Gary Anderson crashed out of the Ladbrokes World Series of Darts Finals to Joe Cullen at Glasgows Braehead Arena on Saturday night, as Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor avoided potential upsets. World champion Anderson was knocked out in a deciding leg by Terry Jenkins in his opener in Glasgow a year ago, and suffered the same fate as Cullen continued his impressive 2016 by holding his nerve against the Scottish favourite.Anderson had won the World Series events in Dubai, Auckland and Tokyo earlier this year, but was unable to mark his first appearance on stage wearing glasses - and using a new design of dart - with victory. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. The Scot started brightly enough in front of the passionate Scottish crowd as he opened up a 2-0 lead with legs of 15 and 13 darts, but Cullen levelled before finishing 124 on the bull to move himself ahead.The next five legs were won with throw to send the contest into a decider, which Cullen took with a 13-dart finish of his own.Its brilliant, said Cullen, who had edged out Joe Murnan 6-5 in the first round earlier in the day. Its great to beat the world champion in Scotland - it was a great atmosphere, up there with the best Ive played in front of.Cullen will now play Peter Wright, after last years runner-up in this event impressed in his 6-3 win over Daryl Gurney in their second-round clash.Northern Irelands Gurney had defeated youngster Josh Payne by the same scoreline in the afternoon session, taking out a key 141 finish, but found Wright too strong as the world No 5 backed up his firework-themed outfit with a strong display.World No 1 Van Gerwen, the champion in both Shanghai and Perth, held off Gerwyn Prices fightback to claim a narrow 6-5 win over the Welshman, who had defeated Steve Beaton 6-3 in round one. Michael van Gerwen battled past Gerwyn Price in Glasgow Van Gerwen - last weeks European Championship winner - led 3-0 and 5-2 before Price battled back to level, but the Dutchman was first to a finish in the decider as a 13-darter secured his triumph.I did enough to win the game, said Van Gerwen. Gerwyn tried everything he could to make it as close as possible but I out-scored him.The win was the most important thing and Im through to the quarter-finals. Im feeling confident and playing well and Ill get myself ready because its a big day.Van Gerwen now takes on Simon Whitlock in the last eight, after the Australian defeated Brendan Dolan 6-5 and Raymond van Barneveld 6-2. Phil Taylor avenged last weeks defeat to Mensur Suljovic. (Photo by Steve Welsh/Matchroom) Phil Taylor came from three legs down to avenge last weeks defeat to Mensur Suljovic in the European Championship quarter-finals with a 6-3 win over the Austrian.Suljovic - who went on to reach the European Championship final - had been in brilliant form as he whitewashed Robert Thornton in the first round, taking out finishes of 120 and 116 as he punished ten missed doubles from the Scot, and started superbly on his return to the stage against Taylor by taking the first three legs.Taylor, though, sparked his revival with a 12-darter and also landed an 11-dart finish as he took five successive legs before finishing 120 to complete a fine comeback.Taylor now meets Dutch youngster Benito van de Pas, who followed up his first round win over former World Youth champion Michael Smith with a defeat of James Wade on Saturday night.First round results:Max Hopp 5-6 Cristo ReyesBenito van de Pas 6-3 Michael SmithJelle Klaasen 5-6 Kim HuybrechtsBrendan Dolan 5-6 Simon WhitlockMensur Suljovic 6-0 Robert ThorntonJoe Murnan 5-6 Joe CullenGerwyn Price 6-3 Steve BeatonDaryl Gurney 6-3 Josh PayneSecond round results:Adrian Lewis 6-3 Cristo ReyesJames Wade 5-6 Benito van de PasDave Chisnall 6-4 Kim HuybrechtsRaymond van Barneveld 2-6 Simon WhitlockPhil Taylor 6-3 Mensur SuljovicGary Anderson 5-6 Joe CullenMichael van Gerwen 6-5 Gerwyn PricePeter Wright 6-3 Daryl GurneySundays quarter-finals:Adrian Lewis v Dave ChisnallMichael van Gerwen v Simon WhitlockBenito van de Pas v Phil TaylorJoe Cullen v Peter Wright Also See: Van Gerwen completes treble Van Gerwens major milestones Adidas Human Race Nederland .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. Adidas Futurecraft 4d Nederland . -- In a span of seven Washington Redskins offensive plays, Justin Tuck sacked Robert Griffin III four times. http://www.nmdtekoop.com/ .