Vicar Wins Florida Derby as Nafzger Delivers Second Derby Hope
Hallandale Florida AP Carl Nafzger trains Vicar the 3 year old son of Wild Again to a nose victory over Wondertross in the Florida Derby a major Kentucky Derby prep worth 750000. Vicar will ship to Churchill Downs March 19 for Blue Grass prep at Keeneland and remains one of Nafzger’s hopeful Derby contenders alongside Cat Thief Certain and others in the field.
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Fla
Carl Nafzger
Vicar
Nafzger
Wondertross
Churchill Downs
Keeneland
Cat Thief
Fountain of Youth
Wonderiess
Blue Grass
Nick Zito
Wonderboss
New York Yankees
George Steinbrenner
William Condren
Wayne Lukas
Cat Thiel
TV. Smith
Advis
Zito
Ernie Paragallo
South Florida
James Tafel
Bob Baffert
Santa Anita
Baffert
Prime Timber
Exploit
Silver Bulletday
New Orleans
Lewis Holyfield draw stirs debate over undisputed title
In a Madison Square Garden draw, Lennox Lewis retained the WBC title while Holyfield kept the WBA IBF belts after a 12 round battle that many viewed as a rigged decision. Judges split 1 1 1 with AP scoring for Lewis and officials calling the bout controversial. Lewis pressed with a late surge and a strong fifth round but the crowd booed the verdict fearing politics overshadowed merit.
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New York
Lennox Lewis
Evander Holyfield
Lewis
Sam
Britain
Holyfield
Don
King
Iam
America
Seth Abraham
Time Warner Sports
Time Warner
HBO
TVEQ
Holyeld
Henry Akinwande
Riddick Bowe
Bowe
Jean Williams
IBF
CompuBox, Inc
Williams
New Jersey
Stanley Christodoulou
South Africa
WBA
Lewis Larry O'Connell
WBC
O'Connell
Christodoulou
South African Press Association
NFL expansion decision delays but Los Angeles favored
NFL owners postponed a choice on awarding the league’s 32nd team, with indications that Los Angeles is leading over Houston. A Sunday finance and expansion meeting offered no stadium or ownership picks, while two L A groups vie to host the franchise. Also under review is return of instant replay with two challenges per game and final on-field authority by the referee.
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NFL
Los Angeles
Houston
Seagon
Joe Browne
Rams
Raiders
Oilers
Robert McNair Browne
Hollywood
Michael Ovity
Carson
Edward Roski
Los Angeles Coliseum
Washington Redskins
Howard Milstein
Singh hangs on in Honda Classic
Vijay Singh held off Eric Booker in gusting 35 mph winds at the Honda Classic to win by two strokes with a final-round 69 and a total of 277 11 under. Payne Stewart finished second at 279 while Booker tied for third at 280 with Mark O'Meara Carlos Franco and Doug Donakey.
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Coral Springs
Fla
Everglades
Eric Booker
Vijay Singh
Singh
Booker
Payne Stewart
Mark O'Meara
Carlos Franco
Doug Donakey
O'Meara
TPC
Heron Bay
Rodman Skips Lakers On Indefinite Leave Of Absence
In inglewood California Dennis Rodman did not attend a Lakers practice after being granted an indefinite leave of absence for unspecified personal reasons. Coach Kurt Rambis said the team must adjust if Rodman does not join the road trip and no reasons were given.
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Calif
Dennis Rodman
Los Angeles Lakers
Rodman
Lakers
Sacramento
Kings
Kurt Rambis
Rambis
Ramibis
del Harris
John Black
Jerry West
Mitch Kupchak
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Lpga Hall of Fame
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