"The IPL is undoubtedly the most ground-breaking international sports development in living memory, " said Sahara spokesman Abhijit Sarkar.

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At the New York Sports Club, Jain teaches a low-to-the-ground forward sashay, or what she artfully terms "the Bhangra slide, " to a class of young professionals, few of them South Asians.

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There's lots of storage space for sports equipment, and 150-square-foot wine rooms below both ground floors.

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More recently, many states have begun offering a sort of middle ground: A variation on the traditional design -- professional sports team logos, calls to nature conservation, celebrations of the arts, etc.

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That time is here for the billion dollar a year fantasy sports industry: next month marks the 50th birthday of Strat-O-Matic, the cards and dice game that got fantasy sports off the ground before computers took over.

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Working with CBS Sports for the telecast, Cameron-Pace Group positioned 3D cameras overhead and near the ground level of Arthur Ashe Stadium to make viewers feel like they were on the court with tennis greats like Rafa Nadal and Kim Clijsters.

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In an era when African-Americans were still barred from participating in most mainstream sports (it would be more than 60 years before Jackie Robinson made his ground-breaking debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers), African-American jockeys went on to dominate the early years of the Derby, winning 15 of the first 28 races.

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