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Jimmie Johnson took the lead with six laps to go Sunday and held off Jeff Gordon to win the Pepsi 500 in Fontana, Calif. The win gave Johnson a 12-point lead over Mark Martin in the Sprint Cup points race. Johnson outraced Gordon in the final laps after...
Tags: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Pepsi, Auto Club Speedway, sprint cup, Fontana, Tony Stewart, pulled away, mile oval
Alphonce Yatich took first place in the Baltimore Marathon today with a time of 2:14:04, marking his first marathon win. Yatich, a 25-year-old from Kenya, didn't beat last year's event record of 2:11:56 set by Julius Keter. Iulia Arkhipova, 25, of Kyrgyzstantook...
Tags: Alphonce Yatich, Iulia Arkhipova of Kyrgyzstan, Baltimore Marathon, Julius Keter, Kenya, event record, pulled away
Sprint Cup last season, as Busch began the Chase as the points leader, and Bowyer began fifth in the 12-man field. However, with three races remaining before this season’s Chase field is set, Bowyer is in 14th place, 58 points behind 12th-place Mark Martin...
Tags: Kyle Busch, Bristol Motor Speedway, pulled away, Matt Crafton, Clint Bowyer, Hélio Castroneves, busch pulled, bed raced, truck series
Alexis Thompson knew exactly what the problem was Saturday in her third round at the U.S. Women's Open -- a 78 that took the 14-year-old from Coral Springs out of contention, now tied for 36th place at 9-over-par 222 for 54 holes and 12 shots behind leader...
Tags: Cristie Kerr Opens, U.S, Paula Creamer, Alexis Thompson, hee ji, playing partner, South Korea, pulled away, partner paula, eun hee
Simon Whitfield of Canada won in a photo finish and Emma Moffatt of Australia earned her second victory in a week in the world's richest triathlon on Saturday. Whitfield won the Hy-Vee Elite Cup in a sprint from Olympic champion Jan Frodeno of Germany,...
Tags: Emma Moffatt, Emma Snowsill, Switzerland, West Des Moines, olympic champion, Australia, richest triathlon, Simon Whitfield, New Zealand, pulled away
Arms flailing, fists pumping, a crazed look behind those designer eyeglasses, Cleveland coach Mike Brown nearly jumped out of his suit. A few feet away, Cavaliers reserve forward Wally Szczerbiak was sprawled on the Quicken Loans Arena floor after taking...
Tags: Atlanta Hawks, Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, Impatient Hawks, Eastern Conference, All-Star Joe Johnson, pulled away, round sweep, semifinal opener, conference semifinal
Medalists at the Nordic World Ski Championships after Wednesday's races: Men Nordic Combined Mass Start GOLD _ Todd Lodwick, United States SILVER _ Tino Edelmann, Germany BRONZE _ Jason Lamy Chappuis, France 15-kilometer Cross-Country Classical Style...
Tags: Aino Kaisa Saarinen, pulled away, Finland, nordic world
N.C. — Tyler Hansbrough scored 27 points to help third-ranked North Carolina beat North Carolina State 89-80 Wednesday night. Danny Green added 19 points for the Tar Heels (24-2, 10-2 ACC), who pulled away in the second half to win their 10th straight...
Tags: North Carolina State, Tyler Hansbrough, hansbrough scored, pulled away, Atlantic Coast Conference, Kansas, Danny Green, green added, ranked north, beat north
As the race for the Big East title heads for the stretch run, Louisville has made it clear it will be a major player in the chase for the trophy. The seventh-ranked Cards shook off a torrid first-half shooting performance by Providence on Wednesday night,...
Tags: The University of Louisville, Louisville Cardinals, Rick Pitino, Providence, pulled away, notre dame
ET The Associated Press David Krejci had a short-handed goal and an assist, and the Boston Bruins snapped a season-worst four-game losing streak Tuesday night by pulling away late to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1.
Tags: Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, David Krejci, pulled away, losing streak, handed goal, away late, bruins snapped, Boston Globe, game losing