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  • Rick Snider: Oxbow pulls a shocker at Preakness Stakes

    Sports

    Published: Sat, May 18, 2013

    BALTIMORE - It was the perfect Hollywood ending. Jockey Gary Stevens retired after a hall-of-fame career, instead racing horses in an HBO series about a washed up rider. But the series was cancelled and Stevens recently returned to the saddle after seven years. Maybe Stevens' next movie...

  • United goalie Bill Hamid takes turbulent season in stride

    Sports: D.C. United

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    Goalie keeps his cool in tumultuous season Bill Hamid said his girlfriend has been coaxing him into Barnes & Noble lately. Among the shelves of books, he's found some peace and respite from the field, where it's been nothing but turmoil for D.C. United (1-8-1, 4 points) during a...

  • Thom Loverro: Scrumming soon to the U.S., an NFL-backed rugby group

    Sports

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    Rugby used to be a thing here in the United States. America's national team won the gold medal in Olympic rugby in 1920 and 1924. Then it disappeared from view, while at the same time, George Halas was kicking off the National Football League. The rough-and-tumble sport grew throughout the...

  • Jim Williams: Second-screen options draw U.S. Open to ESPN deal

    Sports

    Updated: Fri, May 17, 2013

    On Thursday, the USTA announced a new 11-year multiplatform broadcast deal with ESPN. The deal will start in 2015 and will make the network the exclusive home of all U.S. Open tennis tournament coverage. CBS has broadcast the U.S. Open every year since 1968; its current deal expires after the...

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