Derby, Preakness winners make Belmont compelling

06/04/11 The anticipation of a Triple Crown try was building as Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom was closing in on Shackleford in the final yards of the Preakness Stakes.

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NCAA Baseball Regionals 2011 Results: Belmont Hammers No. 6 Vanderbilt, 10-0

06/03/11 The Vanderbilt Commodores had the deck stacked in their favor for the 2011 NCAA baseball regionals, but hit a massive stumbling block during Friday's first round of action. That stumbling block's name was Belmont, the No. 4 seed in the Nashville region. In what has to be the upset of the day so far, No. 6 overall seed Vanderbilt was blanked and blown out by the Bruins, 10-0. In other action, the ...

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Bulletin Board: June 4, 2011

06/03/11 To see the entire bulletin board community calendar and all entertainment listings, go to www.saratogian.com/ Life. Submit items to bulletinboard@ saratogian.com or mail to: Bulletin Board, The Saratogian, 20 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Questions? Call

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Waltham's Brian Ouellette remembered as dedicated Navy SEAL

05/31/11 Seven years ago, 37-year-old Petty Officer First Class Brian J. Ouellette, a Navy SEAL , was returning to his base of operations near Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan when he was killed by an improvised explosive device.

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The 10 oddest places the Stanley Cup has ever visited

05/31/11 The first team to win the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893. The silver chalice has been handed to the National Hockey League's champion each year since 1927. The number of players who have touched, hugged, lifted, dropped, partied with and drank from the Cup is well into the thousands. Which is to say that Stanley's gotten around. Each offseason, the Hockey Hall of Fame has ...

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Belmont Stakes: Neil Howard works Prime Cut, still iffy for race, as is Wilkinson

05/31/11 Prime Cut, who finished third in the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park in his last start, worked five furlongs in 1:03.60 at Churchill Downs on Tuesday morning, but trainer Neil Howard said he was still not sure whether Prime Cut would run in the Belmont Stakes on June 11.

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Belmont Stakes: Animal Kingdom to work in New York on Monday

05/31/11 Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derby winner, will be sent to Belmont Park this weekend to prepare for the June 11 Belmont Stakes and is slated to work a half-mile there on Monday, Barry Irwin, the president of the Team Valor International partnership that owns Animal Kingdom, informed on Tuesday morning.

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SPORTS LINE

05/31/11 FIFA leader denies his group in crisis With FIFA facing its worst scandal in its 107-year history, a seething Sepp Blatter denied his organization is in crisis as he moved closer to a fourth term as president of soccer's ruling body and the crisis spread to the vote for the 2022 World Cup. With his only challenger, Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar, suspended along with FIFA Vice President Jack Warner ...

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Alysha Clark Completes Training Camp Roster

05/16/11 SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Silver Stars have signed forward Alysha Clark, head coach and general manager Dan Hughes announced today, rounding out the 2011 training camp roster. The Silver Stars originally selected Clark with the 17th overall pick in the 2010 WNBA Draft.

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Liz O'Connell: It's Good to Be King

05/14/11 A major factor in Animal Kingdom winning the Derby was his great trip. Given a masterful ride by Velasquez, the colt was in the right spot throughout the race.

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Mangano Lays Out Economic Development & Job Plan

05/13/11 Advances Belmont as Preferred Site For Casino Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano was joined this week by New York Islanders owner Charles Wang, Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray, and other business, community and labor leaders in announcing a major Economic Development and Job Creation Plan. This includes building a world-class sports-entertainment destination center in the heart of ...

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Through the binocs

05/13/11 NYRA and NBC Sports will partner up to broadcast "Summer at Saratoga," seven weekends of live stakes races at the Old Spa, to appear on NBC or VERSUS from 5-6 p.m. The races are the July 23 Coaching Club American Oaks, July 30 Diana, Aug. 6 Whitney, Aug. 7...

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NSSA Hosts Youth Step Team Championships

05/12/11 The Gentlemen of Vision perform at the 2011 Music City Step Fest and win back to back national high school championships. Nashville, TN (May 12, 2011) -- The National Step Show Alliance (NSSA) hosted the organization's annual Youth National Championship in April.

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Mangano: NY Voters To Decide On Plan For New Islanders Arena

05/11/11 Officials on Long Island will ask voters this summer to approve a $400 million plan to build a new hockey arena next to the current home of the Islanders.

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NY voters to decide on plan for new hockey arena

05/11/11 A suburban county placed under a state fiscal watchdog earlier this year will ask voters this summer to let it borrow $400 million to replace the New York Islanders' aging arena, as well as construct a minor league baseball park nearby.

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NY officials will ask voters to decide on borrowing plan to build new home for NHL's Islanders

05/11/11 UNIONDALE, N.Y. - A suburban county placed under a state fiscal watchdog earlier this year will ask voters this summer to let it borrow US$400 million to replace the New York Islanders' aging arena, as well as construct a minor league baseball park nearby.

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A DAY AT THE RACES: Watching The Kentucky Derby... From Belmont Park

05/09/11 We weren't able to make it to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby (and New York State shut down its Off-Track Betting operation), so we did the next best thing last Saturday.

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Animal Kingdom shipping to Maryland Tuesday

05/09/11 Team Valor International's Kentucky Derby (G1) star ANIMAL KINGDOM (Leroidesanimaux [Brz]) took an early morning walk around Barn 22 at Churchill Downs on Monday as he prepared to spend his last day of the spring in the shadow of the Twin Spires.

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2011 Preakness Stakes: Kentucky Derby Winner Animal Kingdom All Set To Run At Pimlico

05/09/11 For more on the second leg of the Triple Crown, check out And Down The Stretch They Come , SB Nation's Horse Racing blog. The second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, should have the same excitement it has year-after-year, with the Kentucky Derby Champion trying to pull off winning three races in 5 weeks, which hasn't been done since 1978 when Affirmed won the Triple Crown. Derby ...

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Sale of Warner Music could cause ripples in Nashville

05/07/11 Warner Music Group, which represents Faith Hill, Blake Shelton and other artists, is being sold as the music industry continues to cope with a global decline in CD sales.

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