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Vikings' Asher Allen retires at age 24
INDIANAPOLIS, July 31 (UPI) -- Paul Menard saved just enough fuel to fend off Jeff Gordon down the stretch Sunday and win the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Menard grabbed the lead from defending champ Jamie McMurray with four laps remaining and then hung on to claim his first career Sprint Cup Series win in his 167th start.
Gordon, who has won Brickyard 400 four times, ended up in second place, with Regan Smith, McMurray and Matt Kenseth rounding out the Top 5.
Menard joined Trevor Bayne (Daytona 500), Smith (Darlington) and David Ragan (Daytona July race) as first-time Sprint Cup winners this year.
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BOSTON, June 1 (UPI) --
A team effort led by Kevin Garnett overcame a one-man show by LeBron James Friday and the Boston Celtics held on to defeat Miami 101-91.
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NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) --
Rielle Hunter, former mistress of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, has written a memoir about their affair and the child it produced.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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