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                                                                                                    In this March 15, 2016 file photo, Aliy Zirkle drives her dog team
                                                                                                   to  the  finish  line  of  the  Iditarod  Trail  Sled  Dog  Race  in  Nome,
                                                                                                   Alaska.
                                                                                                                                            Associated Press
                                                                                                   Frenchman Nicolas


                                                                                                   Petit retakes lead



              In this Feb. 3, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick walks the sideline during   in Alaska’s Iditarod
             the second half of the team’s NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against the Los Angeles Rams in
             Atlanta.
                                                                                  Associated Press  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Frenchman Nicolas Petit is
            Patriots’ Super Bowl DVD a                                                             back in the lead in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
                                                                                                   Petit had earlier led the 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) race
                                                                                                   and retook the top spot Thursday. He was first to leave
            celebration of Belichick, dynasty                                                      the checkpoint at the ghost town of Iditarod, the halfway
                                                                                                   point of this year’s race.
                                                                                                   He left with all 14 of his dogs.
            By JOE REEDY                 and tells a great story,” said  him  being  wired.  After  the   In second place is Aliy (AL’-ee) Zirkle. The three-time sec-
            AP Sports Writer             NFL  Films  senior  producer  Patriots  scored  to  take   ond-place finisher was in the lead earlier Thursday, when
            NFL  Films  is  no  stranger  to  Todd  Schmidt.  “They  start-  a  10-3  lead  in  the  fourth   she was first to reach the Iditarod checkpoint.
            producing  films  commem-    ed 1-2 and everyone wrote  quarter,  Belichick  told  his   For that feat, she picks up some swag. She can decide
            orating  a  Super  Bowl  title  them off, but then got mo-  defense  “we  don’t  have   between $3,000 in gold nuggets or a top-end cellphone
            for the New England Patri-   mentum late in the season.  much left here. We’ve got     with free service for a year.
            ots. When it came time to  That type of story is a lot of  to get them right. . They re-  In  third  place  is  defending  champion  Joar  Ulsom  of
            tell the story of the Patriots’  fun.” Schmidt said the main  ally  can’t  beat  us.  We  just   Norway.q
            sixth  championship,  they  job  for  the  producers  who  can’t screw up.” The Super
            found that tying it into the  work  on  these  projects  is  Bowl  takes  up  17  minutes   Olympic medalist Daniel
            past five was the best route.  how  to  use  the  games  to  of  the  video.  Schmidt,  like
            The final product is a 75-min-  tell the story of the season  many  others,  said  he  was   Rudisha, father of
            ute  DVD  that  shows  how  and the arc that the team  concerned after the game
            the  Patriots’  road  to  their  eventually  reached.  For  how  they  were  going  to   David, dies at 73
            third title the past five years  the  Patriots  there  was  the  fill  the  time  because  there
            had  many  of  the  trade-   additional  storyline  of  how  was not much scoring. But
            marks  of  past  champion-   does a dynasty respond to  as  they  started  to  look  at   By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA        tensive  care  unit.  He  was
            ship  New  England  squads.  adversity? Senior producer  the  footage,  those  con-    Associated Press             speaking  well  and  joking
            The  DVD  was  released  to  Rob  Gill,  a  Massachusetts  cerns abated. “You would    NAIROBI,  Kenya  (AP)  —  as  usual  while  undergoing
            the public by Cinedigm on  native,  was  responsible  for  expect  a  lot  more  larger   Daniel  Rudisha,  an  Olym-  his dialysis treatment but at
            Tuesday.                     compiling the Patriots’ sea-  shots, but what we did was   pic silver-medalist runner in  around 11 p.m. he suffered
            The video starts with the fi-  son  highlights  as  the  pro-  focus  on  the  speed  and   1968 and the father of two-  a sudden heart attack.
            nal  play  of  Super  Bowl  52,  duction  process  ramped  sound of the game, which    time  Olympic  800-meter  David Rudisha, a world re-
            when the Patriots lost to the  up  after  the  AFC  champi-  was captivating. Instead of   champion  David  Rudisha,  cord-holder  and  two-time
            Philadelphia  Eagles,  and  onship game. Schmidt said  slow footage, we have fast      has died. He was 73.         world champion in the 800,
            ends  with  New  England  some  of  the  best  parts  of  footage,”  Schmidt  said.    David  Rudisha  made  the  often referred to his father
            celebrating  in  Super  Bowl  the  video  are  getting  to  “The  time  passed  quick   announcement  on  Thurs-    as  his  inspiration.  He  gave
            53. “You are always looking  hear coach Bill Belichick in-  because  we  accentuat-    day,  saying  his  father  had  his  dad  his  first  gold  med-
            for what fuels a champion  teract with his team.          ed  the  sound  and  did  not   a heart attack on Wednes-  al  from  the  2012  London
                                         “Anytime you have Belich-    slight  the  drama.  People   day  while  undergoing  di-  Olympics, when he set the
                                         ick  wired  up  and  you  can  aren’t going to say it was a   alysis  treatment.  The  elder  current  world  record.  Da-
                                         see inside the greatest dy-  boring recap.”               Rudisha had struggled with  vid posted pictures of him-
                                         nasty in NFL history, it is in-  Besides  the  Patriots’  sea-  diabetes  for  many  years  self and his father on Twit-
                                         teresting  story  telling,”  he  son  highlights,  the  DVD   and had been in the inten-  ter  this  week.  The  Kenyan
                                         said. Schmidt said Belichick  also includes features from   sive care unit this week.  track federation said Dan-
                                         talking to the defense dur-  Super  Bowl  opening  night   “Our  beloved  father  sadly  iel Rudisha was a “pioneer”
                                         ing  the  fourth  quarter  of  and  post-game  ceremo-    left  us  last  night,”  David  for Kenyan athletics.
                                         the Super Bowl, and talking  nies.  There  are  also  fea-  Rudisha  said.  “He  had  re-  “(He)  set  the  foundation
                                         plainly on what they need-   tures  recapping  the  sea-  covered  and  was  on  his  for  the  current  crop  of
                                         ed  to  be  successful,  was  son  around  the  rest  of  the   way  to  fine  health  hav-  athletes,”  Athletics  Kenya
                                         one of the best parts about  NFL.q                        ing  been  taken  off  the  in-  said.q
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