I don\'t know if your troll comment was directed at me or not, nor do I really care, but for the record the Times did run a piece on this very thing today (not with Drape\'s byline). It\'s on page A23.

Umm... the NY Times has been covering dementia etc. among retired football players and hockey enforcers ad nauseum for at least the past year. The series on Derek Boogaard in December was like 15,000 words.

you need some Preperation H, pal

Thanks, I know right where that is. I appreciate the help!

I\'m going to be upstate just north of Hudson on Saturday in a house w/out a TV set and an achingly slow Internet connection, so I want to go watch and wager at one of the OTBs nearby. Does anyone have any recommendations? Has anybody had any experience with the Hour Time in Valatie? I\'d prefer not to drive all the way to Albany. Thanks!

Try abebooks.com--I looked and they have something on the order of 15 copies there. It\'s a little more expansive a clearing-house of out-of-print titles than biblio.com.

Lighten up, junior, you sound like Chuckles.

sorry guys, there\'s a new RACEHORSE in town... new track record.

he\'s 1-9 currently...

anybody see what happened? TV only showed him bolting, and Imbriale said he was pulled up. Little Andy indicated the horse was okay, but Chavez is off the rest of his mounts. Weird.

Sorry, Dana, sawing off the leg of a horse ain\'t \'part of the game.\'

Maggi Moss has an open letter to Gill that\'s worth reading:

http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/maggi-to-mike-%E2%80%98please-get-out-of-racing%E2%80%99/

per OED it dates to at least 1933 and was common enough by 1941 to be included in dictionaries of slang...

very nice job on the exacta! congrats, hope you had it big

Barry Irwin?

At least at intrade, Obama in PA is trading at a contract of $88-$91. It doesn\'t look like a terribly deep market, but nonetheless, while McCain getting PA may not be impossible, it doesn\'t appear likely. Is there a good over/under out there on the margin national?