| Sun, 20 May 2012 Central Section's best weave their way into track and field record books | Cody Brazeal has never had to look far to find standard bearers of Central Section distance running. | Brazeal was an eighth-grader at Alta Sierra Intermediate, a Buchanan High feeder, when Jonathan Sanchez was running to glory for the Bears in 2009. | Then Brazeal ha... | Dale Earnhardt Jr. confident after strong showing in Sprint All-Star Race | CONCORD, N.C.—Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t win the Sprint All-Star Race Saturday night, but he can look at his performance as an all-star worthy outing. | Earnhardt dominated the Sprint Showdown, leading all 40 laps of the heat race to qualify for the main event. He ... | Manchester City make £29m offer for Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente | Manchester City continues to look at more attacking talent to boost their chances of repeating as English Premier League champion’s next season. | The latest big name on their target list for the summer is Athletic Bilbao’s Spanish giant, Fernando Llorente. | At 6... | Jimmie Johnson wins Sprint Cup All-Star Race | Times wires | Times wires | Times wires Times wires ADVERTISEMENT | ADVERTISEMENT | Story Tools Print this story Contact the editor Email Newsletters | By JENNA FRYER | AP Auto Racing Writer | CONCORD, N.C. - It's not often a race car driver intentionally cruises slow... | Athletics: Newdick looks to seal spot in Olympic team | If anyone should feel aggrieved, it's decathlete Brent Newdick. When the New Zealand Olympic Committee announced its initial athletics selections for London, the decathlete was lumped in the same wait-and-see category as shot put prodigy Jacko Gill. | While both had a... | Mountain biking: Sheppard sprints to podium | New Zealand mountain biker Samara Sheppard produced a remarkable charge on the final lap to earn a podium finish in the fourth round of the UJCI World Cup in France overnight. | The 22-year-old was still in fifth place half way through the final lap of four of the wom... | Khalfani Muhammad wins two sprint events at championships Junior Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High thrives on having a target on his back as the sprinter you have to beat to be considered the fastest teenager in California. | "Everybody wants to come after me," he said. "I love it. I love the pressure." | Eric ... | Yamauchi's marathon hopes aided by sprint guru | Now a performance director for UK Athletics at the Lee Valley Centre in north London, the American guru of the sprint game has been credited with a marathon success. This time last year Mara Yamauchi's career as a world-class exponent of the 26.2- mile event was in a ... | Earnhardt races way into Sprint All-Star race | CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't need the fan vote this year. | Earnhardt won the Sprint Showdown on Saturday night to pick up a transfer spot into the $1 million All-Star race. His exemption from his 2000 victory expired last year, and NASCAR's most po... | Shore athletes will benefit from Georgian Court move to coed LAKEWOOD - Come Fall 2013, the Georgian Court University athletic program will have an addition - men's teams. | ... | Cavendish sprints to victory in Giro's 13th stage; Rodriguez still leads way | CERVERE, Italy — World champion Mark Cavendish won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish Friday as Joaquin Rodriguez retained the overall lead. | It was the third win of this year's Giro for Cavendish, who finished in a time of 3 hours, 2 minute... | BOYS' TRACK AND FIELD: Rio Mesa drops anchor, ends Notre Dame's championship run Selig secures third win with dynamic final leg on 4 x 400, helping Spartans earn Div. III title over runner-up Knights.By Erik Boal erik.boal@dailynews.com Staff WriterPosted: 05/19/2012 10:24:45 PM PDTUpdated: 05/19/2012 11:07:18 PM PDT | WALNUT -- A back... | Earnhardt races way into Sprint All-Star race | CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. knew he had a free pass into the All-Star race. | But he didn't want to get into the $1 million race that way. | Instead, Earnhardt led all 40 laps of Saturday night's Sprint Showdown to race his way into the main event at Char... | Masterful performance for local prep track athletes | Arroyo Grande Highs Garrett Weinreich clinched a spot at next weeks Masters Meet after throwing 61 feet, 3 3⁄4 inches in the boys shot put for the Eagles track and field team at the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 finals at Mt. San Antonio Coll... | Johnson elated after winning million-dollar Sprint All-Star race CONCORD, N.C. - In a hot night of racing Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, it was Jimmie Johnson who took home a cool $1 million, winning NASCAR's Sprint All-Star Race for the third time in his career. | While the race was a five-segment, 90-lap event in total, it w... | Results from Saturday's Class AAA track and field meet individual: 8 numChar :2167 | -->individual: 17 numChar :2203 | -->individual: 25 numChar :2198 | -->individual: 34 numChar :2193 | -->individual: 43 numChar :2627 | -->individual: 51 numChar :2024 | -->individual: 60 numChar :2248 | -->individual: 67 numChar :2240 | --... | Johnson elated after winning million-dollar Sprint All-Star race CONCORD, N.C. - In a hot night of racing Saturday at Motor Speedway, it was who took home a cool $1 million, winning 's Sprint All-Star Race for the third time in his career. | While the race was a five-segment, 90-lap event in total, it was the final 10-lap shootout th... | | |
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