I got a lot of feedback for my column last week breaking down where the 14 Breeders’ Cup race winners prepped. The final results were: Santa Anita, five; Europe, five; Belmont, Del Mar, Keeneland and Woodbine, one each.
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If his son wasn’t a member of the California Redwoods, I might have thought Denzel Washington attended the United Football League’s inaugural game Thursday night to scout talent for a new movie.
You have to love the weather this week. Downright chilly in the early morning and not too hot in the afternoon. That can mean only one thing, folks: It’s time to break out the shotgun and do some bird hunting. Quail and chukar seasons open Saturday, waterfowl on Oct. 17.
I have met UNLV president Neal Smatresk once. I have spoken to him twice. I know he ran track and swam in high school. I know he has a daughter who played soccer and a son who played baseball. I know his wife enjoys watching volleyball.
One of these days, Tony Romo might put the puzzle pieces together and become a complete quarterback. For now, though, the leader of the Dallas Cowboys is perceived as a falling star.
Mike Sanford has to be coaching for his job on a weekly basis now. If he’s not, it will be because his superiors at UNLV have forgotten the most significant rule: the program comes first.
RENO–As the seconds tick down to yet another kickoff for UNLV-UNR football today and some take odds on whether Mike Sanford will enter Mackay Stadium on an elephant to fully experience the circus atmosphere he insists is part of the state rivalry game, it’s important to clear up a few misconceptions regarding the Limited Access Bowl.
Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, there are excellent coaches walking NFL sidelines. Jeff Fisher of the Tennessee Titans is one of them.
As the seasons change and it gets cold on the East Coast, this is when the heat is intensely on Alex Rodriguez. He spends summers knocking the snot out of pitchers but in October falls flat on his face.
Over the next two weekends, most of the Breeders’ Cup horses will prep in stakes races at Belmont Park, Keeneland, Santa Anita Park and beyond. I thought it might be revealing to see where the 14 Breeders’ Cup race winners of 2008 prepped, especially since Santa Anita, where the main track is Pro Ride synthetic surface, is the host site again.
Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, there are excellent coaches walking NFL sidelines. Jeff Fisher of the Tennessee Titans is one of them.
There was nothing Mirjana Lucic couldn’t do on a tennis court. If only her father had stopped beating her off it. Perhaps then, she wouldn’t have disappeared from the game for nearly five years. Now she’s back, at the USTA Pro Circuit Lexus of Las Vegas Open at Red Rock Country Club.
On its face, Mike Sanford limiting media access to his UNLV football team this week means as much as one raindrop in a monsoon. Absolutely nothing.
For anyone who suspected the New York Jets would be just another patsy this season, with rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez and first-year coach Rex Ryan imitating Gilligan and the Skipper, it’s time to admit the mistake.