In Buick, clutch win for Austin
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CROMWELL, Conn. -- They couldn't get the big names to play in this year's Buick Championship and for the better part of yesterday's final round at TPC River Highlands, they couldn't get any of the lesser ones to win the darn thing, either.
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Woody Austin is finally getting a grip on his nerves, and it is starting to pay off. Austin calmly made a 6-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole yesterday
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INDIANAPOLIS -- When the rain-shortened 91st Indianapolis 500 finally was called on Lap 166 yesterday, and Dario Franchitti was declared the winner, Tony Kanaan wasted little time scrambling out of his cockpit.
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The Colts dominated every aspect of Monday nightâs showdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars, easily winning and once again taking charge in the A.F.C. South.
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Tiffany Jackson scored 9 of her 19 points early in the second half as No. 4 Texas broke open a close game and went on to a 74-59 win over No. 1 Tennessee last night in Austin, Texas.
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Rookie Zach Johnson carded the joint best round of the day, 65, to take a share of the second round lead in the Buick Championship in Connecticut.
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Tony Stewart finally broke through for his first victory of the season, holding off Matt Kenseth on several late-race restarts yesterday to win the NASCAR Nextel Cup USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
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Taking a page from Hendrick Motorsports' strategy book, Tony Stewart outdueled Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch to win the season-opening Nationwide Series race Saturday at Daytona International Speedway.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. bumped Carl Edwards out of the way on a restart in overtime and grabbed a contentious victory Saturday in the NASCAR Busch Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
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CROMWELL, Connecticut  - Rookie Zach Johnson  produced the day's joint best score, a five-under-par 65, to  join Fred Funk at the top of the leaderboard after the second  round of the $4.2 million Buick Championship Friday.
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Next October, Chase Austin will finally be old enough to drive to the grocery store by himself. By then, though, he&#39;ll also have a full season of stock car racing under his belt.
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FORT WORTH, Texas Helio Castroneves (kas-troh-NEH&#39;-ves) held off IndyCar Series champion Tony Kanaan (kuh-NAHN&#39;) over the final two laps after a restart to win the Chevy 500 in the IRL season finale.
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Greg Biffle, driving the &quot;Flash&quot;-blazoned National Guard Ford, led 73 of the 200 laps Sunday to take his second career win in NASCAR NEXTEL Cup racing.
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No. 20 Xavier escapes with a 74-66 victory over a youthful George Washington team Saturday night at Smith Center.
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GRAND BLANC, Michigan  - Tom Pernice Jr. turned a sizzling back nine into a one-shot third round lead at the Buick Open on Saturday.
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AUSTIN - Texas took care of its fiercest in-state rival and ensured at least one more week of bickering about the Bowl Championship Series.
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Mike Bliss uses a gutsy three-wide pass to take the lead, then holds off a charging Matt Kenseth over the final few laps to win his first Busch series race Friday night.