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Area squad off to World Series
They have been playing together since they first learned to hit a softball or field a ground ball. Maybe that's why the So Cal Burbank Heartbreakers have been so successful as a team. The 10-and-under girls' squad came through with a big effort in a...Tags: Softball, Sports, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Baseball
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Open Forum about L.A. Kings
Some associate the Los Angeles Kings with silver and black. I remember Forum Blue and Gold. Some extol the virtues of Wayne Gretzky, Luc Robitaille and Anze Kopitar. My heroes were Marcel Dionne, Rogie Vachon and Butch Goring. Some get a kick out of...Tags: Jerry Buss, National Hockey League, Los Angeles Lakers, Larry Murphy, Staples Center
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Valley Cats place 3rd in tourney
Bits and pieces from the local sports scene. Baseball team impresses at tournament: The Valley Cats 12-and-under baseball team enjoyed its share of success this past season. However, the squad might have enjoyed its biggest accomplishment...Tags: Connie Mack, Jr., World Series, Boston Red Sox, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sports
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Horsemen search for deals at post-Preakness sale
On the Wednesday and Thursday before the Preakness, as excitement built for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, many trainers and owners slipped away from Pimlico Race Course and drove eight miles north on Interstate 83 to look a year into the future....
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Under Armour Inc., Auction Service, Horse and Harness Racing, Sports
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Ready to rumble?
For all of those hoping that the interleague competition between the Orioles and the Washington Nationals would turn into an honest-to-goodness regional rivalry, there is good news to report as both teams prepare for the four-game home-and-home series...Tags: National League East, Lifestyle and Leisure, Media Industry, Major League Baseball, American League
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Rosie Napravnik will ride Code West in Belmont Stakes
The Baltimore SunRosie Napravnik will get another shot at history in the Belmont Stakes — just aboard a different horse than in her previous two Triple Crown races. On Thursday, trainer Bob Baffert announced that Napravnik will mount Code West in the Belmont...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, New York Racing Association, Rosie Napravnik
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Outstanding Student Athlete: Michelle Adeniyi
Michelle Adeniyi is wrapping up a breakthrough season at Clay, while leaving most of her competition in the dust. Carl Deffenbaugh has more on the star senior as she prepares for the state meet. Clay senior Michelle Adeniyi is a three-sport standout for...
Tags: Indiana Hoosiers, Track and Field
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Santa Anita gets key racing dates
Santa Anita came away the big winner Thursday when the California Horse Racing Board tentatively approved racing dates for 2014 and 2015 in response to the pending closure of Betfair Hollywood Park on Dec. 22. Santa Anita will expand its usual fall...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Horse and Harness Racing, Sports
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Nate's Mineshaft seeks to re-establish credentials
Nate's Mineshaft has impeccable lineage on his sire's side of the family — starting with Mineshaft after AP Indy and Seattle Slew. Mineshaft was America's Horse of the Year in 2003; AP Indy was Horse of the Year in 1992; and Triple Crown winner...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Metal and Mineral, Churchill Downs, Horse and Harness Racing, Sports
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Gary Stevens' victory at 50 is the granddaddy of comebacks
This was for every guy who ever had a mid-life crisis and tried to do something nobody thought could be done. Fifty-year-old Jockey Gary Stevens took Oxbow to the front early and never looked back on the way to an upset victory in the 138th Preakness...Tags: Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Preakness Stakes
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Triple Crown: Impossible dream?
After Kentucky Derby winner Orb finished in fourth place at the Preakness, we are on the longest drought ever for a Triple Crown winner ("Lukas kept prediction to himself: Oxbow," May 20). The last time a horse won a Triple Crown was Affirmed in 1978....
Tags: Kentucky Derby, Hallandale Beach, Preakness Stakes, Big Brown
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For What it's Worth: May 20
When I reached the gate for a flight out of Montgomery, Alabama yesterday I was offered the use of a rocking chair. Was it just southern hospitality or a not so subtle insinuation? By the way, why, I wonder, do they have rocking chairs at the gate in...
Tags: Alabama Crimson Tide, Kansas City Royals, College Baseball, Sports, Arkansas Razorbacks
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