Last run goes out of kilter
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ATHENS - Vanderlei de Lima had been running in Greek heat for well over two hours and, by the way, was mugged along the way by a lunatic in a red kilt and high green socks.
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Can you believe these baseball games of late? They are tension-filled, comeback-laden, back-and-forth, down-to-the-last-out sporting gems. And they are unwatchable.
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As she climbed the final obstacle to her first-ever marathon victory, Constantina Tomescu-Dita couldn&#39;t help looking back - back to her past, back to the ghosts that have plagued her time and time again.
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Funny things happen when a horse knocks on the door to racing history and can&#39;t get through. Smarty Jones, this year&#39;s near-Triple Crown winner, is retired to a career as a stallion.
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Alan Webb, who was supposed to end America&#39;s streak of mediocrity in middle-distance races, got outmaneuvered and outrun as he failed to make it out of the preliminary round in the 1,500 meters.
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You often see thoroughbred horses do it. Baseball teams have jumped out ahead in the standings and stayed there all the way through to a World Series victory.
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Those of you with the Rockies in four are out of the pool. It was a nice thought, I suppose. With 21 of 22 and seven straight in the postseason, why not run the table? But there had to be some sort of shelf life on karma, right? Four or five days, max, I'd say.
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Although there will be no more great memories of the little track in his hometown -- where they raced for the last time Sunday -- car owner Andretti has one that might not be topped anywhere for a while.
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New Zealand&#39;s top order spectacularly squandered their last opportunity to tune up before next week&#39;s first test against Australia as New South Wales ran amok in the final session of the third day at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday.
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KAPALUA, Hawaii -- So far as golf's best one-two punch goes, yesterday's final round of the Mercedes Championships was disappointing.
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No one in the Olympic Stadium could possibly know it at the time, but the men&#39;s long jump final last night was over almost as soon as it began.
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ATHENS, Greece - Everyone knew the marathon was going to be tough, but having to dodge a would-be tackler in a kilt, green beret and matching knee-high socks wasn't an expected obstacle. It was definitely a bizarre way to end the Olympics...
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The same phrase has been uttered the last couple of times the Cohasset and Scituate boys' lacrosse teams faced off: Scituate ran out of time.
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Ashado had a little trouble finding running room in the stretch of the Breeders&#39; Cup Distaff on Saturday. But once she did, she quickly kicked away from the opposition
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A versatile showmanÂs final local act is a disappearing one.
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Opponents aren't the only ones having a tough time matching Max Darrah's pace. Record-keepers are struggling to keep up, as well.
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The mens&#39; 100-meter final isn&#39;t until tonight, but it didn&#39;t look as if anybody told the guys who were running in last night&#39;s preliminaries.