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John Velazquez rides Medina Spirit across the finish line to win the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., May 1, 2021. The Kentucky Derby television broadcast will be produced by a woman for the first time in the 148-year-old history of the race. Lindsay Schanzer on Thursday, April 21, 2022, will be named senior producer of NBC Sports’ Derby coverage and oversee the network’s horse racing production. It’s her 10th Derby but her first running the show as she makes some history. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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Mo.-based company hired to police drugs in US horse racing
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Tue,05/03/22-10:58AM , 622 Reads
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A deal for Drug Free Sport International to police medication in horse racing was announced Tuesday, two months before the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority takes effect.
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Greyhounds compete in a race at the Iowa Greyhound Park, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Dubuque, Iowa. After the end of a truncated season in Dubuque in May, the track here will close. By the end of the year, there will only be two tracks left in the country. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Greyhound racing nearing its end in the US after long slide
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press
Mon,05/02/22-5:35AM , 770 Reads
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction.
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Arkansas receiver Treylon Burks (16) carries the ball against Missouri during the first half of an NCAA college football game Nov. 26, 2021, in Fayetteville, Ark. Burks was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday, April 28. (AP Photo/Michael Woods, File)

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Titans trade Brown to Eagles to move up to 18, draft Burks
By TERESA M. WALKER - AP Pro Football Writer
Thu,04/28/22-9:38PM , 567 Reads
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans began the NFL draft trying to make the best of a tough situation.
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Little Rock Marathon Events hosting 4th annual Events Summit in May; registration now open
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Thu,04/28/22-1:09PM , 766 Reads
Little Rock, Ark.– Little Rock Marathon Events, a project of the Little Rock Marathon, will host its fourth annual events summit on May 17 at the Bill & Margaret Clark Room, located on the third floor of Ottenheimer Hall in the River Market District.
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