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Oh, forget about Title IX, show me the money. News this week that the New York City Marathon will award its women's winner $30,000 more prize money than the men's. The Women's Sports Foundation says this is probably the first time in sport that a female winner will be paid more than a male champion in the same competition. `We are breaking ground, not only in the sport of long-distance running, but in all sports,' said Mary Wittenberg, president of the Women's Sports Foundation. One hundred and thirty thousand dollars will be the women's purse in the November marathon, That's a purse a lot of men would like to take home too.
Coming up, we'll talk to Ron Rapoport about the driving Piston sharp Spurs, fierce gnats and a US Open where many Americans might not make the cut. Stay tuned.
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