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GOSHEN, N.Y. -- Breeder Charlie Keller III and trainer Bruce Nickells have been inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.Keller continued the Yankeeland breeding farm started by his late father, Charles Keller Jr., the New York Yankees outfielder who played alongside Joe DiMaggio. Nickells is best known as a trainer of pacing fillies.Also inducted Sunday evening were Muscle Hill, horse of the year in 2009; Real Desire, who won that honor in 2002; and broodmare Arls Troublemaker.The late trainer Carl Allen and race mare Princess entered the Immortals Hall of Fame at the ceremony in Goshen, New York.The Communicators Corner of the Hall welcomed racing statistician David Carr and publicist Jerry Connors. . Now, correct me if Im wrong but I saw one official distinctly pointing at the net indicating a good goal but after an inconclusive review they overturned the goal. Shouldnt the ruling on the ice (good goal) stand after an inconclusive review? Why was this overturned? James Veaudry Pembroke, ON -- Hey Kerry, Youll get a lot of these, but why was the Montreal goal against Nashville Saturday night overturned? Eller puts the puck on net and the on ice ruling from the ref behind the net is a Montreal goal. . Vettel, who has already clinched his fourth straight F1 title, enters the finale with a chance to equal Michael Schumachers 13 victories in a year and match the record of nine consecutive wins by Alberto Ascari in the 1952 and 1953 seasons. . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. LEXINGTON, Va. -- Julian Eleby scored 18 points, QJ Peterson added 17 and VMI beat Division III Southern Virginia 78-47 on Tuesday night.Eleby and Peterson hit four 3-pointers apiece and Peterson moved past Ramon Williams into ninth on VMIs career scoring list.Eleby hit three 3s and scored 11 points during an 18-2 run that made it 30-16 with 3:57 left in the first half and the Keydets (1-1) led by double figures the rest of the way. Two free throws by Garrettt Gilkeson gave VMI its biggest lead at 74-44 with 3:16 to play.ddddddddddddRashay Douglas led the Knights with 16 points.VMI converted 19 Southern Virginia turnovers into 23 points and outscored the Knights 40-18 in the paint.Southern Virginia made just 17 of 49 (34.7 percent) from the field, including 1 of 9 from 3-point range. ' ' '
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