Austin Spurs hold on this time to tie playoff series

Edit Austin American Statesman 08 Apr 2016
The Austin Spurs didn’t let another big lead get away as they defeated the Rio Grande Valley Vipers 116-91 in Game 2 of the NBA D-League conference semifinals on Thursday night ... Jaron Johnson and Will Cummings led the Vipers with 19 points apiece....

Senate refuses to stop airlines from compressing size of seats

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 08 Apr 2016
Authorize an increase from 30 up to 60 in the number of government “viper teams” that stop and search suspicious passengers in public areas before screening, often using bomb-sniffing dogs.Make more federal grants available to train law enforcement officers in how to prepare for and respond to active shootings at transportation hubs and other “soft ......

Heather Knight column: Dalai Lama, Delhi belly & England loss

Edit BBC News 08 Apr 2016
England vice-captain Heather Knight looks back at the highs and lows of the latter stages of the Women's World Twenty20 - on and off the field. High-fiving the Dalai Lama. As a group, we know how privileged we are to play cricket around the world and sometimes we get to meet some amazing people along the way ... I was second in line to meet him behind Danni Wyatt, who had snuck to the front and nominated herself as captain for the day....

Dive into unexplored waters and check out amazing marine life under the guidance of travel experts

Edit South China Morning Post 08 Apr 2016
Today, apparatus is the least of our concerns; the keenest divers are looking for exclusive and unique experiences in the big blue sea ... BUCKET LIST THE ... There is a large school of master snappers near the hole itself at the top of the wall around 40 degrees, and the scattered coral heads are populated with rare fish such as reef butterfly fish, viper moray eels, giant green moray eels, chestnut moray eels and spotted eels....

Season ends with heartbreaker

Edit Austin American Statesman 07 Apr 2016
The Eagles and Vipers took two overtimes to decide a winner and were just 51 seconds from going to penalty kicks when the Vipers took advantage of a bounce that landed right in front of Munoz ... Then, with less than a minute left before the game would go to penalty kicks Munoz landed a 10-yarder to give the Vipers the lead for good ... The Vipers move on to play Brownsville Pace in the semifinals of the Region IV in Corpus Christi....

Kia Super League excites Sciver and Marsh (ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
Sciver was today named skipper of a Surrey Stars side that will compete in the inaugural Super League this summer along with Lancashire Thunder, Loughborough Lightning, Southern Vipers, Western Storm and Yorkshire Diamonds ... Sciver could not contain her pride after being named captain of the Stars, who open their campaign with a trip to the Ageas Bowl to face Southern Vipers before welcoming Yorkshire Diamonds to the Kia Oval....

US to sell thermal weapon sights to Pakistan

Edit The Times of India 07 Apr 2016
The US is poised to sell state of the art thermal weapon sights and spares to Pakistan, in the wake of Obama administration's decision to provide eight F-16 fighter jets and nine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters worth $170 ......

Vandegrift tops Cedar Creek 2-1 in boys soccer playoffs

Edit Austin American Statesman 07 Apr 2016
Santi Munoz turned a rebound into the game-winning goal with just 51 seconds left to play in the second overtime as Vandegrift slipped past Cedar Creek 2-1 Tuesday night in the Class 5A boys soccer playoffs. The Vipers advanced to the Region IV tournament in Corpus Christi, where they will face Brownsville Pace on Friday in a regional semifinal ... The Dragons lost 1-0, eliminating them from the UIL soccer playoffs....

Senate refuses to stop airlines from shrinking seat sizes

Edit The Dallas Morning News 07 Apr 2016
The Associated Press. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate refused Thursday to come to the aid of airline passengers squeezed by the ever-shrinking size of their seats ... The vote was the Senate’s last this week ... The security amendments would.. —Authorize an increase from 30 up to 60 in the number of government “viper teams” that stop and search suspicious passengers in public areas before screening, often using bomb-sniffing dogs....

Enyimba, Etoile rekindle rivalry 07 April 2016 (Confédération Africaine de Football)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Apr 2016
Having successfully navigated its way past Ugandan and Burundian champions, Vipers and Vital'O respectively in the preliminary and 1/16th round, with a 2-1 and 6-3 aggregate wins, Enyimba has all it takes to overcome the 2007 winners in this encounter at their adopted, 45,000-capacity Adokie Amiesiamaka Stadium in Port-Harcourt to make the return leg a mere formality....

Austin Spurs blow 25-point lead to fall to Rio Grande Valley

Edit Austin American Statesman 06 Apr 2016
The Austin Spurs blew a 25-point lead en route to a 136-133 loss in the first game of the NBA D-League Western Conference semifinal series with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on Tuesday night in Edinburg ... The Vipers had four players score at least 25 points, led by Will Cummings who scored 32 points....

England stars allocated Kia Super League teams (ECB - England and Wales Cricket Board)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Apr 2016
England women's captain, Charlotte Edwards, will be joined by Kent team-mates, 19-year-old left-arm seamer, Natasha Farrant, and experienced left-handed batsman, Lydia Greenway, in the Southern Vipers line-up. The Southern Vipers will be looking to get off to a winning start on Sunday 31 July, when they take on Natalie Sciver's Surrey Stars on home turf at the Ageas Bowl ... 'I'm really excited and happy to be a Southern Viper....

Charlotte Edwards to play for Southern Vipers in inaugural T20 Super League

Edit The Guardian 06 Apr 2016
England captain Charlotte Edwards will represent Southern Vipers in the inaugural women’s Twenty20 Super League this summer after the ECB announced the initial allocation of players. Six teams will compete in the new competition, with Edwards’ Southern Vipers – who will be based at Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl – competing against Lancashire Thunder, Loughborough Lightning, Surrey Stars, Taunton-based Western Storm and Yorkshire Diamonds....
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