Byline: Combined wire services
NEW YORK -- After Meb Keflezighi and Deena Kastor made history in Athens, the town of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., where they train, honored them with a parade.
The party came about a month after Kastor won bronze and Keflezighi took silver in Greece, marking the first time the United States won two medals in the 26.2-mile race at the same Olympics.
Keflezighi and Kastor get their chance to show their medals were no fluke Sunday when they run in the New York City Marathon.
Both fields feature several Olympians, but this could be the strongest starting lineup for the women. Kastor must run against defending NYC Marathon champion Margaret Okayo, world record-holder Paula Radcliffe, 2003 third-place marathon finisher Lornah Kiplagat and cross country champion Benita Johnson. AUTO RACING
Newman/Haas teammates Bruno Junqueira and Sebastien Bourdais come into Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix fighting each other for the Champ Car series title.
Bourdais, who leads with 307 points, needs only a ninth-place finish to take the title only a year after winning the rookie of the year award.
Junqueira, runner-up to Cristiano da Matta in 2002 and to Paul Tracy last year, trails Bourdais by 27 points.
General Motors will stop supplying Chevrolet engines to the Indy Racing League after the 2005 season, citing the circuit's falling television ratings and expensive competition from Honda and Toyota. NHL
Vincent Lecavalier signed with a Russian team to play during the NHL lockout and said Tampa Bay Lightning teammate Brad Richards will be joining him with AK Bars Kazan. TENNIS
Venus Williams needed a third-set tiebreaker to defeat 87th-ranked Yuliana Fedak, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4) in the second round of the Advanta Tennis Championships in Villanova, Pa.
Defending champion Amelie Mauresmo advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Iveta Benesova 6-2, 6-2.
Other winners were second-seeded Anastasia Myskina, sixth-seeded Vera Zvonareva, seventh-seeded Nadia Petrova and eighth-seeded Alicia Molik.
Top-seeded Andy Roddick and defending champion Tim Henman were upset in the third round of the Paris Masters.
Roddick lost 7-6 (2), 6-2 to qualifier Max Mirnyi, while Henman was beaten 7-5, 6-1 by unseeded Mikhail Youzhny.
Youzhny, who recently won his second career title at St. Petersburg, faces a quarterfinal against Radek Stepanek, a 6-2, 6-3 winner over No. 17 Vince Spadea.
Second-seeded Lleyton Hewitt reached the quarterfinals when No. 14 Nicolas Massu quit with a thigh injury while trailing 4-3 in the first set. His next opponent is No. 6 Marat Safin. OLYMPICS
Valentino Castellani, the chief organizer of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, announced that he is resigning amid a power struggle for control of the games.
