May 24, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Itsmyluckyday early favorite for $1M Florida Derby

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Story Highlights Itsmyluckyday is the early favorite in the Florida Derby draw Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Shanghai Bobby drew the No. 1 post for Saturday’s race The $1M Florida Derby is probably the top Kentucky Derby prep race (PhatzRadio / USA Today) —- HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — A field of 10 was entered Wednesday for [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Govenor Charlie steamrolls field in Sunland Derby

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Story Highlights Govenor Charlie won the Sunland Derby in record time Sunday at Sunland Race Track in New Mexico The win gives the colt trained by Bob Baffert enough points (50) to get into the Kentucky Derby Baffert and owner Mike Pegram still have not decided if their horse will run in the Derby on [...]

NBA All-Star 2013: West dominates East in All-Star celebrity game

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — HOUSTON — Usain Bolt took joined the East team in the All-Star celebrity game to have a little fun. He had no idea the West team would take the game so seriously. Five-foot-2 comedian Kevin Hart took most valuable player honors in leading the West to a 58-38 victory over the [...]

Track and Field: Bolt, Felix win 2012 athlete of the year awards

Jamaica's double Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt stikes a pose while inaugurating a Puma store in Barcelona

(Reuters) – Olympic champions Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were named male and female athlete of the year respectively by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at a ceremony in Barcelona on Saturday. Jamaican Bolt, who retained his 100 and 200 meters titles in London in August, is the first man to win the [...]

Olympics: Usain Bolt pulls out of Monaco meet with ‘slight’ injury

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Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica attends an IAAF Golden Gala press conference on May 29, 2012 in Rome, Italy. (May 28, 2012 – Source: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images Europe) LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt withdrew from his final race before the Olympics on Thursday with what his coach called a “slight” injury problem following [...]

Track and Field: Gatlin secures London return ahead of Gay

Justin Gatlin celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 100 meter final ahead of Tyson Gay and Michael Rodgers at the U.S. Olympic athletics trials in Eugene

(Reuters) – Justin Gatlin is back. So is Tyson Gay. Eight years after winning Olympic gold and two years after concluding a doping ban, Gatlin secured his return to the Games by running an eye-catching 9.80 seconds to win the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials on Sunday. It was the second fastest time [...]

Track and Field: Usain Bolt thinks better start could lead to world record

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Usain Bolt said his main focus this season is to become quicker out of the blocks. (Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Usain Bolt is hoping to turn his only weakness into a strength in time for the London Olympics. The tall Jamaican sprinter has never been known for fast starts, but said [...]

German sprinter Andre Greipel wins Stage 10 by a wheel

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Andre Greipel of Germany and Omega Pharma-Lotto raises his arm in celebration as he crosses the line to win stage ten of the 2011 Tour de France from Aurillac to Carmaux on July 12, 2011 in Carmaux, France. (July 11, 2011 – Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) CARMAUX, France (AP) — After all the [...]