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Inside: The Week In Sports

College Football
Wake rolls on behind its freshman QB • Heisman candidate list is shrinking • Badgers milk the clock

The NBA
Slow-starting Mavs still expect a return trip to the Finals • Hornets' David West gets in fighting shape

Horse Racing
Breeders' Cup win tempered by tragedy • Can Street Sense snap Juvenile jinx? • Bernardini beaten

Boxing
Floyd Mayweather Jr. takes another title • The U.S. gets a heavyweight champion: It's Shannon Briggs

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Photograph by Bob Rosato

FLYING TIGER JaMarcus Russell's dive into the end zone against Tennessee last Saturday was for naught—the LSU quarterback had stepped out-of-bounds at the four. On the next play, however, Russell threw a touchdown pass to Early Doucet with nine seconds left, giving the Tigers a 28--24 victory.