Winner's mates find themselves far behind
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Richard Childress was nowhere to be found yesterday, perhaps "in Mongolia or something, shooting another sheep" as Clint Bowyer jokingly suggested Friday.
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Travis Mayer and Jeremy Bloom are taking an unorthodox approach to conquering a sport in which the trail to success is usually bumpy.
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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.
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There are times when the Americans just can't win, such as the Ryder Cup. And sometimes, they don't even have to wait for the matches to get under way.
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The Australian juggernaut may have been crushing all opposition with ruthless efficiency in various tournaments, but when it comes to the Champions Trophy it invariably gets stuck.
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Four of the worldÂs best bicycle riders are pessimistic about their chances at the U.S.A. CyclingÂs national professional road-race championship due to their undermanned teams.
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He'd lost the leader in the upstream sun. Malcolm Howard knew that Mahe Drysdale, the three-time world champion, was somewhere between him and the finish line. The only question was how fast the New Zealander was moving and whether Howard could beat the clock before Drysdale did.
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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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Too inexperienced or too old - candidates face dilemmas as they battle to capture centre ground
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and perhaps Darren Lehmann - as emotions flared in the slow march towards a landmark Australian win in Nagpur yesterday. Katich trudged
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In the battle between Major League Soccer and the national teams of several players over the coming weeks, there will be likely few winners.
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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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As candidates drop out, survivors try to secure support, and money, from backers left in cold.
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THERE WERE THREE WONDERFUL goals at Anfield yesterday, but only one was a winner. Few were predicting that it would come from Liverpool and no one but his closest relatives (and even they
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These guys are doing what they can, but it just isn't enough.
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ATHENS - The US men have a basketball medal, but there is little consolation in the prize. Third place fell a couple of steps short of expectations, but the Americans had nowhere else to go Saturday in what
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Sometimes the biggest rewards are hiding out of sight.