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…(Baseball)…

Dodgers-World Series Parade..Police Estimate 250,000 at Downtown Parade-Friday..then 42,000-at Dodgers Stadium to celebrate 8th World Series title.

Dodgers..President Andrew Friedman calls this past decade the ‘Dodgers Golden Era’..2-rings..5-World Series appearances..10-NL West Division titles.

Dodgers..P-Clayton Kershaw will have surgery-bone spur on toe and torn meniscus in knee this week

Dodgers..Pick up 5M-option SS-Miguel Rojas and 3.5M-option C-Austin Barnes/
Dodgers..Will open contract extension talks with FA-P-Walker Buehler this week
Dodgers..OF-Teoscar Hernandez-23M contract expires-wants to re-sign.
DodgersllP-Daniel Hudson-retires after 14Y-career
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Padres..SS-Ha Seong Kim opts out of 8M-contract for free agency-will get 2M-buyout
Padres..P-Wandy Peralta opts in-will return for (4.5M) after 3.99-ERA season

Padres..MLB voids contract of Dominican Republic prospect Cesar Alatagracia-who falsified documents, saying he was 14-years of age-when he was really 19-years old..Player is facing 1-year suspension.
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Angels-Braves…TRADE..Halos acquire DH-Jorge Soler from Atlanta for P-Griff Canning..Soler hit (.241-24HR) with Braves…Canning (25-34) in career with Halos

Angels..Sign FA-OF-Scott Kingery-ex Pirates..34-career HR
Angels..Sign FA-1B-Ryan Noda-hit (.224) in minors last year
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(MLB Notes)..Free Agency begins at 1pm-Monday
..136-veterans become Free Agents on Monday Morning-Top Names:

..Juan Soto-NY..Gerritt Cole-NY..Blake Snell-SF..Max Fried-Atl..Peter Alonso-Mets..Alex Bregman-Astros..Willy Adames-Milwaukee..Jack Flaherty-Dodgers..Anthony Santender-Balt..Rob Ray-Giants

(Roster Moves)

Yankees..P-Gerritt Cole opts out of (4Y-155M) contract…Career (175-91) record
Giants..P-Blake Snell opts out of (31M) final year to become free agent..(1.23-ERA-14G)
Cubs..OF-Cody Bellinger opts in and will remain (27M) deal
Mets..P-Sean Manaea opts out of (12.6M) deal
Yankees..1B-Anthony Rizzo-17M option not picked up-becomes free agent-8M buyout
Arizona..Picks up 13M-option 3B-Eugenio Suarez..hit (.307-20HR) final 65-games

Arizona..P-Jordan Montgomery opts in to remain on 27M-contract
Brewers..DH-Rhys Hoskins opts in to stay for (18M) deal
Red Sox..P-Lucas Giolito opts in to remain (13M)
Yankees..pick up option P-Luke Weaver (2.5M)
Tampa Bay..pick up option 1B-Brandon Lowe (10M)
Giants..P-Robbie Ray opts out 12M deal
Reds..P-Nick Martinez-opts out 8M-deal
Reds..P-Jakob Junas opts out
Milwaukee..Decline option C-Gary Sanchez
Milwaukee..Picks up option P-Freddy Peralta (8M)
Arizona..Picks up option P-Merrill Kelly (7M)
Cubs..Not pick up option P-Drew Smyly (10M)
Texas..P-David Robertson opts out
Milwaukee…Release P-Colin Rea

Arizona..OF-Randall Grichuk-opts out
Cardinals..P-Lance Lynn-PKyle Gibson-P-Kenyan Middleton-options not picked up
Twins..OF-Manny Margot-option not picked up
White Sox..Not pick option onf 1B-Yoan Moncada
Orioles..Release OF-Eloy Jiminiez
Twins..Release SS-Kyle Farmer
Royals..Not pick up option OF-Adam Frazier
Seattle..Not pick up option OF-Jorge Polanco
White Sox..Release C-Max Stassi
Atlanta..Release 2B-Cavan Biggio
Reds..Not pick up option 1B-Ty France

