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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- As Ryan Harlost stepped to the mound on Sunday, he took it all in.Chants of U-S-A, U-S-A! droned over his left shoulder as he dipped it to deliver a warm-up pitch. South Korean arms and flags waved furiously to his right. Little kids who asked for his autograph earlier in the week used makeshift sleds to slide down the hill toward most of the 22,000-plus fans who packed Lamade Stadium.The Endwell, New York, pitcher admitted it made him uneasy. He sure didnt show it.Harlost led New York to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. He scored the deciding run on a passed ball in the fourth inning.I was a little nervous at first in front of a lot of people but its just another game and I felt confident going in, Harlost said.But it was more than just another game.Endwell snapped a five-year championship drought for U.S. teams on Little Leagues biggest stage and gave New York its first title since 1964. Huntington Beach, California, won in 2011 and Mid Island from Staten Island won New Yorks last World Series championship.Conner Rush had the New York teams only RBI to give Endwell a lead it wouldnt relinquish in the bottom of the fourth. Harlost (2-0) scored the deciding run on a passed ball a batter later.I was just thinking get it in play any way you can, Rush said. Once that happens, you never know what can happen.For a while, it didnt look like New York hitters would be able to hit anything.Junho Jeong (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out nine for South Korea (4-2). He was unflappable for most of the afternoon, working the outside of the plate masterfully for 3 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before Jude Abbadessa broke through in the fourth.Waking to the plate as Endwell fans along the first base side bellowed Juuude! Abbadessa broke up the rightys no-hit bid with a single to center. Harlost followed with a liner to the same spot and Rush plated the go-ahead run with a hit that fell in behind the shortstop. Harlost raced home to give New York a 2-0 lead one batter later.Its just been amazing, Abbadessa said. Just coming here would be amazing and then our team doing well is even more amazing. Its been fun the whole week and were glad that it turned out this way.Yoomin Lee homered for the Asia-Pacific champs from Seoul to halve New Yorks lead in the fifth. Harlosts precision and a stingy New York defense prevented further damage.In the second, right fielder James Fellows made a running grab at the warning track to rob Sangheon Park of an extra base hit. With a runner on first an inning later, Harlost snagged a hard-hit liner at the mound, tossed to first to get the putout and escape the third unscathed.Later in the fifth after Yoomins blast halved the score, Abbadessa scooped up a grounder that took an awkward bounce and threw to first for final out of the inning.The Mid-Atlantic team is a really good defensive team, South Korean manager Heesu Ji said. Im really proud of my team.Minho Choi struck out with runners on first and second to end the game.Harlost turned toward his dugout on the first-base side but didnt make it there as his teammates rushed out to dogpile on him near the base line.Most of New Yorks players had been on other teams together before. More than half of them were on the team that fell to last years World Series runner-up Red Land in the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship, leaving them one win shy of qualifying for a trip to South Williamsport.It was all of our last years of Little League, Rush said. So its just awesome to know that we all came together to be the best team in the world. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N. Wholesale Soccer Jerseys Store .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. http://www.cheapsoccerjerseys.co/ .Y. -- Sabres forward Drew Stafford has witnessed plenty of turmoil during his eight seasons in Buffalo. Cheap Soccer Jerseys China . 