A Turf War Is Brewing at the Virginia Derby
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The 10th running of the Virginia Derby on Saturday at Colonial Downs has become the primary target of any trainer with a top-quality 3-year-old turf horse.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Two of the largest racetrack owners in North America _ Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment Corp. _ have joined forces in an attempt to reach more fans.
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In the other Breeders&#39; Cup races, trainer Todd Pletcher ended an 0-for-12 run with two winners, Ashado in the $2 million Distaff, and Speightstown in the $1 million Sprint; and there were three major upsets: 17-1 long shot Singletary won the $1.
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Virginia&#39;s ambitious football team must neutralize Miami&#39;s speed today at Scott Stadium to stake its own claim to a berth among college football&#39;s elite.
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Azeri will try to beat the boys again, this time in Saturday&#39;s $4 million Breeders&#39; Cup Classic. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas used poker analogies when he
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Virginia is suffering through a crippling six-game losing streak and life gets no easier for the Cavaliers, who face fifth-ranked North Carolina on Tuesday.
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By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 12--Last week, Virginia Beach got a look at both ends of the stick wielded by Richmond.
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A long-running rivalry between the C.I.A. and F.B.I. continues to play out.
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MIDWAY -- The Region 4 golf race looks like it's going to be a back-and-forth battle between three teams.
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There is a sense in which 99% of the runners at the Breeders&#39; Cup tonight are visitors. The course has never staged this meeting before - in fact, it is less than a decade since they dug Lone Star Park&#39;s foundations
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By The Roanoke Times, Va. May 31--Drivers who regularly negotiate the two, twisting lanes of pavement that are U.S. 220 north of Eagle Rock in Botetourt County must be sorely tempted to deride Virginia's transportation department.
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - Leave it to D. Wayne Lukas to add intrigue to an appealing Breeders&#39; Cup Classic. By entering Azeri in today&#39;s $4 million Classic, the Hall of Fame trainer is taking a huge gamble that
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Virginia faces a tough task Sunday, needing a victory over undefeated Duke on the road to avoid an 0-4 start in the ACC.
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Washington's decision to fund a baseball stadium highlights a debate over sports funding.
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Everyone who follows Virginia football has a particular memory of the Cavaliers&#39; epic victory over Florida State in 1995. Adrian Burnim and Anthony Poindexter teaming to stop Warrick Dunn inches short of the goal line on the game&#39;s final play.
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Player fights to save career amid allegations of animal cruelty and illegal betting.
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A statewide political feud has the public aghast, even as it slurps up every detail of a dynasty in dysfunction.