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DEL MAR, Calif. -- It is possible to list on one hand the starts remaining for California Chrome, who leads Saturdays $200,000 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar.For California Chrome, the San Diego Handicap is a prep for the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 20, which is expected to be followed by the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 1 and the $6 million Breeders Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 5. California Chromes final start is expected to be in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 28. After that, he is scheduled to go to stud in Kentucky.Ill really miss him, trainer Art Sherman said.California Chrome has not raced since his win in the $10 million Dubai World Cup at Meydan Racecourse in the United Arab Emirates on March 26. Early in the race at 1-1/4 miles, California Chromes saddle slipped backward. Jockey Victor Espinoza maintained control and rode California Chrome to a convincing win by 3-3/4 lengths.After spending most of April at Taylor Made Farms in Kentucky, California Chrome resumed training with Sherman at Los Alamitos on May 1. In the last 12 weeks, Sherman has seen gradual improvement from California Chrome, notably since his arrival at Del Mar on July 12.Sherman has been pointing California Chrome to the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at 1-1/16 miles for months.I thought this was perfect timing for everything, Sherman said. When he got down here, he got into the game. Hes more focused.Owned by Perry Martin and Taylor Made Farms, California Chrome has won 12 of 21 starts. He has earned $12,532,650, making the 5-year-old California-bred the richest North American-based horse in history.The San Diego will be California Chromes first start in the United States since he won the Grade 2 San Pasqual Stakes at 1-1/16 miles at Santa Anita in January. He is not the only world-class runner in the field of seven returning from a layoff. He will have a target in the speedy Dortmund, a multiple-stakes-winning millionaire trained by Bob Baffert and owned by Kaleem Shah.California Chrome will carry the top weight of 126 pounds, five more than Dortmund. The remaining five runners have been assigned weights ranging from 118 pounds for Hard Aces, the winner of the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita in 2015, to 114 pounds for Crittenden, a winner of two minor stakes in 2015.A win by either of them or the other three runners in the race -- Follow Me Crev, Soi Phet, and Win the Space -- would be a surprise.Key ContendersCalifornia Chrome, by Lucky PulpitLast 3 Beyers: 104-105-96California Chrome has been a stalker throughout his career, and Sherman is banking on jockey Espinoza employing those tactics to neutralize any threat from the front-running Dortmund.You know Baffert will send, Sherman said. His horse has speed. We cant let Dortmund get an easy lead.In the Dubai World Cup, California Chrome raced off the rail and took the lead in the final quarter-mile. The same tactics worked in the San Pasqual Stakes in January.Dortmund, by Big BrownLast 3 Beyers: 103-105-78Dortmund was third in the Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Preakness Stakes in 2015, then was taken out of training until last fall. Dortmund won both of his starts last fall with little difficulty against secondary competition, including the Grade 3 Native Diver on Nov. 28.Dortmunds winter campaign was derailed because of foot issues.Dortmund has trained forwardly in recent weeks, with a six-furlong workout in 1:12 last Sunday. Still, Baffert cautions not to expect too much from Dortmund on Saturday.You dont want to hook a horse like California Chrome first time out, he said.Custom Basketball Jerseys .25 million option on reliever Jose Veras. 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Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator.KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee will wear a commemorative sticker on the back of its football helmets this season to honor former Lady Volunteers basketball coach Pat Summitt.Vols coach Butch Jones announced Saturday that the team would wear the stickers. Summitt died June 28 after battling early-onset dementia, Alzheimers type.The sticker includes a capital P inside a circle. The P is based off the way Summitt wrote the letter in her actual signatture.ddddddddddddSummitt led Tennessee to eight national titles in 38 seasons at Tennessee before stepping down in 2012, one year after she announced her diagnosis. Her 1,098 wins are the most of any Division I mens or womens basketball coach.The ninth-ranked Vols open the season Thursday by hosting Appalachian State. ' ' '