No Quick Knockouts as Races Move to New Terrain
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Senator John McCainâs comeback is impressive, but the contests ahead are less tailored to his political needs.
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In some of the most basic ways imaginable &#151; how fast people can run, how high they can jump, how far they can throw &#151; the march of progress has stopped.
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Motorsport.com. Momentum is a funny thing in racing. It&#39;s not something that you can see or hear. It&#39;s not easy to put your finger on exactly when it starts.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq -- The race started like any other, with the pop of a gun and the slap of sneakers on hard mud. The sun had begun to peek above the purple horizon, and the air was New England cold.
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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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With two races to go, Formula One's season couldn't be closer.
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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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Officials are examining the possibility of cancelling tomorrowâs running because of the poor conditions, while Schumacher went fastest of the day.
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Sudden death in long-distance running is a problem that race organizers said they feared and that they had worked hard to try to prevent.
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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IT WAS typical of the trend of the match that it should finish this way. There was a power threat lurking from early on in a contest that took an age to warm up.
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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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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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ATHENS -- The sensation of the Olympic boxing tournament learned yesterday that there's no substitute for experience. At least not in the ring.
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During yesterday's quarterfinals of the WGAM Amateur, the competitors had to battle the conditions almost as much as their opponents.
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A month ago, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia thought there was a decent chance she could contend for the world record in the women's 5,000-meter race at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. But that confidence was eroded somewhat over the last couple of weeks because she had altered her training in hopes of qualifying for the World Cross Country Championships scheduled ...
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such as Richmond International Raceway, Infineon Raceway or even Pocono Raceway, for example -- the logistics at several others are more than questionable.