Michigan 38 Washington 31

Washington attempts to win three consecutive Rose Bowl games but falls short as undefeated but thrice-tied Michigan outlasts the Huskies 38-31 before a crowd of 94,236. The suspenseful offensive show featured Player of the Game Tyrone Wheatley of Michigan who scores on runs of 56, a record 88 and 24 yards. The 225-pound running back finds wide open country after he breaks through a jammed line of scrimmage and races away from futile Washington chasers. Quarterback Elvis Grbac engineers a winning drive midway in the fourth quarter, throwing a 15-yard scoring pass to tight end Tony McGee who catches six passes for the day. Michigan outgains 9-2 Washington 483 yards to 413 in a game that see-saws to a 31-31 tie before the Grbac-McGee connection settles it. The record breaker for the game, however, is the southpaw Washington quarterback Mark Brunell who passes and turns to three-time career highs in Rose Bowl action -- passing yardage (560), total offense (618), completions (39), touchdown passes (5), and touchdowns involved (7). Brunell hits Jason Shelley for a 64-yard touchdown pass and Mark Bruener for 18 years and another tally. The all-time, one-game Rose Bowl rushing record eludes Wheatley who has 235 yards before being sidelined by painful back spasms.

BCS at 10: Best BCS bowl performances (ESPN) Finding Vince Young and Matt Leinart on a list of the 10 best performances in a BCS bowl is no surprise, but some of the other names on the list might be.

Michael Brown and Dimitri Mascarenhas guide Hampshire to victory (Times Online) The conditions that Chris Tremlett will encounter at Old Trafford on Friday, if he is selected for England, will be different from those at the Rose Bowl last night.

Hampshire v Worcestershire (Sporting Life) Gareth Batty led a spirit Worcestershire recovery after the first six wickets had fallen for a paltry 66 to the Hampshire pace attack at the Rose Bowl.

Batty Shines For Pears (CricketLine.com) Batty - turned things around. Gareth Batty led a spirited Worcestershire recovery after the first six wickets had fallen for a paltry 66 to the Hampshire pace attack at the Rose Bowl.

Surrey take charge at Rose Bowl (BBC News) Hampshire struggle to 204-7 in reply to Surrey's 278 on day two at the Rose Bowl.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-05-21 15:45 THOMSON FINANCIAL NEWS TOP STORIES Macroeconomics 15:30 BST (Interactive Investor) 2008-05-21 15:05:55 NFL owners: Indianapolis to host 2012 Super Bowl

Regional Summary, Wednesday 5/21 (FOX 7 WTVW Evansville) --- Indianapolis To Host 2012 Super Bowl (Indianapolis) -- National Football League team owners have voted to make Indianapolis the host city for the 2012 Super Bowl.

NBA Bulls hit the jackpot (The Nashua Telegraph) The Chicago Bulls won the NBA's draft lottery Tuesday night, giving them the right to choose between star freshmen Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose. Coming off a miserable season and still without a coach, the Bulls vaulted from the No. 9 spot, where they had just a 1. ...

Rose Bowl Development Gets Green Light (CricketLine.com) Rose Bowl - set for £45million development. Hampshire can press on with plans for the £45million development of the Rose Bowl, after receiving a final official go-ahead.

Make old-fashioned dessert without all the trappings (The Record Searchlight) The happy childhood goes like this: My mother unwraps the silver boxes of cream cheese as if they are presents. She beats the soft cheese -- the crack of eggs, a dust storm of sugar -- into pale snowbanks in the bowl while she lets me crush the graham crackers with a hammer.