Robert Pickering (Baltimore Sun)
Age 64 Former Evening Sun editor wrote daily handicapping column, enjoyed restoring old homes. R obert Michael "Pick" Pickering Sr., a retired Evening Sun makeup editor who enjoyed restoring old homes, died of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Wednesday at University of Maryland Medical Center. The Towson resident was 64. ...more...Regular Features (Arkansas News Bureau)
Arkansas and Obama, a disconnect By John Brummett It's in the fine Arkansas Democratic political tradition of having things both ways. - Sunday, Aug 3, 2008...more... Regular Features (Arkansas News Bureau)
The Unnatural State By John Brummett A man, perhaps a smart-aleck, once asked why Arkansas calls itself "The Natural State" when most of its lakes are fake....more... Total moneymaker: Betting totals in the NFL preseason (Covers.com)
Successful NFL bettors understand there is a significant difference between handicapping preseason football games and handicapping regular season ones. This week, I'll be focusing on the final scores of preseason games from the past couple of seas......more... News-times > Sports (Carteret County News-Times)
Greg Norman just couldn?t quite pull it off at Royal Birkdale last weekend even as most all of us old guys over 50 were pulling for him. At least for a change, he didn?t get to the last hole and have someone chip in or hole a bunker shot to beat him....more... Big Brown should be back to form in Haskell Invitational (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The second half of the racing season kicks off Sunday with Big Brown returning in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. The last time we saw the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner was his Roberto Duran-like "no mas" finish in the Belmont Stakes....more... Off to the races (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
This is for all you horse racing fans out there, me included. It?s that time of the year again ?where the turf meets the surf? at Southern California?s beautiful Del Mar racetrack....more... Gerry Donaghy discusses son's situation (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
NEW YORK - Gerry Donaghy remembers the toughest day. "It was the very first day," said the longtime NCAA referee and father of Tim Donaghy. "It was last year, Father's Day. That's when I first found out about it."...more... Regular Features (Arkansas News Bureau)
Another transgression By John Brummett If you're looking to move on from Lu Hardin, then you'd best move on from this space, at least today. - Tue, Jul 29, 2008...more... |