Another yawning day on the water was about to conclude with two of those wire-to-wire victories that make for bad television and little postrace friction.

The Nets' wire-to-wire victory over San Antonio was quite different from their 110-88 loss in Houston Friday night.

Kaymer started 2008 by winning his maiden European Tour event with a wire-to-wire victory at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.

His first PGA Tour win came as a wire-to-wire victory in 1994 at the KMart Greater Greensboro Open.

Only a bogey on his final hole of the first round kept him from enjoying a wire-to-wire victory as he finished with a 268 and the $846,000 paycheck.

But the final race belonged to the class's two-time champion, the Polish sailor Mateusz Kusznierewicz, who wrapped up the week in dominating fashion with a wire-to-wire victory.

Brad Faxon's pure putting stroke made his wire-to-wire victory at the Sony Open yesterday look easy.

The colt went to the Derby Trial, and had a wire-to-wire three-length victory, equaling the race record.

His victory at Lake Erie Speedway was a wire-to-wire victory, as Moore led all 150 laps from the pole in that race.

The bay colt had an uneven early career with only two wins until a wire-to-wire victory in the Preakness.