Texas..Sign FA-P-Romy Contreras-ex Pirates
Mets..Sign FA-P-Chris Devensky-ex Tampa Bay
Mets..Sign FA-P-Dylan Covey-ex Phillies
Cardinals..Sign FA-P-Rod Munoz-ex A’s
Braves..Sign FA-P-Rayber Salinas-ex A’s
Giants..DFA-OF-Dom Walton
Cleveland..DFA-OF-Andrew Straw
Seattle..Release SS-Luis Urias
Royals..P-Michael Wacha signs (3Y-51M) extension
Brewers-Rockies..TRADE..Milwaukee sends SS-Owen Miller to Colorado
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(MLB Notes)

World Series-TV…Finished with (15.8M) viewers-highest in 7-years..74%-increase over last season…Had (21M) viewers in 9th inning of final game in Dodgers win over Yankees.

World Series..Had (13.6M) viewers outdrawing NFL-Monday Night Football (13.4M) viewers.

MLB..Teams can make (21M)-qualifying offers to in house free agents to guarantee draft pick compensation

White Sox..Hire Will Venable-Texas as new manager..over Phil Nevin
Marlins..Interview Coach-Clayton McCullough-Dodgers for manager’s job
Giants..Hire Zack Manasian as GM..was Director of Scouting
Texas..Hire Justin Viele-hitting coach-ex Giants
Miami..interview Pedro Guerrero for hitting coach-ex Giants

Wander Franco..December 12th date for sexual misconduct trial..facing 14Y in prison

Bob Costas..retires from MLB-Network and TBS doing baseball play-by-play

A’s..owner John Fisher will invest 1B-as his share to build Las Vegas Stadium…Banks will put up (300M)-in loans…Las Vegas-Clark County will put in (380M) in local funding

St Petersburg City Council approves 6M to install drainage system at Tropicana Field..leading to idea Rays might play in open roof stadium this coming summer rather than move to a minor league park

Joey Jay…Former Milwaukee Braves-Cincinnati Reds bonus baby pitcher passes (96Y)…won 99-games in MLB..first Little League World Series pitcher to make it to major leagues in 1950s.
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…(Football)…

Chargers-W-Browns (27-10)..Dominant lst half..Bolts now (5-3)..Browns collapse to (2-7)
..Justin Herbert (282P-2TD) in blazing opening half
..WR-Quinton Johnston 66Y-TD catch..finished with (4R-118Y)
..WR-Josh Palmer 27Y-TD catch on a 3rd and 21 play
..RB-JK Dobbins (85R)-2 short TD runs
..Bolts defense 6-sacks..2-interceptions-blocked field goal
..Chargers had (256-57Y) edge in lst half yardage
..Bolts defense had interceptions in end zone and at 15-yard line..also had 4th down stop
..QB-Jameis Winston (235P-1TD-3Int-6 QB sacks) in ugly loss’
..DE-Myles Garrett 3QB sacks for Browns

Chargers..IR-WR-Brenden Rice-shoulder issue
Chargers..Activate CB-Eli Apple to roster
Chargers..Activate WR-DJ Chark from IR-hip injury
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Cowboys-L-Falcons..(27-21)..Kirk Cousins (211P-3TD)..RB-Bijan Robinson (145APY)..Dak Prescott (133P-1TD-3 sacks)..left with hamstring…Cowboys lost 3-in a row..Dallas (3-5)..Atlanta (6-3)

Bills-W-Miami..(30-27)..Tyler Bass (61Y-FG) with (:05) left in Bills wild win..QB-Josh Allen (235P-3TD)..Bills (235Y-rushing)..Tua Tagovailoa (231P-2TD) in loss..Bills have beaten Miami 12-of last 13-times…Buffalo (7-2)..Miami (2-6).

