Mike Spellman
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Maybe even sharks were showing Nyad respectSep 06, 2013 5:30 am - “You yell barracuda, everybody says, ‘Huh? What?' You yell shark, we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July.” — Mayor Larry Vaughn, Amity Island C'mon, ad...
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Spellman's Scorecard: Braun, Marshall and moreAug 29, 2013 10:00 pm - OK, I just had some cream and a lozenge, so this should be a heck of a Scorecard. Ha: Like that's ever gonna happen. Fun with words: The best part...
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Track officials vow not to repeat Million TV faux pasAug 22, 2013 8:51 am - Face it, in horse racing, a lot depends on luck. For most of Arlington Million Day, luck was in absolute abundance. Huge crowd, beautiful weather, great racing, a nation...
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Real Solution the real winner in MillionAug 17, 2013 2:00 pm - The scene was simply surreal. The lights on the infield toteboard were flashing. A packed house that just minutes earlier had witnessed a stirring battle to the wire w...
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Veteran Desormeaux enjoying Arlington returnAug 16, 2013 3:00 pm - When jockey Kent Desormeaux relocated to Arlington Park this summer after an admittedly rocky stretch of years, he was a man with a plan. “I came here to reinvent my car...
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Dandino just dandy at Arlington MillionAug 16, 2013 2:24 pm - Forget about pace making the race. In the second running of the $400,000 American St. Leger, it was all about space making the race. And that was especially true for Dan...
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Wigmore Hall pins hopes on St. LegerAug 16, 2013 11:19 am - If at first you don’t succeed in the Festival of Racing at Arlington International Racecourse, try, try ... and then try again. And if you have to change races along the...
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Jockey Stevens primed and ready for MillionAug 16, 2013 11:19 am - A Hall of Fame riding career. A silky smooth segue into film and television. A comeback at age 50 after seven years out of the saddle that has included a win aboard 15-1...
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Spellman's Scorecard: Offering PGA some sound solutionsAug 15, 2013 10:00 pm - I have nothing against words like Sasquatch or mashed potatoes. In fact, those probably are two of my favorite things in the world — and yes, both exist — but I have a b...
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Arlington Million still holds special place in horse racingAug 15, 2013 8:25 pm - Even the most casual of horse racing fans can remember the buzz when it was announced that Arlington Park would be hosting the world’s first million-dollar race in the s...