Unlike some of my peers I have little faith in disgraced former track & field star Marion Jones. She lied to the media. She lied to her fans. Marion Jones even lied to herself. She cheated to get ahead and...
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It's not often that I write outside of my "box" Horse Racing, Baseball, Political Irony and even the wacky world of Professional Wrestling. All of these are things I would describe as being with in my...
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It's been just one week since I posted a piece entitled "Rah-Rah Sis-Boom-Ba, the beginning of something special" touting the prospects of Kentucky Derby hopefuls Jackson Bend & Winslow Homer following...
If you missed Winslow Homer & Jackson Bend battling through the final furlongs of Saturday's Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park have no fear. The two three-year-old colts will renew acquaintances...
Ever wonder why the world of thoroughbred horse racing has trouble attracting the under twenty-five demographic? I mean they're the ones with all the frick'in disposable income. It doesn't seem to make any...
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The thoroughbred racing industry continues to pump the current meet at Gulfstream Park (Florida) as the key meet on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, however it has become abundantly obvious to this reporter...
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I realize that I'm pretty much a day late and a dollar short on this one but did you see Dennis Miller making an ass of himself as guest host of WWE's Monday Night Raw. Now I don't want to get off on a rant...
California conditioner Barry Abrams claims he'll enter filly Lethal Heat in both the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. Cross entering a horse in the world of Thoroughbred horse...
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With less than twenty games remaining before Major League Baseball commerces the 09' edition of the MLB playoffs, the playoff picture is beginning to appear in full focus. The American League The Yanks...
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Rachel Alexandra, the Great Yesterday, in what is likely to be the final bow of her three year-old campaign. Out of this world filly Rachel Alexandra took on older horses for the first time in her already...
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This afternoon at 4:09 p.m. race four on today's Saratoga card will go to post with a little something extra on the line. Thanks to a host of long-shots that paraded to the winners circle during the first...
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Y2K (00') top apprentice jockey Tyler Baze who does his best ridding in Southern California would have been the center of attention at Del Mar Racetrack if it weren't for a pesky broken finger that will keep the...
I despise Derek Jeter... ...but lately I've found myself coming to terms with the facts. Jeter is the modern day Yankees equivalent to Babe Ruth, Lou Gerhig and Mickey Mantle. He possesses both the pizazz of...
Thanks to Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post for bringing to life an issue I had long thought lost its legs. Former NCAA hoops superstar J.J. Reddick, the NCAA's career leader with 457 three-pointers and a...
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On Saturday afternoon Veteran Woodbine Jockey Robert Landry shifted his tack from the comforts of home to Upstate New York's and more specifically Saratoga Race Course. Landry, who could have stood pat in...
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