JUDO | PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
In the past decade, USA Judo has made strides in terms of its size, legitimacy and competitive level. But on Thursday, it got a firsthand look at just how far it still has to go before it can catch the best in the Americas.
PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
If the Cuban national judo team was competing in, say, Cleveland, few people outside judo circles would notice. But this is Miami, a place no Cuban national team of any sport had set foot in for more than four decades. So, when news spread that world judo power Cuba was in the heart of downtown Thursday competing in the 2008 Pan American Championships, a dozen passionate Cuban exiles -- members of the hard-line Vigilia Mambisa group -- showed up to protest outside the Hyatt hotel.
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The trainer of Eight Belles is certain the filly was never on steroids, and has ordered tests to prove it.
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Skip Koepnick knows where his tax rebate is going - to a weekend of fun at Churchill Downs.
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