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...posse has expanded of late, seemingly at the same rate as his fight purses, which hit $700,000 for the battle with Barrera. Members circle the fighter like planets around the sun, cooking his dinner, clearing away his plate, carrying his pool cue when he goes out for the marathon billiards matches that occupy many of his evenings. Manager Nazario remembers calling Pacquiao the morning after a party in his honor, not long after the fighter returned from the U.S. "He said, 'I thought I had 30 relatives,'" Nazario recalls, "'but there were actually 100 ... 150 ... 200 ... and they...
...once said to have been unfairly criticized--actually, by none other than Clarke--because "she doesn't run around telling everyone in the media what she thinks," Rice was doing more running and telling than anyone else since P. Diddy bragged about completing the New York City marathon...
DIED. BRIAN MAXWELL, 51, world-ranked marathon runner who spawned an industry of high-energy snacks in his Berkeley, Calif., kitchen when he invented the PowerBar; of a heart attack; in San Anselmo, Calif. After running out of steam short of the finish line in a 1983 race, he set out to create a portable, endurance-boosting food. PowerBar was launched three years later--with an initial run of 35,000 bars in chocolate and malt-nut flavors--and in 2000 was sold for a reported $375 million...
...isn’t as if Howard has had the luxury of allowing the puck to sneak past him on occasion. Including that Minuteman marathon and both of his other playoff starts, seven of Howard’s last 11 have been decided by a single tally or less...
...CAMPAIGN MARATHON It's only March, but the presidential race is already so fast and furious it feels more like September...