In memory of Luke, Loretta races for her life
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LUKE. His name is tattooed forever on her right ankle. His memory, just as permanently, in her heart. Loretta Harrop ran the race of her life in Athens yesterday, the inspiration of her late
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Georgia Frontiere, the St. Louis native who became a hometown hero when she brought the Rams of the National Football League from Los Angeles in 1995, died Jan. 18. She was 80.
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ATHENS Kelly Holmes has spent more than a decade chasing Maria Mutola. On Monday, when it mattered, she finally caught her. Since her first world title in 1993, Mutola, 31, has been the great predator of women&#39;s middle distance running.
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By Joshua Norman, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Sep. 9--Pat Smith died en route to doing what he loved: building hope for people who have little.
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A former cancer sufferer is today expected to begin his bid to run four half-marathon races within the space of 24 hours.
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To save her sister&#39;s life, Mary Jo Krafty is counting on people in the Slate Belt community to push up their sleeves and get a blood test to become members of the National Bone Marrow Registry.
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Remembering the incandescent star on the 14th anniversary of her death
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My rÃÂ¿sumÃÂ¿ is pretty short when it comes to endurance events. There was that 23- hour nonstop drive from New Hampshire to South Carolina back in 1987, and I vaguely remember a St. Patrick's Day drinking contest at the University of Maryland that lasted quite a while (thanks, Norman).
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For some Americans, weary of war  in Iraq and uncertain about the future, the race horse  Barbaro's fight for life was a welcome tale of hope in the face  of adversity.
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Schmidt, Josephine T.  (Nee Matsche) Born to Eternal Life on Wed., Dec. 6, 2006, age 71 years. Beloved wife of the late Ervin. Loving mother of Michael (Sandra) and Allen. Dear grandmother of the late Nicholas. Step- grandmother of Shana Styer.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun.
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Missy Jenkins lost the use of her legs when she was struck by a bullet in a 1997 school shooting that left three classmates dead. But she never lost hope.
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Wearing a bib reading &quot;Feisty Fighting Franci,&quot; breast cancer combatant Franci Finkelstein propelled herself across the finish line of yesterday&#39;s Run for the Cure with tears in her eyes, raising clasped hands in the air with her friends.
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All the action from Athens as Paula Radcliffe aims to put her marathon nightmare behind her.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Lamar Hunt was fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital Tuesday, and friends and family of the 74-year-old pioneer of the modern NFL were hoping for "miracles."
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It would have been easy to dedicate this one to &quot;Maw&quot; - the 78-year-old grandmother Ryan Franklin lost last week. He could have said it was for his son, splayed across his father&#39;s lap after the game.
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&quot;Dying is no big deal. The least of us can manage that. Living is the trick.&quot;. He was always comfortable running through the pine forests of the Lower Cape or along the shoreline near his East Dennis home.