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?pFast andFragileThe strapping colt Large Brown, with Kent Desormeaux alongside for the trip, rompedto the wire in successful the 134th Kentucky Derby by 4 3/four lengths last Saturdayat Churchill Downs (page 42). Triumph was rapidly changed by tragedy, however,when runner-up Eight Belles (inset) went down after the end with two brokenfront legs and had to be euthanized on the monitor.Quick andFragileThe strapping colt Large Brown, with Kent Desormeaux along for the trip, rompedto the wire in winning the 134th Kentucky Derby by 4 three/4 lengths final Saturdayat Churchill Downs (page 42). Triumph was quickly changed by tragedy, however,when runner-up Eight Belles (inset) went down after the finish with two brokenfront legs and had to be euthanized on the monitor.Bird WatchingTwenty-two-yr-previous Anthony Kim put all that he experienced into his 2nd shot, a270-yard three-wooden, on the par-five 15th hole and produced birdie in the final roundof the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte. In becoming the youngest titlist onthe PGA Tour in 6 many years (inset), Kim completed at 16 under par to win by fivestrokes and defeat Tiger Woods’s event record by three.Rest in Crease Canadiens center Tomas Plekanec flopped into the goalmouth following the Flyers’ Mike Knuble (inset) scored an vacant-netter to wrap up Sport 5 of their EasternConference semifinal collection last Saturday in Montreal. The six–four win eliminatedthe Habs and sent Philadelphia into the convention finals against the Penguins(page 58).