Miscellany

Sat., March 6, 1999

Silver Charm, the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner trained by Bob Baffert, will face Puerto Madero and Free House in the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap today in Arcadia, Calif.

A campaign to target China’s human rights record could have cost Sydney the 2000 Olympics and was stopped as soon as possible, Australian IOC official Kevan Gosper said.

Sydney Olympic bidders planned to boost their chances of beating main rival Beijing for the right to host the 2000 Games by focusing world attention on China, according to papers from a December 1992 strategy meeting.

The last remaining original seats from Washington State’s 1936-vintage football stadium will be replaced this year, the board of regents decided.

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