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World-class Thoroughbred racing returns to Keeneland on Friday, April 6, for 15 days of racing that includes the April 14, $750000 Toyota Blue Grass (G1), a springboard to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), and special events for some of the largest crowds in all of horse racing. On opening day, Keeneland will become the first track…

Watching Sports on Television Can Be Harmful To Your Health and Wallet; Athletes and Some Voices Shamelessly Act Like Shills For All Sort Of Products I was a novice reporter, a rookie hitting the keys for a Brooklyn Daily. I came up the ranks writing sports, hardly considered one of the newspaper's loftier departments. Other journalists were…

One of the fascinating changes to sports broadcasting during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 came from networks and broadcasters trying to adjust to not having fans at venues. In some cases, that involved fake crowd noise (and even fake fan images), and that often took criticism. But even beyond that, there were effects…