"The Runner" (The New Press. 192 pages. $22.95), by David Samuels: In the early 1990s, Princeton University erased from its records the grades and race times of sophomore Alexi Santana, a self-taught star runner with a colorful history. The Ivy League university had to erase its records because, in fact, Alexi Santana never existed. He was the invention of a 28-year-old drifter with a criminal ...

Art sold at New York's contemporary fairs, but one major lender predicts a sharp downturn and a “flight to quality.”

The reason: The best one-two punch in the Coachella Valley, this senior duo led Cathedral City all the way to the final four of the CIF tournament. Gilchrist, a three-time tournament MVP, and Custer, selected DVL MVP and three times all-tournament, led the Lions to is best record in school history at 27-2. Both were also the only players from the DVL to be honored as first-team all CIF.

David Salomon (P&S-Specialized) and Leda Cox (America's Dairyland) were crowned the champions of the 22nd Tucson Bicycle Classic after the third and final stage on Sunday. Brian Forbes (RideClean) and Clare Vlahopoulos (America's Dairyland) won their respective races during the finale, the Artisan Prosthetics Circuit race, run on a rolling, 5.6-mile loop with 300 feet of climbing per lap. ...

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After a week of trying, Rabobank take their first stage win on the final day. However, Antoine Dalibard is the man celebrating the overall win, breaking the Dutch team's four-year stranglehold.

The International Tour de Toona has been scaled down from a seven-day stage race to a one-day criterium this year, but hopes to return as multi-stage event in 2009, The Altoona Mirror reported Saturday. Race director Larry Bilotto said several issues contributed to the decision, including two ongoing lawsuits. The Altoona Bicycle Club, which runs the event, is currently involved in a lawsuit ...

Argentina's Andres Romero played a solid golf game, then he played the waiting game. He won them both.

The following is a portion of the final Circuit Court felony criminal case dispositions filed in Bartow for the period of Oct. 8 16, 2007.

Are Sevilla The New Ipswich Town? Growing up on the mean streets of Oakham, in the Eighties, was no walk in the park. In fact, it's a miracle that the Spanish Thing doesn't look like Snake Pliskin.