Brickyard wasnt the most
exciting race -- there were three cautions, for stalled cars or debris, and no
accidents or spins -- and the field spread out into single-file racing and
passing wasnt easy. Montoya complained at one point over his radio that
attempting to pass another car only cost him position on track. "Its just Indy,
its always hard to pass," Kahne shrugged. "The competitions close, so you can
get runs and then you can kill your run a little bit if that guy runs a certain
part of the race track. So the guys that know where to put their car when a car
being them is faster, its tough to pass them." The in-race intrigue came via
varied strategies among the teams as they all tried different methods to steal a
good finish in a race that logged as the fastest Brickyard in history at 2
hours, 36 minutes and 22 seconds. "Overall I thought it was an exciting race,"
said Kenseth. "I thought there was a lot of different strategies there at the
end and the two fastest cars ended up battling for the win. It wasnt any harder
(to pass) than normal. Its just always hard to pass here."
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