secretariat Stories - A Sea Of Blue
A Refreshing Change Of Pace
The first week of February provides a double dose of American sporting traditions. The first, obviously, is the lead-up to this Sunday's Super Bowl, the crown jewel of televised sports events in the country. The Super Bowl isn't just a hugely popular TV event; it's the highest rated program on...
Alligator Army Off Topic: Secretariat
The movie Secretariat comes out this weekend, which gives us an excuse to show the greatest individual performance in sports; Secretariat's 1973 Belmont Stakes. Secretariat set records in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont. His time in the Belmont, 2:24 over a mile and a half, is...
What Happened to the Handicap?
This past Saturday, Bob Baffert's Misremembered won the 73rd running of the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap and, in the process, joined a long list of horses to have won this prestigious event. Horses like John Henry, Spectacular Bid, Alysheba, Ack Ack, and Seabiscuit, to name of few. But while the...
1973 Belmont Stakes
"Secretariat is widening now...he is moving like a tremendous machine! Secretariat by twelve! Secretariat by fourteen lengths on the turn!"-Track Announcer Chick AndersonIn 1948, Citation won the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness, and The Belmont Stakes to become the eighth Triple Crown winner in...
Kentucky Basketball: A reason to arise from your slumber
I suppose I feel as good as I can after a loss to UK's most hated rival. The reason for those "good" feelings can be traced back to last year, a year in which UK lost by 14 to Louisville in Rupp Arena. It was a game where UK was helpless in the second half against U of L's smothering 2-3 defense....
Mizzou Links, 6-5-08
Well...I guess ESPN has been so impressed with RMN's Illinois Week coverage that it has decided to move the game back to 7:30pm instead of 6:45. That's the only explanation. The Trib has a nice look back at the 2008 Mizzou Baseball season. Missouri found ways to fight through with a sputtering...
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