Raiders-L-Bengals..(41-24)..QB-Joe Burrow (241P-5TD)(..RB-Chase Brown (130R)…TE-Mike Giesicke (5R-100Y)..Raiders bench QB-Gardner Minshew (122P)..Bengals defense 5-sacks..2-fumble recoveries…Bengals (4-5)..Raiders (2-7)

Patriots-L-Titans (20-17) OT..QB-Mason Rudolph (24oP-2TD)..RB-Tony Pollard (128R)…Titans defense 2-picks..4-sacks..QB-Drake Maye (206P-1TD) in loss…Titans (2-6)..Patriots (2-7)..

Washington-W-Giants..(27-22)..Jayden Daniels (209P-35R)-2TD…Daniel Jones (174P-2TD)…Washington (7-2)…Best start since 1996…Giants lost 5-in a row at home

Saints-L-Carolina..(23-22)..Bryce Young (171P-1TD)…Derek Carr (236P)…Alvin Kamara (155R)…Saints have lost 7-in a row

Ravens-W-Broncos (41-10)..Lamar Jackson (280P)..RB-Derrick Henry (106R)..WR-Zay Flowers (5R-127Y-2TD)…Bo Nix (223P-Int-4 sacks)..Ravens (6-3)..Denver (5-4)..

Eagles-W-Jaguars (28-23)..Jalen Hurts (297APY)..RB-Saquon Barkley (159R)..Eagles (6-2)..Jaguars (2-7)..

Arizona-W-Bears (29-9)..Cardinals defense 6-sacks..Kyler Murray (154P)..RB-James Conner (107R)..Caleb Williams (217P-0TD)..Arizona (5-4)..Bears (4-4)..

Packers-L-Lions..(24-14)..Lions win at Lambeau in heavy rain..Jared Goff (145P-TD)..Jordan Love (273P-0TD)..Josh Jacobs (95R) in loss..Detroit (7-12)..Packers (6-3)

Rams-W-Seattle (26-20) OT..Matthew Stafford 39Y-TD to DeMarcus Robinson in OT…Stafford (298P)..Cooper Kupp (11R-104) in win..Rams defense 7-sacks..3-picks..4th down stop in overtime..Geno Smith (363P-3TD) in loss..Jonathon Smith-Njigba (7R-180)…Rams win 3rd in a row (4-4)..Seahawks (4-5)..

Vikings-W-Colts (21-13)…Sam Darnold (290P-3TD-2Int-1Fu-4 QB sacks)…WR-Justin Jefferson (7R-137)….Vikings defense Int-1Fumble Recovery..3-QB sacks….Joe Flacco (179P-0TD)……Vikings (6-2)…Colts (4-5)…Sunday Night Football..

Chiefs-Tampa Bay..Monday Nite Football..Baker Mayfield (21TD)-vs-Patrick Mahomes..KC (7-0)

Jets-W-Houston (21-13)..Aaron Rodgers (211P-3TD)..WRs Garrett Williams-Davante Adams combined (16R-181Y) in win
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(NFL Roster Moves)

Jaguars-Vikings..TRADE..Minnesota deals #4 pick for Jags OT-Cam Bobinson
Chiefs-Patriots..TRADE..KC sends #3 pick for NEng-DE-Josh Uche
Ravens-Carolina..TRADE..Baltimore acquires WR-Diontae Johnson
Broncos-Steelers..Trade talks for Denver WR-Courtland Sutton
Broncos-Jets..Trade talks for NY WR-Mike Williams
Cleveland-Detroit..Trade talks on Sunday for Browns DE-ZaDarius Smith
Chiefs-Saints..Weekend trade talks-Chiefs trying to acquire CB-Marshon Lattimore
Seattle..Workout FA-DE-Randy Gregory-ex Cowboys-Broncos-Bucs
Jets..Sign FA-K-Riley Patterson-ex Washington
Jaguars..Sign FA-WR-Velus Jones-ex Bears
Tampa Bay..Sign FA-CB-Troy Hill-ex Carolina
Colts..Sign FA-DE-Trey Flowers-ex Patriots
Jets..Sign FA-DE-Takk McKinley-ex Falcons-Browns
Bengals..Release DE-Lawrence Guy
Bills..Release RB-Darryton Evans

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(NFL Notes)

Saints..Former WR-Michael Thomas criticizes QB-Derek Carr for putting WRs at risk with high throws…Chris Olave hurt on high pass-helmet hit..same type of play that got Thomas hurt..Carr upsetm at series of tweets during Sunday’s game

Rams..WR-Puka Nacua ejected from game for throwing punch at Seattle player for late hit.

