| Sun, 5 Sep 2010 Blue-winged teal profile
| The facts | What: Among the smallest of the common North American ducks. Blue-winged teal average about 16-inches long for a male, 14 inches for a female. The male weighs about 1 pound; the female about 20 percent less. | Distinguishing characteristics: Both sexes get... | After a quarter of a century, Koch remains untouchable
| There was no chance of the Lightning Bolt striking at the Spaladium Arena in Split yesterday. Track and field's most prolific record-breaker of recent times has been undergoing running repairs since his sudden acquaintance with defeat in Stockholm a month ago. He also... | Net Gains: Marathon men Isner and Mahut are now the best of friends
| By Paul Newman | No prizes for guessing the first person John Isner bumped into when he walked into the US Open locker room this week. The American might have been expected to be sick and tired of seeing Nicolas Mahut, the Frenchman with whom he created history in the... | Ultra-Running: A marathon is no longer good enough
| If you thought marathons were tough, think again. A new breed of extreme runner is spurning the 26 miles that did for the Ancient Greek messenger Pheidippides, opting instead to run anything up to four times that distance - across deserts, up mountains or through jung... | Texas dove hunters are No. 1
| Column by RAY SASSER / The Dallas Morning News | rsasser@dallasnews.com | Ray Sasser Archive | E-mail | Dove hunters who have already been afield were asked several questions when they bought their new hunting licenses. The questions help identify how many people are ... | Outdoors notebook
| Bass pros to convene at Lake Tawakoni | Some of the nation's top bass pros will compete at Lake Tawakoni on Thursday through Saturday in the Professional Anglers Association Bass Pro Shops Series presented by Carrot Stix. | Pros will compete for $250,000, with the fir... | Denny Hamlin Wins Pole For Sunday Night's Atlanta Sprint Cup Race
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Denny Hamlin started chasing the championship during qualifying Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. | Mired in a bit of a midseason slump, Hamlin showed signs of turning things around by claiming the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race with a s... | Kevin Anderson Named Athletic Director at Maryland
Kevin Anderson will be Maryland's new athletic director, the school announced Saturday, ending a search that began when former AD Debbie Yow left Maryland to take the same position at N.C. State in July. | Anderson, who will be formally introduced Tuesday, arrives from ... | Denny Hamlin edges field for Sprint Cup pole at Atlanta
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Jason Smith, Getty Images Denny Hamlin celebrates after edging Ryan Newman for the pole at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Emory Healthcare 500 in Atlanta. NASCAR FAST FACTS | What: Emory Healthcare 500... | NASCAR-Sprint Cup-Emory Healthcare 500 Lineup
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By The Associated Press | 1. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 187.38. | 2. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 187.07. | 3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 187.063. | 4. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 186.881. | 5. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevr... | Former Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie set for place in England Athletics Hall of Fame
| Call up: Former Olympic champion Linford Christie | Linford Christie, banned from accreditation for Britain’s Olympics team because of a past doping offence, is being offered the chance to salvage some of his credibility by one of the sport’s governing bod... | Army's Anderson to become Maryland's next athletic director
| COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Kevin Anderson is the new athletic director at the University of Maryland. | Anderson has been Army's athletic director since 2004. He is the first African-American to hold that position at West Point. | Senior associate athletic director Kathy Wor... | Duo Show Form In Split
| Great Britain's Dai Greene and Mark Lewis-Francis built on their impressive European Championships performances in the IAAF Continental Cup in Split today. | Greene emulated his 400 metres hurdles victory from Barcelona by clocking a personal best of 47.88 seconds to ... | King of the sprinters Henry Candy strikes again as Markab lands Haydock Group One
| Markab became only the second seven-year-old to land the Betfred Sprint Cup when powering home at Haydock. | Emulating the 1977 hero Boldboy, Henry Candy's charge lifted the prize in the hands of Pat Cosgrave from Lady Of the Desert and Genki. | Sprint star: Ma... | Sprint Cup qualifying order at Atlanta
| NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying order at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010: | DriverDateTimeSpeed Track Qualifying Record:Geoff Bodine 11/16/9728.074197.478 #CarDriverTeamTimeSpeedTimeSpeed 16David RaganUPS Ford 277Sam Hornish Jr.Mobil 1 Dodge 339Ryan New... | ASA to be handed control of athletics
| Athletics South Africa (ASA) will regain control of the sport on September 18 when elections are held for a new board at a special general meeting. | The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) told the federation's provincial members on Satu... | Cross country stars primed to perform
| The South African Cross Country Championships, scheduled to be held at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria on September 11, is attracting keen interest from all the top athletes. | With little more than a week to go the number of athletes registering has ... | |
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