Lance Mackey leads Iditarod near finish
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It looks like it's Lance Mackey's race to lose. Mackey was leading the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and closing in on the finish line in Nome, perhaps reaching the end of the Iditarod trail sometime late Tuesday.
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In a finish that US Ski Team coaches hope will boost her confidence before tomorrow's downhill, Lindsey Kildow of Vail, Colo., got nudged off the podium in the last run of a combined event yesterday, finishing fourth to a trio of European veterans.
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Jonathan Byrd and Jeff Sluman shared the lead Friday at the midway point of the Chrysler Championship, the final full-field event on the PGA Tour.
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It took Kyle Busch 27 laps to work his way to the lead yesterday despite starting second. After that, there was little doubt who was the fastest driver in the Cabela's 250 NASCAR Busch Series race in Brooklyn, Mich. The 19-year-old Busch led 87 of the 125 laps on the 2-mile oval at Michigan International Speedway and beat runner-up Mark ...
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Lance Mackey's team surged ahead of a tight pack of front-runners Monday during the final leg of the world's longest sled dog race.
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Englishman James Toseland leads the field on his way to sealing victory in the world superbike championship at Magny-Cours. Photo: AFP.
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Coolum, Australia (Sports Network) - James Nitties shot a seven-under 65 on Friday to move into the lead at the halfway point of the Australian PGA Championship.
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Mushers' tales of toughness, of outlasting furious snowstorms, of guiding dog teams down serpentine mountain switchbacks and over rivers of cracking ice are the meat and potatoes of Iditarod lore.
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Andretti Green Racing was the double winner Sunday at Pikes Peak International Raceway. Dario Franchitti captured the Honda Indy 225, and teammate Tony Kanaan took command
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Thereâs so much at stake in the final Nextel Cup race of the season on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The top five drivers in The Chase have a shot at the Cup title, and all top 10 positions in the standings will be settled.
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Lindsey Kildow already leads the World Cup downhill standings. Now the Vail, Colo., skier is making a bid for the super giant slalom title as well.
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Golf Tiger Woods wrapped up a remarkable season at the Target World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, Calif., seizing the lead from US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy in just three holes yesterday and coasting to a 6-under-par 66 to finish at 16-under 272, good for a four-shot victory over Ogilvy in the last tournament of the year. He started the year ...
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Jamie McMurray ended a five-year winless drought by edging out Kyle Busch in the 18th round of NASCAR's Nextel Cup in Daytona on Saturday, with just 0.005 seconds separating the duo at the end of the 400-mile race.
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GRAND BLANC, Michigan  - American Kenny Perry fired a sizzling nine-under 63 to grab a share of the second round lead at the Buick Open on Friday alongside Jim Furyk and Brett Quigley.
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ORLANDO, Florida  - Briny Baird, seeking his first  win on the PGA Tour, fired a six-under-par 66 to grab the lead  after the second round of the $4.2 million Funai Classic at the  Walt Disney Resort on Friday.
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As the Nascar Nextel Cup regular-season draws closer to completion, Kasey Kahne, 11th in points, is not letting up on the gas pedal or the pressure.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - As Bode Miller and Daron Rahlves were carving the texts of history with their first- and second-place men&#39;s World Cup downhill finishes in Beaver Creek Friday, Vail&#39;s own Lindsey Kildow was making some tracks of her own up north.