Articles filed under Horse Racing
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Prediction: Masters winner will be first-timerApr 03, 2014 1:01 am - Before we get started here, let's check in with Arsenio and see what he has lined up for tonight's show. What? Just not the same: Love him or hate him, having Tiger...
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Undercover horse-racing video tough to watch - but absolutely necessaryMar 21, 2014 5:30 am - People in the horse racing industry often say they wish they would get more coverage, more publicity. Well, ready or not, here it comes - and it's most definitely not th...
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Spellman's Scorecard: Closing the book on ill-fated campaignMar 14, 2014 5:30 am - With apologies to Ozzie Smith and his super short-lived campaign to make baseball's Opening Day a national holiday, yeah, thanks, but not gonna happen. If it were like i...
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Naming any sport's Mount Rushmore not easy taskFeb 21, 2014 4:15 am - I'll say Michael, Magic …: Why doesn't every sports Hall of Fame just go ahead and build its own version of Mount Rushmore; then we can end this whimsical, nonstop ...
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Hawthorne springs ahead as racing returnsFeb 20, 2014 12:01 am - In just another sign that spring is lurking, the 2014 Chicago thoroughbred racing season opens Friday afternoon at Hawthorne Racecourse. A rocky offseason (Illinois Rac...
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School closed, teens turn to Arlington Park for play rehearsalFeb 03, 2014 1:51 pm - The show must go on! That was the spirit displayed last week when St. Viator students found themselves faced with school closed for two days due to subzero weather, taki...
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The SoapboxFeb 01, 2014 4:00 am - Not quite the same venue: Look at video from Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State speech and you’ll see different levels of attention among the lawmakers sitting in the C...
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Arlington breathes a sign of reliefJan 31, 2014 8:00 pm - It's been a pretty good week for the folks at Arlington International Racecourse. On Wednesday, there was the last-minute passage of a bill extending Advance Deposit Wag...
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Quenneville could add Derby title to 2 Stanley CupsJan 31, 2014 11:00 am - Has anybody ever won a Stanley Cup and a Kentucky Derby in the same year? That would be a dandy double, but despite long odds, it is doable for Joel Quenneville, for who...
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Anybody else done with brrrrutal weather?Jan 31, 2014 4:30 am - Observation while waiting for the equatorial vortex: My car looks like road. Follow-up observation: I hate winter. Seriously: ...