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The Briton was just relieved to survive unscathed all the pushing and shoving on two wheels. The "worst nightmare," he said, for riders like him -- lighter, less muscular and with eyes fixed on reaching the podium in Paris on July 21 -- is to be felled by crashes like the one that floored Veelers on Tuesday in Saint-Malo. The fall came in the shadow of the Brittany ports crenelated fortified walls, with spectators crammed cheek by jowl like oysters in crates. "Every day you get through with the yellow jersey is a blessing," Froome said. "So Im happy just to tick that one off." Veelers job is to help launch his teammate, sprinter Marcel Kittel, in the final mad dash for the line. He did that just fine on Tuesday, because Kittel won -- becoming the first rider at this 100th Tour to win two stages, having also won Stage 1. As Kittel sprinted away, rival Mark Cavendish hared after the German. In doing so, Cavendishs left arm barged into Veelers right arm. Because both were riding at such speed, the contact was enough to tip the Dutch rider over. "Marcel went all the way left and Cavendish dived to the left, I think to try to follow Marcel," Veelers explained after he picked himself up, climbed back on his bike and rode through the finish to his Argos-Shimano team bus, where a shoal of impatient, sharp-elbowed reporters waited. "He touched my handlebars and knocked me over." Cavendish was adamant this wasnt deliberate. The Briton with 24 Tour stage wins lost his temper with a reporter who asked if he was at fault, grabbing his voice recorder. "I touched with him. But the roads bearing left. I know youre trying to get all the Oh, Mark Cavendish, a really bad sprint again. The roads bearing left. Two hundred and fifty meters to go, the road bears left... I followed the road," he said. "So I think if anyones trying to get, "Oh, Mark Cavendish, dangerous sprint". I think youre in the wrong there, you know?" The race jury studied video of the incident but took no action, allowing Cavendish to keep his third place behind Kittel and stage runner-up Andre Greipel, another German who won the finishing sprint on Stage 6. Kittel also gave Cavendish the benefit of the doubt. "I cannot imagine that it was on purpose because it was a very hectic situation and it was just the last moment of the sprint," he said.dddddddddddd "Sometimes that is something which just happens. Having luxuriated Monday in their first rest day, riders were generally content Tuesday to race at a leisurely pace. The pack allowed five riders to race away and build up a lead -- and then reeled them in as teams set up their sprinters to compete in the final dash. The 197-kilometre jaunt from the Brittany town of Saint-Gildas-Des-Bois to Saint-Malo on its northern coast took the race past Plesse, where Lucien Mazan was born in 1882. Better known as Lucien Petit-Breton, he won the Tour in 1907 and 1908. Victorias Ryder Hesjedal was the top Canadian at 41st in the overall classification, 27 minutes and 48 seconds off the pace. Hesjedal, who is racing with a broken rib, finished Stage 10 1:40 befind the leaders. David Veilleux of Quebec City was in 131st overall, while Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., was in 181st. On Wednesday, the focus shifts away from the sprinters and back to Froome and his rivals for overall victory. Stage 11 -- a time trial where the riders all race individually against the clock -- could be one of the most visually spectacular of this Tour where every day already has delivered a feast for the eyes. The 33-kilometre course loops from the Normandy port of Avranches, with its memorial to U.S. Gen. George S. Patton, to the breathtaking Mont-Saint-Michel, a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey and walled village that towers skyward from an islet perched in a bay. Froome got bronze in the time trial -- a specialist discipline -- at last years London Olympics. This year, he used a wind tunnel in Southampton, England, to improve his position on his time trial bike. As race leader, Froome will set out last on Wednesday afternoon in his canary yellow jersey. He aims to grow the time gaps he opened on Saturday, when he demoralized rivals by blowing them away on a climb in the Pyrenees mountains. The Tour runner-up last year behind Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins, Froome already has a lead of one minute 25 seconds over second-placed Alejandro Valverde. Another Spaniard, two-time champion Alberto Contador, is 1:51 off Froome, in sixth. "Time trialing is one of those things that the more you do it, the better you become at it. You have that feeling of your own body, your own pace. This year, Ive done a few races with similar kind of time trials and I dont think theres any real secret to it. You can make small advantages with equipment. Weve got a new time trial bike this year, Ive spent a bit of time in a wind tunnel, which Ive never done before. All of these things add up," Froome said. "The course is fast and flat so hopefully a good one for me," he said. "I should be able to hold on to my advantage and maybe get some more time." If Froome significantly increases his lead, then barring a crash or other mishap, victory in Paris should pretty much be in his pocket. ' ' '