SARRIA — Canadian Michael Woods finished runner-up to Spain's Alejandro Valverde in the Gran Camino road race after Sunday's closing time trial.

The 35-year-old from Ottawa, riding for the Israel-Premier Tech team in the four-stage race, held a 10-second lead over Valverde after Saturday's 148.4-kilometre stage from Maceda to Luintra.

Ukraine's Mark Padun won the 15.8-kilometre time trial in 20 minutes, 19 seconds. Valverde was fourth, 10 seconds behind, while Woods was 11th, another 17 seconds back.

Ottawa's Derek Gee, another Israel-Premier Tech rider, finished fifth in the time trial and 23rd overall.

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In 2017, The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie gave what turned out to be his last public performance, invited onstage at the last minute to take part in Blue Rodeo’s encore (Lost Together) to end a concert at Toronto’s Massey Hall. Downie died on Oct. 17, 2017, after a nearly two-year battle with incurable brain cancer.

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In 1998, U.S. Congressman Sonny Bono died after hitting a tree while skiing in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. He was 62. With his wife Cher, he formed the duo Sonny and Cher in 1963. Their first hit was the chart-topping I Got You Babe in 1965. Nineteen other chart records followed over the next eight years, including such top-10 hits as Baby Don’t Go and The Beat Goes On. Beginning in 1971, the couple had a hit TV series — The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. It ended with the couple’s divorce three years later. Sonny went into politics — first as mayor of Palm Springs, Calif., from 1988-92, then as a Congressman in 1994. His widow, Mary Bono, was elected to his seat three months after his death. In a magazine interview that appeared in November 1998, Mary Bono claimed that Sonny’s use of pain-killing prescription drugs contributed to his death because they impaired his judgment.

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VIENNA — Roger Bannister, 1954. Eliud Kipchoge, 2019?

Like the sub-four-minute mile, running a marathon in less than two hours had seemed impossible — until Saturday. But this time, there’s an asterisk: Olympic champion Kipchoge performed his feat under conditions so tightly controlled to maximize his success that it won’t appear in the record books.

The 34-year-old Kenyan completed the 42.195 kilometres (26.2 miles) in one hour, 59 minutes, 40.2 seconds at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge, an event set up for the attempt.

Ahead of the event, Kipchoge even compared the feat to being “like the first man on the moon.”

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In 2010, the cast of Glee, the Fox TV musical series about a high school glee club, overtook the Beatles for the most appearances by a non-solo act on the Billboard Hot 100. Six more songs debuted on the chart, giving them a total of 75 songs to the Beatles’ 71. (The show went on to overtake Elvis Presley (108) for the most appearances on the chart with 207.)

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Britt Ekland, 1942

Canadian bantamweight Brad (Superman) Katona has been added to the UFC televised card Sept. 14 in Vancouver.

The 135-pounder from Winnipeg, who trains in Dublin, will meet Hunter Azure (7-0-0), an American who won last time out on Dana White's Contender Series.

Katona (8-1-0) is coming off a decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili in May. Katona, competing as a featherweight, won "The Ultimate Fighter Undefeated" reality TV show in July 2018.

The main event at Rogers Arena pits Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone, ranked fourth among UFC lightweight contenders, against No. 5 Justin Gaethje.

Joey Chestnut 71, Hot Dogs 0.

“Now you know how we felt,” said the Washington Generals.

Net lossWimbledon docked Aussie Bernard Tomic his entire purse —$56,100 —for “not meeting professional standards” in a lackluster opening-round defeat.Baltimore Orioles players are suddenly shaking in their cleats.Around the hornMLB bumper sticker waiting to happen: “Honk if you haven’t hit 20 homers this season.”Getting lots of pubBruce Masters, a 74-year-old retired English rail worker, has visited 51,784 pubs in 40 years.Somewhere Harry Caray is hoisting an ice-cold Budweiser in his honor.Wrong backup plan

A 35-year-old serial toilet clogger in Sheboygan, Wis., just got sentenced to 150 days in jail.

Think Derek Dietrich might have a Target endorsement in his future?

The Reds slugger got hit by pitches six times June 20-22 againstw the Brewers —thrice in one game —to break the MLB record for a single series.

Headlines—At Fark.com: “Santa Anita Park might as well be sponsored by Elmer’s at this point.”—At TheOnion.com: “Norfolk Tides third baseman sent down to Baltimore Orioles.”Opening a canSpinach a PED? Ecdysterone, a “naturally occurring steroid hormone,” can be found in the leafy vegetable, say scientists at Freie Universitat Berlin.“Believe me now?” exclaimed Bluto.Naked bootlegging

According to Le’Veon Bell’s 911 call, the last time the Jets running back saw those two “girlfriends” who allegedly stole $500,000 of his stuff, he was leaving for the gym and they were still naked in his bed.

Look who’s back!

Bru McCoy, the five-star receiver who signed with USC and then bolted to Texas, has transferred back to USC again —all in a span of six months.

But say this for the guy: He doesn’t need any work on his comeback pattern.

Bay Area headlines—At SportsPickle.com: “Warriors GM Bob Myers announces Kevin Durant tore Achilles, clears him to play Game 6.”—At Fark.com: “Raiders to be the subject of ‘Hard Knocks’ this year, giving us our long-awaited sequel to ‘COPS’.”Seeing Red Dept.