Here’s a thought: What if USA Basketball doesn’t win gold in China?
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Two Pick 6 players betting Del Mar hit the mother lode Saturday, cashing the two winning tickets worth $356,909 apiece.
They held a news conference at the MGM Grand on Wednesday to promote the Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito welterweight championship fight, but it was impossible not to be distracted by the 147-pound elephant in the ballroom. Bob Arum made sure of it. I’m guessing the top dog at Top Rank wasn’t a CIA operative in another life.
In the fishing tackle industry, Las Vegas resident Ken Whiting is known as the “Wizard of Rods.” His rod designs have dominated the competition in recent years, and during the 2007 International Convention of Allied Sportsfishing Trades (ICAST), Whiting won top honors in both the freshwater and saltwater categories, as well as the overall “Best of Show” award with fishing rods made from carrot fibers that were produced by e21 Fishing.
The smell always gets you. That clear, disinfectant odor of drugs mixed with fear. You can’t avoid it. There is no special corridor, no secret passageway, no singular escape by which to circumvent the scent.
If there were a judge and jury of 12 impartial souls not aware UNLV football exists — I could find 12 on my block — the verdict could be read following opening arguments.
Two good friends of mine and of horse racing, Luke Kruytbosch and Jim Beers, died recently.
Preliminary results of the 2008 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey were just released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and waterfowl hunters can expect to see fewer ducks when they go afield this fall. Preliminary estimates place the overall duck population at just more than 37 million birds, a 9 percent decline from the 2007 estimate of 41.2 million birds.
He drove across Interstate 15 late that summer, amazed with what he had seen, captivated by the pageantry, inspired to witness more, determined to travel all across the globe to live the moment over and over.
Forget the part about baseball managers being judged exclusively on overall record. Not at this level.
Say the words Del Mar and Saratoga to a horseplayer and expect to see a big smile. They are the two most enjoyable race meets all year long.
Brandon Jennings today should be concerned only with signing a professional basketball contract worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, complete with a plush apartment and an expensive ride. He should be dreaming about hip European culture, of perhaps enjoying a nice bruschetta outside some cafe after practice.
I have decided that fish are much smarter than we give them credit for. I also think they are mean, vindictive little creatures capable of orchestrating intricate plots designed to humiliate unwary anglers. My guess is that fish study the fine art of angler humiliation while completing the curriculum offered in their schools.
It’s enough to request early entry into the Denny’s senior menu club, this list of health issues that doctors suggest accelerate around age 40.
The Fourth of July is as good a day as any to reflect how horse racing has become sports’ most popular pinata. A lot of rage is being bandied about. But if it’s from people who care about the sport, then I can accept it. That energy just needs to be channeled in a positive way.
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