HICKMAN EYES RECORD WIN
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James Hickman is looking to secure an unprecedented fifth consecutive global title as he spearheads a small British team in the World Short-Course Championships starting in Indianapolis today.
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There&#39;s nothing like the stretch run in baseball. We&#39;ve got unbelievable races for the AL West and the NL wild card going on.
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Â· Clinton's rival raises record breaking $32m in a monthÂ· Schwarzenegger endorses Republican frontrunner
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Jeff Sluman shattered the course record to take a two-shot lead after the first round of the Chrysler Championship. The American recorded nine birdies in a nine-under-par 62 at the Westin Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course.
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Mark Calcavecchia made 10 birdies and tied the Copperhead course record at Innisbrook with a 9-under-par 62 yesterday, going from the middle of the pack to a share of the lead with Heath Slocum (67) after three rounds of the PODS Championship at Palm Harbor, Fla.
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The racetrack and casino operator reports another record result.
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The last time Cliff Lee faced the Mariners he ended up beating them 18-6. It was an outing at Safeco Field in which Lee gave up three runs, and it was an outing that took his record to a flashy 10-1.
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BLUE HILLS Coach: Vincent Hickey (33d year, 197-136-1). Last year's record: 6-5. Football website: highsports.net. Playing surface : Grass. Returning starters (13): Kevin O'Connor, QB, 5-11, 170, Sr.; Ryan Gearty, RB-DB, 5-9, 150, Jr.; Anthony Calabrese, RB-LB, 5-6, 180, Sr.; Jose Santiago, RB-LB, 5-8, 155, Jr.; Bret Fredricks, LB, 6-0, 160, Jr.; Carl Cadet, RB-DB, 5-9, 175, Sr.; Riley Mello, ...
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DES MOINES -- Steve Hildebrand, the veteran political operative selected to plot a victory for Sen. Barack Obama in Iowa, drew a deep breath and began his pitch.
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The Seattle Mariners never saw it coming. Not in the middle of a long winning streak. Mike Hargrove stunned his team Sunday when the manager resigned hours before the Mariners rallied past the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 for their eighth consecutive victory &#151; the longest current run in the major leagues.
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It is final tuneup time for quite a few horses on the road to the Breedersâ Cup at Monmouth Park on Oct. 27. The Haskell Invitational winner Any Given Saturday tops a field of five in todayâs Brooklyn Handicap, while Grasshopper, the Travers Stakes runner-up, is the favorite in a 10-horse field for the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. Also, Octave takes on seven rivals in the Fitz Dixon Cotillion at Philadelphia Park as she continues her run to the $2 million Breedersâ Cup Distaff. Overshadowed by her stablemate Rags to Riches (out for the year with an injury), Octave won the Mother Goose and the Coaching Club American Oaks before finishing third in the Alabama in her previous race.
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Devin Hester raced past the New Orleans Saints and ended their bid for a return to the playoffs. Hester sprinted 64 yards for a touchdown on a punt return, his NFL-record sixth kick runback for a score this season to break his own mark set a year ago. He also caught a 55-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Orton as the Chicago Bears beat the Saints 33-25 on Sunday.
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A LEGEND will be fondly farewelled and another will gallop into history in today&#39;s $3 million Cox Plate. Record crowds are expected at Moonee Valley to watch the weight-for-age championship of Australasia.
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SEATTLE -- It was a record that stood for 84 years, and Ichiro Suzuki wasted no time in breaking it. Needing two hits to pass George Sisler&#39;s record of 257 in a season, Suzuki got them in his first two at-bats Friday night at a festive Safeco Field.
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Jeff Sluman shot a course-record nine-under-par 62 on Thursday to lead after the first round of the $5 million Chrysler Championship.
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Peter Lonard will this week attempt to become the first player to win the Australian Open, PGA and Masters titles in a single season.
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Blue Hills coach Vin Hickey thought he would try something a little different in the second quarter yesterday against longtime rival Bristol-Plymouth: He called for a shovel pass.