Raiders..Coach Antonio Pierce criticizes play calling of Off Coord-Luke Getsy

Lions..NFL investigating gun charge filed by Detroit police against WR-Jameson Williams-who has been suspended twice in 2-years by NFL for off field incidents

Denver..Police arrest 2-men for attempted murder of Broncos WR-Josh Reynolds in shooting outside strip club last week

Cincinnati…Hamilton County says it is not willing to fund 900M to put a roof over Paycor Field-Paul Brown Stadium for Bengals

Hall of Fame..11-finalists named for Coaching Category-Hall of Fame..Included are Mike Shanahan-Dan Reeves-Tom Coughlin-Mike Holmgren-Chuck Knox-George Siefert-Marty Schottenheimer.

Cowboys..Owner Jerry Jones..’Open to make trades to fix defense’
Bengals..Owner Mike Brown criticized..has made 2-trades in 52-years running team
Dallas..RB-Ezekiel Elliott deactivated..chronic tardiness..missed 3-meetings
Patriots…Workout FA-OT-DJ Humphires-ex Arizona
Saints..NFL fines DT-Nathaniel Shepard (11,817) for attempt to injure Chargers QB-Justin  Herbert last Sunday
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(Injuries)

Saints..WR-Chirs Olave-hospitalized..2nd concussion on Sunday
Falcons..WR-Drake London-hip sprain
Washington..RB-Brian Robinson-knee
Bills..WR-Amari Cooper-wrist
Cowboys..QB-Dak Prescott-hamstring
Falcons..DT-Grady Jarrett-strained achilles
Raiders..OT-Kolt Miller-ankle..OT-Andrus Peat-ankle..C-Cody Whiteharid-ankle
Dallas..CB-Trevon Diggs-torn calf
Dallas..Activate CB-DaRon Bland from IR
Houston..IR-OG-Kenyon Green-shoulder dislocation
Bengals..QB-Tee Higgins-quad
Jets..IR-K-Greg Zeurlein-leg
Arizona..Activate OT-Jonah Williams from IR
Ravens..IR-DT-Michael Pierce-knee
Saints..Activate OC-Shane Lemieux from IR
Giants..IR-K-Greg Joseph-core muscle injury
Seattle..Activate OT-George Fant
Vikings..Activate OG-Dalton Risner from IR
Bills..Activate LB-Von Miller from IR

Saints..WR-Chris Olave confirms he may wear ‘Guardian Cap Helmet’ to protect from concussions.
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…(College Football)…

Aztecs-L-Boise State (56-24)..Broncos (7-1)..SDSU (3-5)
..QB-Maddux Madsen (307P-4TD)
..RB-Ashton Jeanty (149R-2TD)
..Broncos (541Y-offense..33-first downs..39M-Time of Possession)
..Boise defense 2-interceptions..3-sacks in blowout win

USD-W-Davidson..Toreros now (5-3)
..QB-Grant Sargent (303P-3TD)
..WR-JaSeem Reed (14R-186Y)
..USD explodes 30P in 2nd quarter
..LB-Jerry Riggins 73Y-Fumble Recovery TD
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(Top 10)
1-Oregon-W-Michigan..Ducks (9-0)..QB-Dillon Gabriel (294P-TD)..Ducks (470Y) offense
2-Georgia-W-Florida..QB-Carson Beck (309P-2TD-3Int)
3-Penn State-L-Ohio State..Buckeyes defense 2-goal line stands
4-Ohio State-W-Penn State..QB0-QWill Howard (182P)..Buckeyes RBs..(176R)
5-Miami-W-Duke..QB-Cam Ward (400P-5TD)..Canes (9-0)
6-Texas..Bye
7-Tennessee-W-Kentjcky..Dylan Sampson (142R-2TD)
8-Notre Dame…Bye
9-BYU..Bye
10-Texas AM-L-South Carolina..QB-LaNorris Sellers (350APY)-Gamecocks
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(West Coast)