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Adidas y3 Kopen . LUCIE, Fla. Adidas Superstar Heren Goedkoop . Blackwood, 28, has played the last three seasons in the San Diego Padres system, including the past two summers with Class AA San Antonio of the Texas League. Deondre Francois has heard the daunting comparisons to Jameis Winston. The Florida State freshman quarterback appears to be able to shoulder the weight that comes with the expectations -- and then some.Francois did a couple of things in his debut that not even Winston did in his first start.The Seminoles quarterback passed for 419 yards in Florida States 45-34 comeback victory over Mississippi and is the first Atlantic Coast Conference freshman QB to have a 400-yard game in his debut. Dukes Dave Brown (1989) and Clemsons Charlie Whitehurst (2002) also threw for over 400 yards in their first start but they had played as freshmen.It is also the most passing yards by a Florida State quarterback in an opener. With 59 rushing yards, Francois 478 yards of total offense are the seventh-most by an FSU player.Winston, who threw for 356 yards and scored six touchdowns in his first game in 2013, was on Florida States sideline during Mondays game.Francois said he received a pregame text from Winston, telling him to stay composed and calm. When Florida State fell behind 28-6 midway through the second quarter, Winston again told Francois to be a leader and keep a smile on his face despite everything that was going wrong.Jameis is a great player and leader, said Francois, who also threw for a pair of touchdowns. I took some of his attributes and how he rallied up guys when they were trailing like in the national championship game (against Auburn). They were down early and that was a bigger stage than this but he was calm.The 22-point comeback over the Rebels, ranked No. 19 in Tuesdays Top 25, is the largest in school history. The previous mark was two years ago when Winston rallied the Seminoles from a 21-point deficit to a 42-31 win at Louisville.Francois and Florida State, which moved up to third in the poll, wont have much time to celebrate. The Seminoles host Charleston Southern on Saturday and then face another tough test on Sept. 17 at No. 13 Louisville.There were a couple times that he got a little shook on the sidelines. The thing about it, he bounced back, and thats what he did in practice, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said. At the end of the day, its one game. Now weeve got to get better and move on.ddddddddddddFisher was also pleased with how well Francois started to manage the game better late in the second quarter. He started to settle down and went more to the check down receiver, which freed up more single coverage in the second half that the Seminoles took advantage of with more passes downfield.While the yards stand out, the one stat that meant the most to Fisher is that Francois had no turnovers.He made plays with his feet and his arms but more importantly, he made it with his mind, and thats the key to playing quarterback, Fisher said.Francois still has more ahead if he wants to continue to be mentioned in the same breath as Winston, who is in his second year with Tampa Bay. As a redshirt freshman Winston won the Heisman and led Florida State to a 14-0 season and its third national championship.Winston also still has the schools single-game passing record of 444 yards against Clemson in 2013.Francois performance capped a good weekend for freshmen quarterbacks in high-profile national games.Shane Buechele became the first freshman to start a Texas opener since Bobby Layne in 1944 and threw for 280 yards as the Longhorns defeated Notre Dame 50-47 in double overtime. The win also catapulted the Longhorns from unranked to 11th in this weeks Top 25.Georgias Jacob Eason, who entered during the second quarter of the Bulldogs 33-24 win over North Carolina, had a 51-yard completion to Isaiah McKenzie during the fourth quarter that was Georgias longest pass play in nearly three seasons and led to a go-ahead field goal. The Bulldogs moved up nine spots to No. 9 in the poll.Top-ranked Alabama ended up using two freshmen in its 52-6 blowout of Southern Cal. Blake Barnett played the first two series before Jalen Hurts came in and led the Crimson Tide to five touchdowns and a field goal during the second and third quarters. Barnett directed two fourth-quarter scoring drives.---Online: AP College Football website www.collegefootball.ap.org . Follow Joe Reedy on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/joereedy . ' ' '