Recent Articles
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As column concludes, thanks for memories
Nineteen years ago this month, I wrote my first column for The Sun. Cal Ripken Jr. had played in something like 800 straight games. Art Modell's football team had almost another decade to go in Cleveland. I wrote more than 2,500 columns after that first one, covering every sport from baseball to...
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'Down to the wire' beats Preaknesses gone haywire
PREAKNESS STAKES
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Against the odds
Trainer Lukas believes at 71, he has time to win again
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Against the odds
Trainer Lukas believes at 71, he has time to win again
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Event enjoying a great run
Attendance, betting have soared
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Curlin cast as roadblock to repeat for Street Sense
These days, as soon as a horse wins the Kentucky Derby, fans immediately start calculating whether this is the one who could overcome all obstacles and break the Triple Crown drought, which dates to 1979. As you may have noticed, those obstacles tend to arise more in the 1 1/2 -mile Belmont Stakes...
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Owners may bag small-purse stakes
PREAKNESS STAKES : Saturday, Pimlico Race Course, 6:04 p.m. post time TV: Chs. 11, 4
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The Decision
In an instant during the 2006 Preakness Stakes, Barbaro's future went from win-or-lose to life-or-death. And in the next tense hour, his owners listened to expert advice, weighed his chances and came down on the side of love