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DEL MAR, Calif. -- Long-shot Gold Rush Dancer rallied on the far outside entering the stretch and held off Tough It Out by a half-length Wednesday in the $150,000 Real Good Deal Stakes at Del Mar.Sent off at 14-1 in the race for California-bred 3-year-olds, Gold Rush Dancer ran seven furlongs in 1:21.90 for his third straight victory and fifth in 12 starts. Flavien Prat rode the colt for trainer Vann Belvoir and owner John E. Parker.He just might be better on dirt than he is on grass, Prat said. The seven-eighths felt just about right. Hes fast and you can put him anywhere you want. That makes for good trips. Then again, youve got to give credit to the trainer. When you ride the best horse, it make the job much easier.Gold Rush Dancer paid $30.20, $11 and $6.20. He earned $85,500 to increase his earnings to $379,923.Flavien is on a roll right now. Hes a beautiful rider, Belvoir said. 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NEW YORK -- The calls dont come to Sherrie Deans more frequently, though they come with different questions.NBA players who may have asked about their charities have shifted their concern to their communities.Now theyre being faced with a really serious, aggressive social issue that for some of them is deeply personal, said Deans, the executive director of the NBPA Foundation.Under normal circumstances theyre coming to us saying, `Hey, Ive got my basketball camps that I run, or the kids that I work with are battling cancer, and were engaging them with those kinds of things, but they really know the role that they want to play. Now theyre coming saying, `What should I be doing? How can I be helpful? How could I get past just making a comment or just protesting to really doing something thats meaningful and that matters?That was the goal of upset NBA players and officials following the killing of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, and later Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Charlotte, North Carolina. All-Star Chris Paul, the union president, wanted players to be action-oriented, said Kathy Behrens, the NBAs president of social responsibility and player programs.I think they are mad, sure. Theyre frustrated, that some of these issues have not gotten better and I get that. Were frustrated, too. We care about whats happening in every community, she said. Weve tried to address it but theres no question theres a frustration, but also I think a real commitment on their part to be engaged and to not ignore it. And so I think our players really understand and theyve seen in it these conversations that weve having in the community that they can make a difference here.And the work hasnt stopped just because the games have started.The Pistons, Lakers and Pacers have events in the coming days and weeks that will bring together members of their organizations, law enforcement and local youth. The Pelicans and Bulls did last week, similar to the discussion Carmelo Anthonny organized in Los Angeles when the U.ddddddddddddS. Olympic basketball team trained there in July.Nothing is going to change unless theres dialogue, and the only way you can have dialogue is to be face to face, and to have us be able to say, `When I was growing up, this happened, Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said. I thought it was a great thing. I really did. I thought it was something that was really beneficial.And it will continue.I dont think everyone does different things for the notoriety and for it to be publicized, Paul said. But I think guys are a lot more conscious of the effect the we have on people and the change we can make in the world.---REUNION WEEKAmong the players and teams seeing familiar faces this week:- Kevin Durant faces Russell Westbrook and his old Oklahoma City teammates Thursday when the Thunder visit Golden State.- Chicago native and former Bulls star Derrick Rose makes his first trip back to the United Center with the New York Knicks on Friday.- Steve Kerr meets his former assistant -- and replacement early last season -- when Golden State takes on Luke Waltons Lakers on Friday.- Dwight Howard welcomes his former Rockets teammates as Houston travels to Atlanta on Saturday.---TOP 10LeBron James could move into 10th place on the NBAs career scoring list this week. With 26,896 points, he is 50 behind Hakeem Olajuwon with three games this week. Olajuwon is 12th and James 13th on the combined ABA/NBA list.---SAGER STRONGThe colorful sneakers members of TNTs crew wore in Golden State in a tribute to Craig Sager are available for auction through Friday. Sager, battling leukemia, designed the sneakers with Nike and 100 pairs up for bid , with all proceeds benefiting the SagerStrong Foundation.---AP Sports Writers Brett Martel in New Orleans and Anne Peterson in Portland, Oregon, contributed to this report. ' ' '