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American veteran drag racer Scott Kalitta died Saturday after apparently winning a qualifying race in the Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals taking place in Old Bridge, New Jersey. Kalitta had a great start and was about to win the race, but his Toyota Solara Funny Car burst into flames. It appears that the car was traveling at almost 300 miles per hour at the time, and his engine exploded. Subsequently, the body flew off as the car was engulfed by flames. The parachutes, launched from the burning car, did not manage to slow down Kalitta before he hit the end wall, pulverizing his car in a...
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Phoenix Suns' center Shaquille O’Neal said that his freestyle rap done in a New York nightspot during the past weekend was just for fun and it did not mean what he said about Kobe Bryant, his former team mate at the Los Angeles Lakers. “You know how I be/ Last week Kobe couldn't do without me,” rapped Shaquille in New York referring to the NBA Finals which Kobe and the Lakers lost in Game 6 against the Boston Celtics. Shaq and Kobe won championships as teammates in L.A. but have quarreled during the past couple of years. However, Shaquille was in the zone and didn’t stop there with his...
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Although he registered a poor starting position, Kyle Busch
won on Sunday the NASCAR Sprint Cup Toyota/Save Mart 350, at the Infineon
Raceway. This is 23-year-old Busch’s first win in seven road course starts and
the series-best fifth of the Sprint Cup season. In the 112 lap race with
incidents scattered along, the present-day points leader meticulously advanced
from Row 15 to the winner’s position, thus marking his fourth NASCAR race
appearance on the hilly Sonoma
County road course. Busch
took advantage of an early pit stop on Lap 29 that helped him leap over
previous race...
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The Olympic Games are close and records begin to break as
athletes compete for the spots in the sporting event of the year.
Monday was a day of mixed reactions for Natalie Coughlin, as
she watched Hayley McGregory break the 100-meter backstroke record with a swim
of 59.15.
And what started as an “make top 16” objective in the
preliminary competition for the upcoming Olympics ended as a quest for keeping
a record that she has held for eight years.
McGregory had just a couple of minutes to enjoy her notable
performance, as Coughlin decided to shatter the world record once more....
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