USC-L-Washington (26-21)..QB-Will Rogers (262P)..Trojans QB-Miller Moss ((293P-2TD-3Int)..RB-Woody Marks (123R)…Huskies defense holds on downs at 1-and-14 yard line..USC now (4-5)

UCLA-W-Nebraska (27-20)..QB-kEthan Garbers (219P-2TD)..Defense 2-picks..Bruins (3-5)

Stanford-L-North Carolina State (59-28)..Cardinal now (2-7)
Arizona State-W-Oklahoma State (42-21)..QB-Sam Levaitt (304P-3TD)
Arizona-L-UCF (56-12)..RB-RJ Harvey (184R-3TD)..Cats (3-6)

Colorado-Utah..bye weeks
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(Mountain West)

Air Force-L-Army (20-3)..QB-Kayne Udoh (158R-2TD)..Cadet defense 3-picks..AFA (1-7)

Wyoming-W-New Mexico (49-45)..QB-Kaden Anderson (342P-3TD)..QB-Dev Dampier (371APY)..Teams combined (1,180Y)

Hawaii-W-Fresno (21-20)..QB-Brayden Schraedger (244P-3TD)..game winning TD (:15) left

Colorado State-W-Nevada (38-27)..Survive Packs QB-Brenden Lewis (361APY)

UNLV-bye weeks
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(College Notes)

Penn State..Coach James Franklin under fire.. (1-10) vs Ohio State..(4-17) vs Buckeyes-Michigan

Virginia Union (91-0) win over Bluefield State-West Virginia in Division II-game

Oregon..WR-Tez Johnson-leg injury
Nebraska..QB-Dom Raiola-back strain
UNLV..QB-Matt Sluka enters transfer portal..left team after (3-0) start-dispute NIL money

AP Poll..1-Oregon..2-Georgia..3-Ohio State..4-Miami…5-Tesas…6-Penn State…7-Tennessee..8-Indiana..9-BYU…10-Notre Dame
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…(Basketball)…

Lakers-at-Detroit..Monday game..LA off to (4-2) start
Clippers-vs-Spurs..Clippers (2-4) start heading to Monday game

76ers..NBA investigating Joel Embiid for shoving incident with columnist who wrote critical piece accusing Embiid of not being dedicated to his craft..Has missed start of season with knee issues after wanting to play in Olympics..Embiid had lectured media about wanting to leave a legacy to his son..Column criticized ‘start by showing up for work’

Lakers..LA police re-open investigation 20221-assault incident C-Jaxon Hayes-video surfaces of Hayes-shoving-punching girlfriend-spitting on her…Hayes injured police officer in followup domestic abuse call

Denver..Concern about Nuggets chemistry..’Disconnect’ players to front office after team let Kanterios Caldwell-Pope..Bruce Brown..Reggie Jackson leave as free agents

Milwaukee..Internal strife about ‘Team Identity’…Star Giannis Antetokounmpo concerned about roster makeup and systems Doc Rivers is running

Memphis..Sign FA-C-Colin Castleton-ex Lakers
Bulls..G-Lonzo Ball-sprained wrist
Orlando..G-Paolo Banchero-torn oblique-out 6W
Toronto..G-Scottie Barnes-fractured orbital bone
Nets..G-Ben Simmons out of lineup-back fatigue
Atlanta..F-Bog Bogdanovic-4W-hamstring issue
Utah..F-Taylor Hendricks-fractured leg
Utah.G-Jordan Clarkson-arch injury
Denver..G-Jamal Murray-concussion
Memphis..G-Desmond Bane-oblique
Memphis..G-Marcus Smart-ankle
Indiana..C-Isaiah Johsnon-torn achilles\
Boston..G-Jaylen Brown -hip
New Orleans..G-CJ McCollum-rib injury-3W..F-Herb Jones-sprained shoulder
Golden State..G-De’Anthony Melton-back issue
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(College Basketball)

