Category Archives: Race

Wild horse roundup triggers controversy

By doris | Published: January 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Silver Springs, Nevada (CNN) — The helicopter is on the chase. At first, you can only hear it. Then, from behind the hillside, you see a herd of wild horses running for their freedom, with the helicopter close behind. One escapes the trap, barely. The crowd cheers. This is the scene [...]

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Chilean miner crosses finish line at NYC Marathon

By doris | Published: November 8, 2010

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com NEW YORK – A Chilean miner ran, walked and hobbled his way to the finish line of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, showing the passionate grit that helped him survive more than two months trapped underground. Edison Pena crossed the Central Park finish line at 3:24 p.m., with a [...]

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Kyle Busch gets unprecedented NASCAR sweep

By doris | Published: August 22, 2010

Full Story at nbcsports.msnbc.com BRISTOL, Tenn. – As Kyle Busch crossed the finish line for a three-race sweep, his crew quickly credited the driver for his role in the record-setting moment. “We are in the presence of greatness,” a team member said over the radio. Indeed, they were.

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Teen wins Soap Box Derby with late sister’s car

By doris | Published: July 25, 2010

Full Story at nbcsports.msnbc.com AKRON, Ohio – Real life beat Hollywood to the finish line at the 73rd Annual All-American Soap Box Derby on Saturday. With actor-director Corbin Bernsen filming the movie “Hill 25,” based on the Soap Box Derby, 14-year-old Sean Brown rolled to victory in the Rally Super Stock Division in a way [...]

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U.S. reaches Winter Olympics peak

By doris | Published: March 1, 2010

Full Story at NBC Olympics.com VANCOUVER — After she won silver in the 1,000-meter race late in these 2010 Vancouver Games, short-track speedskater Katherine Reutter met the press with an American flag draped over her light-blue warm-up jacket. The flag wasn’t going anywhere and neither was the big smile on her face. “I have a [...]

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South Korea sends first rocket into space

By doris | Published: August 25, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com GOHEUNG, South Korea – South Korea’s first rocket blasted off into space Tuesday following an aborted attempt last week and just months after its rival North Korea drew international ire for its own launch. The launch of the two-stage Naro rocket could boost the country’s space ambition but the North warned [...]

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President faces a Kennedy decision on space

By doris | Published: June 24, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – When the Soviet Union was beating America’s pants off heaving cosmonauts into orbit, a young president named John Fitzgerald Kennedy called a handful of top space experts in and decided Americans would walk on the moon. Kennedy wanted to win the space race with the Russians — [...]

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Girl Power: Filly Rachel Alexandra makes history

By doris | Published: May 17, 2009

Full Story At news.yahoo.com BALTIMORE – Girls rule! The best 3-year-old in the land just happens to be a filly named Rachel Alexandra. Jockey Calvin Borel all but guaranteed victory in the Preakness Stakes and, boy, did she deliver, becoming the first filly in 85 years to win the second leg of the Triple Crown. [...]

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Mine That Bird pulls off upset in Kentucky Derby

By doris | Published: May 3, 2009

Full Story At  sports.yahoo.com LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)—The cowboy and his horse beat them all. Four Hall of Fame trainers. The ruler of Dubai. Two very sentimental favorites. Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. hitched Mine That Bird to the back of his pickup and drove to the Kentucky Derby from New Mexico. With an inspired ride on [...]

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