BU overcomes late deficit to win NCAA hockey championship

Entering tonight's Frozen Four championship game at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C., the Boston University Terriers had not lost a single tournament they had entered this year and the Miami (OH) University Redhawks had never won a championship in any NCAA sport. After being down 3-1 to Miami with under a minute left in regulation, the top-ranked Boston Terriers scored two goals in 42 seconds in the third period to force an overtime, per USCHO.com.

In the overtime period, Colby Cohen scored the game-winning goal off a deflection, leading the Terriers to their fifth NCAA hockey championship with a 4-3 victory.

Twitterers expressed their disbelief in the wild finish to this hard-fought championship game:

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   erickohndotcom @RacerRick Are you watching this Frozen Four action? Two late BU goals to tie it. Wild stuff! 12 Apr 2009 from TweetDeck in reply to RacerRick
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   jsaysitall Jason says anyone who has not been watching the Frozen Four championship game tonight has been missing out! 12 Apr 2009 from twitterfeed
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   TimNekritz BU wins in OT! After that amazing comeback! I do have to feel for Miami-Ohio fans right now. Looked like they had title sealed. #frozenfour 12 Apr 2009 from web
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   quick13 Boston University deserved to win but Miami University deserved a better fate #FrozenFour 12 Apr 2009 from twhirl
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   klhenry Just watched Miami (OH) lose to BU in a nail-biter in the final game of the Frozen Four. Great game. 12 Apr 2009 from TwitterFon
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   draithon I am happy to see the title remain in Hockey East! #frozenfour what a tournament, sad to say it is over. Great season of college hockey 12 Apr 2009 from web

One Twitterer was able to provide a TwitPic of the Terriers post-game celebration:

(Posted by @pomajp on April 11, 2009)

BU overcomes late deficit to win NCAA hockey championship

Michigan football sets spring game attendance record

Coming off a 3-9 season, the worst in Michigan football's storied 130-year history, the Wolverines were excited to put last year behind them and take the field this afternoon for the annual Spring Practice. But they were not the only ones looking forward to see action between the sidelines in Michigan Stadium. Per The Michigan Daily, an estimated 50,000 fans (a program record) came out to see what the 2009 team had to offer after just 14 pre-season practices.

Freshmen quarterback Tate Forcier, an early enrollee, was the highlight of the practice. He connected to another unproven player, redshirt freshmen Roy Roundtree, on a 50-yard touchdown strike that drew a great deal of applause from the crowd.

The Wolverines open the 2009 season on Saturday, Sept. 5, against the Western Michigan Broncos in Michigan Stadium.

Twitterers at the practice and in the surrounding neighborhood shared their excitement and thoughts on what they observed:

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   sullivti lots of il, in, even mn plates on cars w michigan football flair on eastbound 94 11 Apr 2009 from txt
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   mattwish Spring game...nice to go to a football game knowing Michigan can't lose 11 Apr 2009 from TwitterFon
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   livethefan At the michigan spring football game. For those of u who are fans, forcier and roundtree are showing much promise. 11 Apr 2009 from txt
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   rrcarter Wha? Michigan tweeps: any idea what sporting event has transformed my neighborhood into its Football Saturday incarnation? 11 Apr 2009 from web
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   sgtwolverine Michigan football did a GREAT job with the spring game. Good atmosphere, lots of fun. Great to see 50,000 fans turn out for it. 11 Apr 2009 from TwitterFon

Even Head Coach Rich Rodriguez was excited to get on the field in front of his team's fans:

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   UM_CoachRod Spring Game tomorrow. Offense vs Defense full Scrimmage! Looking forward to a huge crowd tomorrow at the Big House. 10 Apr 2009 from web

Here is one Twitterer's perspective of what the practice looked like:

(Posted by @andrewa2 on April 11, 2009)

Michigan football sets spring game attendance record

Former AFL footballer and filmmaker killed in car accident

Per The Age, Robert Dickson has been killed in a car accident in South Africa, along with his five year old son Byron. His wife and other son survived the incident. Dickson played Aussie Rules football in the Australian Football League from 1988-1991 before moving on to become a highly acclaimed documentary maker, including several about the AFL, the most recent ("The Essence of the Game") of which aired just last month on national television. Dickson continued to contribute to Aussie Rules footy in Australia since he left the game; he was due to take part in an AFL Academy tour in South Africa starting next week. Several prominent figures in the AFL have come out and expressed their condolences to Dickson's family.

Sadness filtered through the twitterverse as the news broke today.

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   HAWKSHEROES is saddened at the loss of Rob Dickson R.I.P to his family his Doco's will be a tribute to his memory always ! 11 Apr 2009 from web
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   mumof9 R.I.P Rob Dickson and his 5 yr old son Byron :( :( :( 11 Apr 2009 from web
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   abcnewsSport Former Hawk Dickson dies in South Africa: The AFL has confirmed the death of former player and film maker Rob Di.. http://tinyurl.com/cwnmjd 11 Apr 2009 from twitterfeed
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   CampbellD RIP Rob Dickson. A man who really brought out the most beautiful parts of AFL . 11 Apr 2009 from web

The official Twitter account for another club in the AFL, @SydneySwans, who was live twittering a match being played this evening, reported about a moment's silence before the game.

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   sydneyswans Moment of silence to mark the passing of ex-Brisbane and Hawthorn player and filmmaker Rob Dickson 11 Apr 2009 from web

Former AFL footballer and filmmaker killed in car accident