Aztecs..Open season on Wednesday vs UCSD..without G-Reese Waters-fractured foot
USD..Open season vs Rider College-Wednesday..Steve Lavin 9-new players
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…(Hockey)…

Gulls-W-Abbotsford Canucks (6-4)..Sunday…Gulls big comeback win at home…Score 5-goals in 3rd period…Wipe out  (4-1) deficit…Sam Colangelo scores go ahead goal in 3rd period….Gulls scored 4-goals in (6:22) span in final period….Gulls (3-6)

Gulls-L-Canucks (3-1)-Saturday..Aatu Ray 2-goals for Abbotsford

Ducks-L-Blackhawks.(4-2)….Blackhawks score 2-power play goals…Connor Bedard 3-assists in Chicago win…..Sunday..Anaheim (4-5-2)…Ducks have lost 4-of-5

Kings-vs-Nashville..Monday game

Kings-L-Blackhawks (4-3)-Saturday..Tyler Bertuzzi ties game (:30)..Ryan Donato wins in shootout

Ducks..Accolades for G-Luka Dostal..has (.945) save percentage
Ducks..Activate G-John Gibson from IR-had appendectomy
Ducks..Send D-Tristan Luneau to AHL-San Diego Guills

Islanders..IR-F-Matt Barzal-chest injury
Islanders..D-Mike Reilly-concussion
Blues..D-Philip Broberg-knee injury
Canucks..G-Thatcher Demko-cleared practice-out with knee muscle strain
Oilers..C-Connor McDavid-ankle sprain-could miss 2W

Detroit-Utah..TRADE..Wings send D-Ollie Maatta to Utah for #3 pick

NHL..To begin team by team seminars about CTE-Concussions
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…(General)…

Formula 1-Racing..Brazilian Grand Prix
..Max Verstappen comes from 17th on Grid to win race in rainstorm..ending 10-race victory drought
..Pole sitter Lando Norris lost lead on first turn never recovered in bad weather

Formula 1..Fines Team Alpine 1M-for violations of ‘Cost Cap’..expenditures on its race teams for research-development-equipment
Formula 1..Legendary British driver Damon Hill says Max Verstappen is a dangerous driver-tries to use his car to intimddate others on track-uses car as weapon

NASCAR..Martinsville 400
..Ryan Blaney catches Chase Elliott  to win race and qualify for Final 4-race next week in Phoenix.
..NASCAR rules Christopher Bell violated safety rules on final lap-riding the wall-docks him position
..William Byron awarded final slot in Final 4-race with Tyler Reddick-Joey Logan and Ryan Blaney next week
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(Soccer)

Manchester United..Fires coach Erik ten Hag with teams having won just 3-of-9 matches

English Premier League-Scoreboard
..Manchester City-L-Bournemouth…City drops 2-1 road decision
..Arsenal-L-Newcastle..Alex Isak scores in 12′ in upset win
..Ipswich-Ties-Liecester..City ties game in 94′..Ipswich winless in 10-matches
..Liverpool-W-Brighton..Mo Salah scores 72′
..Nottingham Forest-W-West Ham..Chris Wood key goal in upset
..Southampton-W-Everton..1st win in 10-matches for Southies
..Crystal Palace-Ties-Wolverhampton..Wolves now (0-7-3)
..Hot Spur-W-Aston Villa..Dom Solanke 2-goals in win
..Manchester United-Tie-Chelsea..Bruno Fernandes scores on Penalty Shot in win1`
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(Breeders Cup)

..Sierra Leone storms into lead and wins 7M-race..Had finished 3rd in Derby..3rd Belmont..2nd Jim Dandy..3rd Travers Stakes
City of Troy-Ireland struggled on dirt..had won 6-races on Grass in Europe
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