Contenders may be pacing, not chasing
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The Chase for the Nextel Cup begins Sunday at New Hampshire International Speedway. The question is, are drivers truly going to chase it, or are they going to sit back and let it come to them?
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If this political season  has proved anything, it's that it doesn't pay to be labeled a  front-runner. Just ask Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton.
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As ever, the big question mark hanging over today&#39;s race is strategy. Thanks to the difficult conditions in qualifying we now have a fairly muddled grid, however, it&#39;s only in the opening laps that of the
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Don't look to crown any presidential nominees on Super Tuesday.
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There&#39;s baseball&#39;s postseason, basketball&#39;s preseason, boxing&#39;s never-ending season, and the NFL in full swing. Every fourth year, there&#39;s a presidential race coming down the homestretch too.
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One thing about the Republican presidential race is certain Â the nomination won't be by acclamation.
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More than changing the dynamic of a race that has tightened in the past 10 days, Friday's debate served to set up Wednesday's encounter as an opportunity to provide momentum to one of the candidates going into the final weeks of the election.
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ALL too often at a championship that produces a relatively surprising leader after the opening round, does that player get rather overtaken at the enormity of the situation and slide, sometimes none too gracefully, away down the leaderboard and out of the
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Chasing relative performance leads to a short-term orientation.
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As all experienced racetrackers realize, picking horses a few days before the races are run is no way to bet winners. Too much new information surfaces at the last minute to make bets earlier than the last possible moment.
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Herman Edwards' mantra isn't complicated: "You play to win the game."
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ATLANTA -- One guy hasn&#39;t won in 12 months and the other hasn&#39;t won in nearly 12 years. It&#39;s tough to decide which stat is the more improbable.
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The Renault F1 Team ran through its programme without worrying about the timesheets or its rivals. The focus has been on Sundayâs race, not Fridayâs glory.
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Michael Schumacher may not have won a race in about six weeks now but that does not necessarily mean that Ferrari are off the pace; at least not yet.
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The race for the Nextel Cup championship is down to the wire and the points leader is running away from the field. Suddenly, a slower car gets in his way, holding him up until the other contenders catch up. It just so happens, the slower car is a teammate of one of the contenders. Impossible? Think again.
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The sport's rulebook says it's to be played in a 'ladylike' fashion (though it's coed), but competition can be cutthroat.
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Seeking the presidency is harder the second time around. As the race for 2008 builds, Democratic Sen. John Kerry has left little doubt about his intentions to try again after his narrow loss to President Bush in 2004. He isn&#039;t the only also-ran considering another marathon.