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Tony Stewart has made most of opportunity

Only 11 days ago, Tony Stewart won his third NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, racing from the back of the pack twice, passing 118 cars on the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami oval. It was 15 years ago that Stewart finished second by 0.086 seconds in the inaugural Indy Racing League event at Walt Disney World Speedway. But a star was born.

Tebow taking wagerers along for winning ride

Obviously, it’s not aesthetically impressive and some NFL lovers are hating what they are witnessing, but I’m warming up to the carnival sideshow known as Tim Tebow.

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Selfless Hawkins raises value to UNLV

It was his first start as a Division I basketball player. Justin Hawkins, who hadn’t scored more than 13 points or played more than 29 minutes in a game over his first two seasons, went for 25 points in 38 minutes Nov. 11 against Grand Canyon.

Season about to get real for UNLV

A friend happened past shortly before UNLV met Cal Poly (Slow) in basketball Tuesday night and offered this assessment of the Rebels:

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