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IDITAROD
Alaskan winner sets record
John Baker won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race yesterday, setting a record in the 1,150-mile competition from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
Baker, 48, is the first Alaska native musher to win the world's longest sled dog race since Jerry Riley did it in 1976. He also is the first Eskimo to finish first in the race's history.
Baker shattered by three hours the record held by four-time champion Martin Buser, who completed the 2002 race in 8 days, 22 hours, 46 minutes. Baker completed the race in 8 days, 19 hours, 46 minutes.
GMs: No ban on head shots
General managers meeting in Boca Raton, Fla., have decided against recommending a ban on head shots to curb concussions. Instead, they will propose tighter enforcement of rules on charging and boarding.
The general managers also will propose longer suspensions for illegal head hits and repeat offenders.
A rise in head injuries this season put the issue at the top of the GMs' agenda. But commissioner Gary Bettman said the group decided a ban on all head shots would be too radical a response.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
N.C. State's Lowe resignsSidney Lowe has resigned after five seasons as North Carolina State men's basketball coach, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Lowe had an 86-78 overall record, but just 25-55 in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
ND student leery before death
The 20-year-old Notre Dame student who was killed when the hydraulic lift he was on fell over as he filmed the football team on a windy day last Oct. 27 had expressed displeasure about practice being held outside, according to a state report released yesterday.
Declan Sullivan wasn't happy when he found out the team would be practicing outside, assistant video coordinator Reuel Joaquin told an Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigator.
The details were released as IOSHA fined Notre Dame $77,500 for six safety violations tied to Sullivan's death,
-- AP
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