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Funny Cide jockey sues Miami Herald
May 19 2005 10:06PM (CT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Jockey Jose Santos is renewing his legal battle against The Miami Herald, contending that an article defamed him by questioning whether he carried an illegal device when he rode Funny Cide to victory in the 2003 Kentucky Derby.
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Zito has three shots at winning Preakness
May 19 2005 9:33PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Nick Zito is back for another classic try. The trainer who couldn't win this year's Kentucky Derby with five horses has three chances to win Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
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Sports steroid law planned next week
May 19 2005 8:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The NBA's steroids policy was branded "pathetic" and "a joke" by lawmakers Thursday, and the head of a congressional panel said he will propose a law creating drug-testing standards for the four major professional sports leagues.
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Jones' lawyer seeks to end European ban
May 19 2005 7:14PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Marion Jones' attorney has asked track's world governing body and the U.S. Olympic Committee to help end a ban imposed on the three-time gold-medal winner by major European track meets.
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New documentary remembers Whirlaway
May 19 2005 6:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Whirlaway won the 1941 Triple Crown, helped to raise nearly $5 million for the American war effort and ended his career as the first thoroughbred with more than $500,000 in earnings.
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Sprinter Michelle Collins drops appeal
May 19 2005 5:56PM (CT)
DENVER (AP) - Former world champion sprinter Michelle Collins accepted a four-year suspension for a doping violation, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Thursday.
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Preakness newcomers facing long odds
May 19 2005 3:18PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - If Giacomo didn't win the Kentucky Derby, Barry Rose would have stayed home this week instead of bringing Hal's Image to Pimlico. Giacomo came in as a 50-1 underdog, which led Rose to believe that his horse had as good a chance as anyone to win the Preakness _ even though Hal's Image has two wins in 16 career starts.
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Ivan Basso takes lead in Giro d'Italia
May 19 2005 3:14PM (CT)
ZOLDO ALTO, Italy (AP) - Ivan Basso took the overall lead in the Giro d'Italia on Thursday when he finished runner-up to Italian countryman Paolo Savoldelli in a sprint finish in the mountainous 11th stage.
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Funny Cide heads solid field in Pimlico
May 19 2005 2:10PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - One year later than planned, Funny Cide returns to the scene of his 2003 Preakness victory to run in the Pimlico Special.
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Lukas depressed over outside post
May 19 2005 1:43PM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - At the beginning of the week, D. Wayne Lukas was feeling good about his chances of winning the Preakness with Going Wild.
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Meb Keflezighi opens 2005 season in NYC
May 19 2005 11:26AM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - First, it was an Achilles' tendon injury. Then his hip flexor started bothering him. Nothing seemed to be going right for Meb Keflezighi. It was all so frustrating, especially after the year he had in 2004. Keflezighi hopes to put his struggles behind him starting Sunday, when he makes his season debut at the Healthy Kidney 10K in Central Park.
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Derby winner Giacomo visits Pimlico
May 19 2005 10:20AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo got his first look at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday morning, galloping 1 1/2 miles and looking "very relaxed."
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Afleet Alex early favorite at Preakness
May 19 2005 1:36AM (CT)
BALTIMORE (AP) - Afleet Alex was made the 5-2 favorite for the Preakness Stakes on Wednesday, while Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo was the fourth choice at 6-1 and drew the ominous No. 13 post.
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Brack makes unexpected return to Indy 500
May 19 2005 1:29AM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The last place Kenny Brack expected to be Wednesday was in a race car making laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But it didn't take the 39-year-old Swede long to get up to speed after being called on by Rahal Letterman Racing to replace injured defending Indy 500 champion Buddy Rice in the car Brack drove before he was seriously hurt in October 2003.
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