Thousands of fans lined the fences surrounding Delmont’s Steel City Raceway on Saturday, as the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship celebrated Labor Day Weekend with the Steel City Motocross National. The penultimate round of the 12-race season featured stellar battles throughout the day, and following two grueling 250 Class motos, the first champion of the 2011 season was crowned, as Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson, of Scotland, posted a 1-1 moto sweep, to take his second win of the season, and secure his first-career professional title. In the 450 Class, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., raced to  … More
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The 2011 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships completed Sunday with nearly 500 riders contesting the second day of road races at Summit High School. Eight national championship jerseys were awarded to men 30-59 and women 30-39 in the road race.
The men’s 55-59 road race started the day and nearly half of the 73-rider peloton separated itself after the first of three laps. As the second lap of its 84-kilometer contest completed, the lead group began to splinter and a group of five riders broke off the front. Included in that group was  … More
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The grand tour of Darren Harper’s old neighborhood in Southeast Washington is nearly complete. There’s the spot where he sold his first piece of crack at age 10, for five bucks. The sidewalk where he saw a man bleed to death from a gunshot wound to the neck. The house where his cousin shot his stepfather after the latter raised his hand to Darren’s mother. The sidewalk where Darren, in his late teens, had a shootout with his partner over a deal gone bad. The corner where Darren, in a rare moment of carelessness, was nabbed by police and caught a cocaine distribution charge.
The tour — no charge, no tips, no air-conditioned bus, no stuffy history lessons — is about to break up when Harper stops and says  … Pictures, video and more
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