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Colleges:Gaudio gets Wake Forest job

Wake Forest chose Dino Gaudio to succeed the late Skip Prosser on Wednesday, entrusting the Demon Deacons’ basketball program to Prosser’s longtime top assistant.

“From this tragedy … is going to be one of the great success stories,” Gaudio said during a news conference. “We’re going to have a storybook season.”

Gaudio, who had been Wake Forest’s associate head coach since 2002, received a five-year contract.

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DETROIT — The Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix will bring world-class auto racing back to Detroit from Aug. 30 through Sept. 2, and American Le Mans series driver Allan McNish made an advance visit Monday.The 37-year-old from Scotland said the ALMS is his favorite series.”I’ve raced pretty much every category of motor sport, including Formula 1, and I’ve gone through the spectrum of them,” said McNish, who will compete Sept. 1 in the Detroit Sports Car Challenge.
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BROOKLYN, Mich. — Tony Kanaan held off protege Marco Andretti for the final 27 laps Sunday and won the Firestone Indy 400, a race marred by a spectacular wreck in which Andretti Green Racing teammate Dario Franchitti took a wild, upside-down ride.

“We did not have the fast car, and the kid was my wingman,” Kanaan said after crossing the finish line less than a car-length ahead of Andretti, who recently moved to Miami to live and work out with the Brazilian driver.

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NHL: Predators want to sell to local groupThe Predators have signed a letter-of-intent to sell the team to a local group of investors trying to keep the franchise from leaving town.The group of eight partners plans to pay $193 million, owner Craig Leipold said Wednesday.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Just moments after Tony Stewart and his crew members scaled the fence along the front straightaway of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to celebrate his second career victory in the Brickyard 400, he put into context what this victory means.Stewart, the 36-year-old native of the Hoosier state who grew up dreaming about competing at this famed track about 45 miles north of his home, dedicated this one to his supporters who back the sometimes volatile but exceptionally talented driver.”This one’s for every one of those fans in the stands who pull for me every week and take all the (crap) from everyone else,” Stewart said, eliciting roaring approval from his home-track crowd while probably not considering the fact he likely will be slapped with a fine from NASCAR for using an expletive on national television.Juan Pablo Montoya finished second in his rookie NASCAR Nextel Cup start here, where he won the 2000 Indianapolis 500 in his only start.
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