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Sports

Exterminator wins the Kentucky Derby after starting as a late entry 30 to 1 longshot. The chestnut gelding goes on to win a record 34 stakes races.

Robert Murray wins in U.S. men's singles, Molla Burjstedt in women's singles.

The Boston Red Sox win their fourth World Series, defeating the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2. The "Sawx" will not win another Series until 2004.

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