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5/5 Episode of Poor Man’s PTI: And They’re Off

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Post date May 6, 2011
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Burton guests hosts for Ryan this week and he and Vin discuss the Kentucky Derby, NHL and NBA playoffs, and argue about streaks.

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This week’s topics include:

Rashard Mendenhall is an idiot
Hines Ward almost arrested for nothing
Andre Ethier won’t break DiMag’s record
NHL Playoffs and why you shouldn’t even bother in the first 30 games
Burton’s Kentucky Derby picks

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Tags idiots, kentucky derby, NHL, podcasts, poor man's pti

General Sports

5/6 Episode of Poor Man’s PTI: Tase em all

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Post date May 7, 2010
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RJ Warner guests hosts in Ryan’s stead. We talk NHL playoffs, Lawrence Taylor’s latest arrest, and whether to tase fans who run onto the field.

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This week’s topics include:

NHL Playoffs
Big Ben SI cover story
To tase or not to tase
Top 5 sports conspiracy theories
The Kentucky Derby
The NBA Playoffs

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Tags conspiracy theory, kentucky derby, NBA, NHL, poor man's pti

Horse Racing

Mine That Bird No Upset Compared to Chris Antley in 1999

Post author By bsd987
Post date May 3, 2009
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Mine That Bird should not have been in the Derby, flat-out had no business being there.

Shipped in from Sunland Park, a tiny B-circuit in New Mexico, after twice losing a race there. Twice.

I wrote last week on a forum, “If Bennie Woolley enters him in the Derby, he should lose his license! Permanently!”

Tags Calvin Borel, Charismatic, Chris Antley, kentucky derby, Mine That Bird, upset

Horse Racing

Horse Racing needs to embrace criticism

Post author By bsd987
Post date April 30, 2009
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by Burton DeWitt – special to CBSSports.com.

Don’t kid yourself; you don’t care about horse racing. At the very least, you don’t care about it 362 days a year.

You might, might, watch the Kentucky Derby. Fine.

If you don’t have plans, heck, you might, might, even watch the Preakness.

And if, but only if, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners are the same, you’ll watch the Belmont Stakes. You’ll cheer for that horse, hoping he’ll win the Triple Crown.

Then, then, then what? When he loses? You’ll just forget his name.

Tags barbaro, eight belles, euthanized, gregg doyel, horse racing, kentucky derby

Horse Racing

Print Media to Blame for Horse Racing’s Irrelevance

Post author By bsd987
Post date March 25, 2009
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Everyone has his theory as to why horse racing has become irrelevant: it does not transplant well to television; it’s a sport for degenerates; it’s too dangerous; the tracks are poorly managed.

And you know what, each theory has a bit of truth.

But it is not the real problem.

Tags curlin, daily racing form, drf, horse racing, kentucky derby, ray paulick

All Other Sports

Horse Racing Needs Big Brown vs. Curlin More Than Ever

Post author By bsd987
Post date August 20, 2008
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Some things disappear. Vanish. Just go away.

Sure, there are reasons, explanations, scapegoats, but the simple fact is that things disappear.

Unfortunately, down that same path more things might disappear.

Tags big brown, breeders' cup, curlin, horse racing, kentucky derby, match race, thoroughbred racing, triple crown

All Other Sports

25 Greatest American Thoroughbreds: Part 1 of 6

Post author By bsd987
Post date July 29, 2008
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Eleven. Currently, that’s the most important number in American horse racing. There have been eleven Triple Crown winners spread out over 59 years.

However, since the dawn of television, which for arguments sake was 1952, there have only been three horses that could claim all three legs.

For any American who could not get to Louisville, Ky., Baltimore, or Elmont, N.Y., the first time he or she saw a champion horse was in 1952 when CBS affiliate WHAS covered the Kentucky Derby and the signal was broadcast across the country. Hill Gail won the race as the favorite, but an injury kept him out of the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes. He never won another major stakes in his career.

Tags belmont, breeders' cup, horse racing, kentucky derby, preakness, thoroughbred racing, triple crown

All Other Sports

The other side of the Kentucky Derby

Post author By bsd987
Post date May 3, 2007
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It’s hard to believe only eight years ago Charismatic took 31-1 odds into the gate and emerged as the Kentucky Derby champion. And two weeks later, he took 8-1 odds and won the Preakness.

Sadly, the colt broke his leg in the stretch in his next race, the Belmont Stakes, finishing a close third, and was thus denied being the first Triple Crown winner in 21 years.

Tags horse racing, kentucky derby