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BENSALEM, Pa. -- The 12-horse field that went postward in the Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing on Saturday was comprised of horses at varying stages of their careers.Nyquist and Exaggerator had won on the biggest nationals stages. Gun Runner and Cupid had won important races but not at this level of competition. Others were in search of their first graded scores.Connect fell into the latter group, but when the dust cleared he had not only padded his resume but had done it in a style which suggests we will be seeing him in major races from here on in.Owned by Paul Pompa Jr. and trained by Chad Brown, Connect was making only his sixth career start. He had finished a well-beaten sixth in the Travers, his graded stakes debut, but had come out of that race ill.He had a pretty significant lung infection, Brown said by phone from Belmont Park. We cleaned that up and he came back to form today.Connect was given a ground-saving ride in the 1-1/8-mile Pennsylvania Derby by Javier Castellano, and held off Gun Runner through the final furlong to win by a half-length. It was four lengths back to Wild About Deb in third.Awesome Slew hopped out to a clear early lead in the $1.25 million Derby with Cupid galloping along behind him, several lengths ahead of Nyquist, who was third, and Gun Runner, in fourth.The fractions were a realistic 23.01 seconds, 47.35, and 1:11.81.On the far turn, Cupid began to flatten out while Nyquist made a three-wide move after Awesome Slew. Gun Runner commenced his bid four wide and Connect was making progress along the inside.Entering the stretch, Nyquist challenged for the lead while Connect made a quick move and slipped through inside horses. He had the lead at the furlong pole with Gun Runner challenging from the center of the track. They stayed that way to the wire.I was confident in the stretch, Castellano said. I had a lot of horse and didnt think the other horse was going to get by.Connect paid $23.20 as fifth choice in the race. His final time was 1:50.20.Nyquist couldnt sustain his drive in the stretch and came out on the wrong end of a four-horse photo for third, finishing sixth.He was in a perfect spot, trainer Doug ONeill said. Mario [Gutierrez] said he was kind of struggling with the track but he had a good trip and we have no excuses. Well take him home and talk about what we should do next.Exaggerator made a move outside horses nearing the far turn but never reached contention and finished seventh, seven lengths behind Nyquist. Awesome Slew held on for fourth and Cupid dropped back to eighth.Connect, a son of Curlin, is now 4 for 6 in his career. After losing his career debut at Aqueduct last December, he won three races in a row - a Belmont maiden race in May, a Belmont allowance in June, and the restricted Curlin Stakes early in the Saratoga meet.The Travers is the only race where he hasnt fired, Brown said. We have always have had a lot of confidence in this horse. Im proud of him. I mean I wouldnt have gone in predicting that we would win against Gun Runner and Nyquist. Those are very tough horses. But Im not surprised either.Brown said he did not have any immediate plans for Connect, as he had been focusing solely on this race.Id like to give credit to my team and also to Mr. Pompa, who once we got him healthy wanted to run in this race, Brown said. He has always been a horse that catches the eye. Hes a big, well-bred horse. Hes really easy to like. He had his day today. Vans Scarpe Italia . 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Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. FRESNO, Calif. -- Dane Evans threw four touchdown passes and ran in the game-winning 18-yard touchdown in the second overtime as Tulsa rallied from 31 points down to beat Fresno State 48-41 on Saturday for the programs largest comeback victory.Evans was 22 of 32 for 273 yards, Keevan Lucas caught two 40-yard touchdowns, and Josh Atkinson and Justin Hobbs each had scoring catches. DAngelo Brewer ran for a career-best 252 yards on 46 carries, and James Flanders ran for 101 yards and a touchdown for Tulsa (3-1).Aaron PPeck caught a pass from Chason Virgil on the Bulldogs second play of overtime but he fumbled.dddddddddddd Then Tulsas Redford Jones missed a 42-yard field goal to force a second OT.Virgil ran for two scores, and threw a 65-yard TD strike to Jamire Jordan to give the Bulldogs a 31-0 lead with 10 minutes left in the second quarter. Virgil threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-17 to end it. ' ' '