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A few Irvine ranch hands rode up with guns, and that put an end to that.

It was hardly the circumstances USC had hoped for, but after falling short so often a season ago, the Trojans rode out the rain and held strong in the fourth quarter to beat Purdue 33-17.

That was especially true for the Dodgers, who rode another splendid pitching performance — this one from Emmet Sheehan — to a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.

The closest it has come to the Games was when Fotheringham memorably performed in the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, when he rode down a giant ramp and backflipped through a flaming hoop.

They rode the tide of an Italian fashion revival that stole the fire from the French for a full decade.