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- GALLERY
Nylon racing suit worked for this Olympic champion
Former Olympic swim champion Adolph Kiefer recently celebrated his 90th birthday with a 30-minute workout in the pool.
- GUEST COLUMN
The 'Cult of Candice' growing in numbers
The coach of the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx sighed over the phone when asked about his rookie star, Candice Wiggins.
“She's a gem, isn't she?” Don Zierden said.
The answer is, unequivocally, yes. Anyone who saw Wiggins at Stanford knew she was a gem. Not only a star player but also an impressive young woman.
- DAILY DIGEST
Casino: NBA wrongly included in lawsuit
A luxury casino on the Las Vegas Strip said yesterday the NBA should not have been included in a $50,000 lawsuit filed this month for an unpaid convention bill from the 2007 All-Star Week.
- SPOTLIGHT ON SURFING
Perils of the deep are no longer laughing matter
On a fairly recent spring night – a week to the day, actually, after the death by shark attack of 66-year-old triathlete David Martin on April 25 – I sat in a crowded North County lineup with two close friends.
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- MOTORSPORTS ROUNDUP
Kurt Busch gets a win
Kurt Busch had strategy and luck on his side. Tony Stewart had neither.
That's how Busch wound up ending his 29-race winless streak yesterday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon in the rain-shortened Lenox Industrial Tools 301, while Stewart simply added another disheartening loss to his own winless streak that has reached 31 races.
- Winners sidestep challenges
Defending men's champion Chris Foster planned for a year to compete in the 25th annual San Diego International Triathlon. Women's pro Rebeccah Wassner decided to enter on the eve of the event.
- Gomez victory looks like win for Del Mar meet too
INGLEWOOD – First, jockey Garrett Gomez cured Black Mamba's second-itis. Then Gomez confirmed he might be providing a regular dose of star power to the Del Mar jockey colony 17 days from now when the summer race meeting begins there.
- Turning Point
Jake Peavy had retired Adrian Beltre in his first two at-bats by pounding him inside. “I got a broken-bat grounder the first time, then moved his feet,” Peavy said. So with Seattle ahead 1-0 and a runner on first in the sixth, Peavy went inside again to Beltre. The third baseman went to his knees on a swing Peavy described as “a little unorthodox.” But the high drive carried onto the first balcony of the Western Metal Supply Company building for a two-run homer.
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- MLB ROUNDUP
White Sox beat Cubs to get sweep revenge
A trip across town made all the difference for the White Sox.
Swept by the Cubs a week ago at Wrigley Field, they were the ones doing the sweeping in their home park on the South Side of town.
- GOLF ROUNDUP
Perry holds on at Buick
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open in Grand Blanc, Mich.
- This time, Dodgers lose 1-0
The Angels got another outstanding pitching performance, and this time they even won.
- AL Chatter
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- SOCCER ROUNDUP
Spain cuts loose after first major win in 44 years
A championship 44 years in the waiting is worth a special celebration.
- SWIMMING ROUNDUP
World marks fall to Phelps, Hoff
OMAHA, Neb. – Holding off one of his best friends, Michael Phelps started his second attempt to break Mark Spitz's Olympic record with another epic swim.
- To Tosta, OTC was a blessing
EUGENE, Ore. – Sheena Tosta tried to train at one track in the Los Angeles area, then two, then three. She kept getting kicked off.
- OLYMPIC ROUNDUP
Peters dressage champ
Steffen Peters of San Diego took the national Grand Prix dressage championship and earned one of four Olympic berths yesterday by winning the freestyle event at the Olympic Dressage Trials at Oaks Blenheim Farms in San Juan Capistrano.
- Serena's 'ultimate' goal: to face Venus
WIMBLEDON, England – Serena Williams continues her bid for a third Wimbledon title. Her other objective is to play her older sister, Venus, in the final.
- Wimbledon Roundup
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