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There has been a very large amount of rain in California causing widespread flooding and scattered mudslides. It’s been raining for seven straight days, however, now the sun is finally out over the Qualcomm Stadium football field. The Poinsettia Bowl was scheduled for tonight, however, for a while it seemed like it wouldn’t be...
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The Ford Ironman Arizona is a triathlon, which consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike race and a 26.2-mile run and it takes place on November 21 in Tempe, AZ. The swimming part is done in the Tempe Town Lake. The swin map is here, the bike course can be found here and...
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The 17th annual Philadelphia marathon took place today. The race is also known as the Philadelphia Independence Marathon. 9,000 runners from all around the world were registered and 50,000 visitors lined the streets of Philadelphia. The race started at 7:00 am at 22d Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, which also furnished as the...
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Saturday afternoon the trail to the 2011 Kentucky Derby officially begins with the Delta Downs Jackpot. The Jackpot offers a $1 million dollar purse and has attracted ten 2 year olds looking to hop on the trail to the Derby. The morning line favorite for the race is Blue Laser who comes into the...
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On Tuesday night their are only three games on the schedule. The game of the night is defiantly the Philadelphia Flyers vs Montreal Canadiens. The Flyers will come into town pretty happy as two of their biggest stars come to town with new big contracts. Claude Giroux signed a 3 year $11.25 million dollar...
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The infamous Sean Avery of the New York Rangers was at it again Sunday afternoon. In a game against the Edmonton Oilers Avery hit Oilers player Colin Fraser which his teammate Ladislav Smid didn’t like so confronted Avery after the hit. Avery then refused to fight with Smid who eventually turned away and was...
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It may seem early to be looking ahead to the Kentucky Derby already which is the first weekend of May each year but many handicappers have already been looking ahead towards it for months now. We at Off The Turf will begin our Derby coverage on December 1st and many other websites have already...
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Today, November 14, 2010, the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon is taking place in San Antonio, TX. Thousands of athletes from all around the world participated. The pros have already finished the marathon. Here are the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio Marathon Results. Rock and Roll Marathon San Antonio 2010 Results Men: -...
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Update: Ironman Clearwater winners Michael Raelert of Germany, who also won the 2009 Ironman in Clearwater, won the World Championship on Saturday, with a new course record of 3 hours, 34 minutes, 4 seconds. Michael Raelert commented on this to tampabay.com: “I didn’t expect to be so fast,” the 29-year-old triathlete said after winning...
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The 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Blame has ridden off into the sunset straight to the Claiborne Farm in Paris Kentucky where he will begin his second career as a stallion. To many people outside of the horse racing industry it may seem, strange, maybe even stupid to retire the horse that just won...
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