It would be Gun Runner's last on-track hurrah.The newly turned five-year-old was in the money-madness Pegasus World Cup Invitational, a race that had over $16 million in prize money, with a cool $7 million going to the winner. Even the thoroughbreds that finished from sixth to 12th would each ...
Some of the most-revered names in college football history jump out when discussing Alabama and Georgia football.Coaches with legends attached to their names. Heisman Trophy recipients. National championships. Little UGA, the name for Georgia's bulldog mascots, with the curly tails. "Roll Tide" ...
Nearly every town or crossroads had them.Opinionated conversations held in feed stores, hardware stores, pool halls, luncheonettes, barber shops, automotive dealerships and bakeries were taken as seriously as a last-place finish in either the American or National League.Well-worn wooden chairs ...
Showing the folks in Tucson a 3-9 record in 2016. Losing to Arizona State and to Purdue in a bowl game to finish 2017 with a 7-6 record. Going 7-6 in 2015. Not what any enterprising football coach at the University of Arizona should do to endear himself to the alumni, athletic administrators ...
It's the final week of the NCAA Division II Super Region One football season.When this week's salvos have been heard, seven teams will be selected by the NCAA, headquartered in Indianapolis, to participate in the Super Region One playoffs.The administrators in Indianapolis rank the region's ...
LOS ANGELES - In long ago fall seasons the World Series staged its rituals during daylight hours. Children could watch the games before being called off to slumberland. The competition from pro football, pro basketball and ice hockey wasn't as keen.Baseball was center stage.There were only 16 ...
DEL MAR, Calif. - On a quiet afternoon, just before the thoroughbreds take center stage at the Del Mar Race Course, you can hear the small ocean waves landing on the beach. Del Mar's finish line is only about a half-mile from the ice-blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. It's near San Diego and its ...
BALTIMORE - Last place.Let's hear the baseless excuses. Let's hear the pleas to purchase season tickets.For once, let's hear the ways the now-forlorn Baltimore Orioles are going to become viable again.Losers of 19 of their last 23 games, the Orioles had virtually no reliable bodies on their ...
PHILADELPHIA - When record-setting receiver Billy Brown went undrafted by any NFL team, he signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. The former Shepherd wide receiver had shattered many of the school records for passes caught, yardage for a single season and career ...
Major League baseball strains to keep people interested in its product. A six-month long season, games slower than an Internal Revenue Service refund, an approaching football season that whets appetites on both the college and professional level and too few players on any team with more than ...
