Archive for September, 2009

  • Water Wars!

    Posted on September 25, 2009 | No Comments
    Dog vs. Sprinkler … who’s going to win?!? Bailey announces the battle, but it’s Chaya who fights the good fight.

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  • Athlete UnRetirement: Take ‘Em Out Back

    Posted on September 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
    There wasn’t much shock in today’s NASCAR announcement that Mark Martin’s contract with Hendrick Motorsports was extended two years. The man just won his 39th career race and leads the SprintCup point standings heading into the Chase (their version of a playoff). I’m a huge...

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  • R-Z: Give It Up Already

    Posted on September 13, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Let’s play word association… I say: Rachel Alexandra. You say: freak, amazing, elegant, Ruffian-esque, history in the making. I say: Zenyatta. You say: perfect, grinder, weight don’t matter, Personal Ensign-esque, super freak. Notice the answer to either filly is not the other’s name? Amazing how...

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  • Football: Where @ Is A Dirty Word

    Posted on September 9, 2009 | No Comments
    Several weeks ago I sat at O’Charley’s in Louisville sharing appetizers and jokes with two sports anchors, who happen to be friends. We were talking football, and both men had stories about their news directors pushing for live updates of scores. With just one solution:...

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  • Saratoga Showed Racing’s Highs & Lows

    Posted on September 7, 2009 | No Comments
    I work in a sport where the focus in on an animal, so I accepted years ago that I had to be OK with the ugly side - that’s breakdowns and catastrophic injuries for those who don’t know. That doesn’t mean I have to like...

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  • Edgar Prado: One Special Guy

    Posted on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment
    Watching Rachel Alexandra win the Woodward was an experience I’ll never forget. There simply aren’t enough adjectives in the dictionary to describe the sheer awesomeness of the event. Though for as struck as I was by what I saw on-track, what happened afterwards will live...

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  • Pure Magic: Drop the R-Bomb, Not the S-Bomb

    Posted on September 5, 2009 | No Comments
    My Grandpa Dave led the world’s greatest Passover seder: there was a soundtrack and special lighting and such an audience that it required the entire ballroom of a Los Angeles Sheraton. Trust me, it rocked. And I used to love when he’d pick a different...

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  • Size Matters part 2: Work It Girl

    Posted on September 5, 2009 | No Comments
    Brock Sheridan made a joke about Rachel turning all the boys’ heads when she walks into the paddock. He meant it in jest, but he’s got a point. I blogged before about the mental edge Rachel’s size gives her in races. It didn’t occur to...

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  • Rachel’s Reality: Size Matters

    Posted on September 5, 2009 | No Comments
    For as much guff as I’ve given her connections this year for various things (least of which is a ridiculous boycott of the Breeders’ Cup, but I digress) … I think it’s a brilliant move bringing Rachel Alexandra to the Woodward. They found what turned...

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