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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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Pole qualifications for the 50th running of the Daytona 500 provided a two-sided tale of a champion's determination and a sinner's redemption.
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The gruelling trudge from Marathon to Athens killed a man, or so the legend goes. Yesterday, it trampled the spirit of women who dared to attempt it in the heat of Athens.
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Starting with this weekend&#39;s races at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports drivers are going to try to turn a tragedy into a triumph.
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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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MARTINSVILLE - Halfway into the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup, the competition comes to a half-mile track where intensity â-nd history â - inherent.
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The family of a mother and her two children who were murdered pay tribute to "the heart" of their family.
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Some of the greatest names in American motor sport will battle three women and a battalion of international challengers for the bottle of cold milk that will go to the winner of the Indy 500 on Sunday.
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Hundreds of people gathered in Maryville, Missouri Tuesday for the funeral of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. One neighbor remembered 23-year-old Bobbie Jo as someone who grew into &quot;a beautiful swan.
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She has the chance to banish the ghosts of last weekend&#39;s marathon failure and finally claim the Olympic medal she has sought for so long.
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ATHENS - To understand the moment of triumph, one must understand the 2 hours, 26 minutes, 20 seconds of cruelty. The favorite, the world-record holder in the women&#39;s marathon, Paula Radcliffe, led a pack
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com staff writers. Rick Hendrick, his family and the Hendrick Motorsports organization are in the process of mourning the loss of their loved ones and friends who were on board the small Beech
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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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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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&#39;&#39;I guess it&#39;s what every driver is after, deep down,&#39;&#39; said the 47-year-old Nashville native and Mt. Juliet resident who has devoted most of his adult life to chasing checkered flags from Highland Rim Speedway to Daytona.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas Time may be running out for a woman on death row in Texas. Frances Newton is scheduled to get a lethal injection tomorrow evening for the 1987 shooting deaths of her husband and two small children.
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By Mary Lane Gallagher, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb.