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  • Andrew Simpson was killed when an Artemis Racing boat capsized on the SF Bay
  • British sailing gold medalist Andrew "Bart" Simpson suffered extensive trauma to his head and neck and drowned after being trapped underwater.
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  • Oracle Team USA wins after historic comeback
  • After the greatest comeback in sailing history, Oracle Team USA earns a miraculous victory in the America's Cup race.
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  • Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill holds up the Auld Mug as they celebrate in the podium after winning the Americas Cup sailing event over Emirates Team New Zealand on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  • In one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, Oracle Team USA beat Emirates Team New Zealand to win the America's Cup.
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  • Americas Cup Pavilion in SF
  • The America's Cup won't turn out to be the financial windfall SF once thought it would be, but officials say it won't be a bust either.
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  • Americas Cup Pavilion in SF
  • The America's Cup won't turn out to be the financial windfall SF once thought it would be, but officials say it won't be a bust either.
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  • Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill holds up the Auld Mug as they celebrate in the podium after winning the Americas Cup sailing event over Emirates Team New Zealand on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  • In one of the greatest comebacks in sports history, Oracle Team USA beat Emirates Team New Zealand to win the America's Cup.
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  • Oracle Team USA members wave at supporters as they are ferried to their catamaran before the 19th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Emirates Team New Zealand on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, in San Francisco.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
  • It's a summer of racing for San Francisco with the 2013 America's Cup.
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  • Young Americas Cup fan waves an American flag
  • America's Cup racing fans are gathering along the bay for what promises to be one of history's most exciting finishes in sports.
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  • Oracle wins 7th straight in Americas Cup
  • The longest America's Cup in history will come down to two 72-foot, space-age catamarans making a final, dramatic sprint.
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  • Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, center right, gestures after Oracle Team USA won the 18th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Emirates Team New Zealand, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, in San Francisco
  • Ellison is so immersed in the America's Cup that he backed out of attending Oracle's biggest conference of the year on Tuesday.
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  • Stage set for winner-take-all Americas Cup finale
  • Oracle Team USA sped past Emirates Team New Zealand on the upwind third leg to win their astonishing seventh straight race.
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  • Mark Grieb, former San Jose Sabercat QB,is the new head coach at Menlo College.
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  • Oracle's remarkable comeback closed the Kiwis' lead to 8-6 and no doubt has all of New Zealand on edge.
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  • Spectators at Pier 27 cheer Oracle Team USA that won the 14th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Emirates Team New Zealand, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
  • Oracle Team USA won two races against Emirates Team New Zealand on Sunday to stay alive in the America's Cup.
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  • Oracle Team USA goes past Alcatraz Island before the start of the first running of the 13th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Emirates Team New Zealand, Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, in San Francisco
  • The final races of this year's America's Cup competition have been pushed back to Sunday due to wind conditions.
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  • Light wind, Oracle thwart Kiwis in Americas Cup
  • Oracle stayed alive in the America's Cup for the second straight day, pulling away from the Kiwis to win the re-sail of Race 13.
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  • Team Oracle and New Zealand at 2013 Americas Cup
  • Oracle remains alive in an America's Cup that continues to plod along because of a convergence of wind, tide and safety concerns.
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  • Kiwis close within one win of Americas Cup
  • The Kiwis won Race 11 of the America's Cup by 15 seconds and are within one victory of taking the trophy from Oracle Team USA.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils on the water heading back to its base after the 12th race of the Americas Cup sailing event against Oracle Team USA was abandoned Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • The Kiwis won Race 11 of the America's Cup by 15 seconds and are within one victory of taking the trophy from Oracle Team USA.
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  • Americas Cup merchandise
  • Team New Zealand leads 7-1 and needs two more victories to wrest sailing's biggest prize from Oracle.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA.
  • Emirates Team New Zealand beat Oracle Team USA twice on Thursday, moving closer to taking the America's Cup.
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  • Oracle atamaran at Americas Cup
  • Super fast and always just a mistake away from mayhem, the boats will be the stars when the 34th America's Cup starts Saturday.
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  • Oracle Team USA
  • Oracle Team USA has been docked 2 points in the America's Cup match against Emirates Team Zealand.
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  • Americas Cup mural in SF dedicated to Artemis Racing sailor unveiled
  • A San Francisco mural has been dedicated to an Olympic sailing champion who died while practicing for the America's Cup races.
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  • Americas Cup mural in SF dedicated to Artemis Racing sailor unveiled
  • A San Francisco mural has been dedicated to an Olympic sailing champion who died while practicing for the America's Cup races.
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  • Americas Cup
  • The America's Cup race is not bringing in the anticipated economic boon many businesses in San Francisco expected.
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  • Americas Cup
  • The America's Cup race is not bringing in the anticipated economic boon many businesses in San Francisco expected.
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  • Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy makes its way past the Palace of Fine Arts in the background heading for the windward marks during their Americas Cup challenger series semifinal sailing race against Artemis Racing of Sweden on San Francisco Bay
  • Italy's Luna Rossa ended Artemis Racing's emotional attempt to advance in the America's Cup trials, finishing a four-race sweep.
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  • Team Artemis
  • A Sweden-based sailing team this week lost its first two races in the America's Cup regatta since the death of one of its crewmembers.
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  • Team Artemis
  • Tuesday was the first day of America's Cup racing for Sweden's Team Artemis since May's deadly accident during a practice run.
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  • Team Artemis
  • Tuesday was the first day of America's Cup racing for Sweden's Team Artemis since May's deadly accident during a practice run.
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  • Tom Cruise on Team New Zealands boat
  • Emirates Team New Zealand broke the rules when it let Tom Cruise and his son ride an America's Cup racing boat over the weekend.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils before the start of their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco. Emirates Team New Zealand won the race.
  • Team New Zealand is moving onto the finals of the America's Cup Challenger Series after beating Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday.
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  • San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and John Avalos want aerial advertising over the city banned permanently, citywide.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils before the start of their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco. Emirates Team New Zealand won the race.
  • Team New Zealand is moving onto the finals of the America's Cup challenger trials after beating Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday.
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  • New Zealand team goes past Alcatraz Island and Mount Tamalpais in the background while heading for the finish during their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco
  • New Zealand team was scheduled to have its boat blessed Sunday at a customary Maori boat blessing for the America's Cup.
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  • A hearing has been scheduled in a lawsuit by a group of African-American sailors against the America's Cup race.
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  • Artemis racing in the Americas Cup
  • In the run up to the America's Cup, we're seeing a whole new evolution in yacht racing at speeds never before seen in this race.
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  • Artemis racing in the Americas Cup
  • In the run up to the America's Cup, we're seeing a whole new evolution in yacht racing at speeds never before seen in this race.
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  • San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and John Avalos want aerial advertising over the city banned permanently, citywide.
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  • Andrew Simpson was killed when an Artemis Racing catamaran capsized on the Bay
  • The Swedish-based Artemis Racing team is back in the water for the first time since a deadly accident.
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  • Officials at the Americas Cup
  • An international jury agrees the America's Cup regatta director overstepped his authority in changing rules after a fatal capsize.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand races alone past Alcatraz Island during an Americas Cup challenger series sailing race Sunday, July 7, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • According to a report, Louis Vuitton is asking for a $3 million refund from its initial sponsorship of $10 million.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand races alone past Alcatraz Island during an Americas Cup challenger series sailing race Sunday, July 7, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • The first point in the America's Cup was scored Sunday in a race with only one competitor due to a dispute over a proposed rule change.
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  • Italian team pulls out of Sundays Louis Vuitton Cup race
  • A spokesperson for the Italian tem Luna Rossa said the team will not be racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup events on Sunday.
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  • Time trials for the America's Cup sailing races in San Francisco were canceled Friday morning because of strong winds, event officials said.
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  • Americas Cup kick-off event in San Francisco
  • Thursday was the official kick-off for the America's Cup in San Francisco.
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  • Americas Cup kick-off event in San Francisco
  • Thursday was the official kick-off for the America's Cup in San Francisco.
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  • Americas Cup safety rule negotiations end
  • Over the weekend the America's Cup competitors agreed to almost all of the 37 safety recommendations.
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  • The Italian-based America's cup team is threatening to go to court over a proposed rule change to the race.
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