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Big Brown goes for a jog

Tue, 27 May 2008 15:07:55 PDT

Triple Crown candidate Big Brown, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, was taken for a jog today by trainers. This coming two days before doctors had said they would allow such activity after finding a crack in one of the horse's hooves. Although reports are that Big Brown looked very good in the workout, this whole injury is very disconcerting. Any time that a horse is injured in the least bit, the risk for a greater injury in a race goes up. Even if this injury would not have a high propensity toward causing a more horrific injury on raceday, the repercussions of Big Brown going down would be catrastrophic to horse racing. I don't see the sport recovering from such an event. The masses would claim negligence, no matter what the cause, on the horse's caretakers, and eventually on the institution of horse racing itself. A new holder of the Triple Crown would be an incredible boon for horse racing, however I really hope Big Brown's handlers make the right decisions in the days leading up to the Belmont.

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Tiger still recovering plans to play in Open

Tue, 27 May 2008 14:35:22 PDT

Tiger Woods won't be playing at this week's Memorial tournament as he is still recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery performed the day after the Masters. Today he said he is still on schedule to compete at the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines in June. Many believe that, since he is unable to compete this week and will likely not compete before the 2nd major of the year, Tiger has almost no chance to win the Open. Never bet against Tiger. I have never witnessed an athlete that has been more in-tune with his body and his game than Mr. Woods. It is obvious that the man has taken the concepts of conditioning and athleticism to a new level in the sport of golf. Clearly, this is an understatement. But even more impressive is his command over the mental aspe

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Spurs spend night on charter jet

Tue, 20 May 2008 15:42:34 PDT

ESPN.com reports today that the San Antonio Spurs spent last night sleeping on a charter jet after they could not find a hotel while repairs were being done on the plane. I cannot say I feel too sorry for them after seeing Tony Parker's smug bragging after the game last night, visibly excited about how happy the team 'secretly' making plans to go straight to LA made him. I would think any team in a game 7 would have some sort of plan in place in case of a win. Be a professional about it. I cannot wait to hear the excuses when they zoom in on a dejected Tim Duncan as all of the scrubs finish out their game 1 loss to the Lakers.

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