Posts in the "Sports" Category

  • When I was a kid in Detroit, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers was my hometown hero.  Kaline was humble and free of scandal, yet seemed overshadowed by more tragically flawed stars like Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees, whose charisma seemed to dominate the national psyche.  Later, as [...]

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  • The glorious Super Bowl game and victory parade down the Canyon of Heroes for the New York Giants may be just a memory now, but we shouldn’t forget the lessons behind those stunning moments. It wasn’t just a battle of the Super Quarterbacks, Eli Manning of the Giants and Tom Brady of the New England [...]

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  • The Preakness is the second leg of Thoroughbred racing’s Triple Crown and trainer Kathy Ritvo is on a mission this Saturday to show that her third place finish in the Kentucky Derby with Mucho Macho Man was no fluke.  Only one other female trainer, Shelley Riley did better in the Derby, with a second place [...]

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  • Yes, she loves to clown around and drink Guinness, but this lady is all business on the racetrack. A late starter, the imposing six year old mare named Zenyatta had her first race on Thanksgiving 2007 and has now beaten 112 other horses and has 19 victories and no defeats. It is a record being [...]

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  • A drama that started heating up last year between the two top female horses in the country, the three year old filly Rachel Alexandra and unbeaten six year old mare Zenyatta, is taking on even more excitement. Rachel Alexandra, who won the Preakness and was undefeated in eight starts last year, won Horse of the Year [...]

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