EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Control The Moment held off Racing Hill by a nose Saturday night in the $732,050 Meadowlands Pace for 3-year-olds.After a slow start this year, the champion juvenile pacer in Canada last season has rounded back into peak form. The colt trained by Brad Maxwell has won three of his last four starts, including last weeks Meadowlands Pace elimination.Brian Sears, on the ballot in August for harness racings Hall of Fame, drove the colt for the first time to a victory in the elimination.Control The Moment was the most versatile horse in the race. He won the elimination with a dynamic close. In the final, he controlled the pace for the final half-mile after Sears gunned to the front only moments after Racing Hill had worked his way to the lead down the backstretch.The race appeared over when the 3/5 favorite opened a three-length lead at the top of the lane. What looked like a waltz turned into a squeaker as Racing Hill fought back, forcing a photo finish to determine the outcome.The trip worked out perfect, Sears said. I let my horse out a little bit and it got a little exciting at the wire. He raced great.Control The Moment paid $3.40, $2.20 and $2.10.Racing Hill returned $2.40 and $2.10 as the 8-5 second choice. Check Six paid $4.60 to show.The time was 1:48 2/5 for the mile.The Control The Moment Stable of Philadelphia took home the winners share of $366,025.On the supporting card, Always B Miki held off Shamballa by three-quarters of a length in the $471,800 William R. Haughton Memorial for older pacers. The time was 2:01 1/5, a world record for 1 1/8 miles. Always B Miki paid $2.80. Air Force 270 NZ . The head of USA Boxing came out swinging Tuesday with an open letter to Tyson -- a former Olympic hopeful himself -- that accuses the former heavyweight champion of trying to poach fighters who might be candidates for the U. 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An email Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby sent late last month to the president of the University of Houston says the conference has finalized our procedures for consideration of potential new members.The email was first reported by ESPN on Thursday and later obtained by The Associated Press.The Big 12 announced July 19 that its presidents had authorized Bowlsby to begin evaluating schools for possible expansion of the 10-team conference by two or four members. The conference has not commented publicly on its plans nor has it committed to adding schools.In an email dated July 26 from Bowlsby to University of Houston President Renu Khator, the commissioner wrote: We have finalized our procedures for consideration of potential Big 12 Conference members and, pursuant to your email of last week, I am writing to inform you of the process.Bowlsby asked in the email that Khator provide a very brief communication indicating your interest in being considered. Bowlby writes that it is not necessary to send supporting information or materials and to send the letter to his attention care of Kansas City, Missouri, based attorney Kevin Sweeney of Polsinelli.Mr. Sweeney will follow up with your GC to provide instructions and to coordinate future steps, Bowlsby writes. Thanks for your interest in the Big 12 Conference.That there has beenn communication between the Big 12 and Houston is not surprising.dddddddddddd The school is a member of the American Athletic Conference, but has made it clear it aspires to be in a Power Five conference. Since the Big 12 revealed that it is looking into expansion, the University of Texas and Texas Tech have public supported considering Houston. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott went even further, saying Big 12 expansion must include Houston.Among the other schools that have been maneuvering to be considered by the Big 12 are BYU, Cincinnati, Central Florida, Memphis, Connecticut, East Carolina, Boise State and Colorado State.Bowlsby has put no timetable on the Big 12s decision, though he has said the conference would like to move quickly and not interfere with the football season. The presidents meet again in early October.Iowa State President Steven Leath told the Iowa State Daily student newspaper on Wednesday that he expects the Big 12 to expand.Were spending a lot of time and money to that end, so I suspect thats where were going to end up, Leath told the newspaper. Leath added that he expected the process to play out between now and Christmas.---Follow Ralph D. Russo at www.Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP ' ' '