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The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc: Syracuse is among a solid group of No. 1 seeds in our latest tournament projections, but the middle of the pack is much more murky.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
Getty ImagesBig Brown returned to training in February, and after just three easy breezes in a 12-day period, Dutrow deemed him ready to run in a first-level allowance race going one mile at Gulfstream. Originally scheduled for the turf, rain forced the race to be moved to the main track, and Big Brown, meeting just four rivals, galloped to a 12 3/4-length victory.
"I was the under the impression he was ready to be entered in a basic one-other-than allowance race and that talent would get him to the wire first," Dutrow said.
After first thinking of the Blue Grass, Dutrow and IEAH reversed course. After, as Dutrow puts it, "a night of thinking and drinking," the decision was made to run in the Florida Derby.
Despite being saddled with post 12 and running an opening half-mile in 45.83 seconds, Big Brown rolled to a five-length victory in the Florida Derby, establishing himself as an early favorite for the Kentucky Derby. He was the first horse to win from either post 11 or 12 going 1 1/8 miles on Gulfstream's main track since it was reconfigured in 2005.
As pleased as he was with the Florida Derby, Dutrow seems even happier with the way Big Brown has come out of it both physically and mentally. Big Brown's front feet, on which he now wears glue-on shoes, are no longer a problem. And Dutrow couldn't be happier with Big Brown's training.
"Since he has run, he has been taking control of his training," Dutrow said. "When he sees a horse galloping in front of him, he wants that target. It's not like he's being unmanageable, but his mind is going in the right direction."
Dutrow, who can still be unmanageable at times himself, believes he, too, is going in the right direction.
"I got all these cobwebs out of me now, and it's showing," he said. "I've done some good things around horses and its going to continue."
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
It's first time that Classic will be broadcast in primetime on Nov. 3.
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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