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1. Boxing, horse racing reach same crossroads … again
(Sports/Professional)

... all of which could bode well for the state. Manny Pacquaio’s win over Shane Mosley continued to raise his stature in the sports and entertainment world, while Animal Kingdom captured the Kentucky Derby ...

2. Death of jockey Michael Baze may be linked to personal issues
(Sports/Professional)

... stakes wins, for career earnings of $32.4 million. Baze rode Kentucky Derby runner-up Nehro to a second-place finish in the Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds earlier in 2011. A Louisville police ...

3. Perfect mint julep for 2011 Kentucky Derby
(Life/Style)

BY MARGARET MORGAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Tomorrow’s the big day as the first Saturday in May heralds the Kentucky Derby. And, who doesn’t think of the Kentucky Derby without indulging in a Mint Julep ...

4. Rosie Napravnik
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... if she wins the 2011 Kentucky Derby? In any event, her success as a jockey at such a young age is a huge story in the making. ...

5. Kentucky Derby 2011: Jockey Anna 'Rosie' Napravnik races towards history
(Sports/Professional)

...  At this point, kentuckyderbyinfo.com reports there have only been five women who have ridden in the Kentucky Derby: Diane Crump, Patti Cooksey, Andrea Seefeldt, Julie Krone, and Rosemary Homeister. Now ...

6. Meteor sighting
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Saw this on Monday afternoon as we were walking in Derby, CT. I couldn't believe my eyes - it was definately burning! ...

7. Major league sports facing a turbulent 2011
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... December. MLB has been in a good spot in that they have been third in the CBA derby since 2004. Both sides watched the 2004-05 NHL lockout when the owners shut down the industry. The NBA's CBA came up ...

8. Why Carmelo Anthony could join the New Jersey Nets
(Sports/Professional)

... New Jersey sports, visit the NJNR Press Box The NBA will be the third major sports league in North America in the queue in the CBA derby. Major League Soccer, which is a much smaller entity, was first ...

9. N.J. MVC offering 12 NASCAR-themed license plates
(Sports/Professional)

...  Martin Truex drove his first modified stock car at Wall Stadium and at the age of 18 and won the track's prestigious Turkey Derby. The Turkey Derby will be held once again this year on the Friday and ...

10. Hambletonian: Harnessing racing’s biggest and most prestigious event set for Meadowlands
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... of the racing season, the Super Bowl and Kentucky Derby of the sport, but with the future of racing in doubt, there's kind of a cloud hanging over the entire industry," noted the 55-year-old River Vale ...

11. Keep Inspecting
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I like thinking that the other cars on the road have had their brakes checked at least once in the last 2 years. Without mechanical inspections, we'll go back to demolition derby. PA, DE, and NY have ...

12. How do you fix horse racing industry in New Jersey?
(Sports/Professional)

... most people who have a casual interest in thoroughbred racing, that marks the end of the Triple Crown and racing season. There is no superstar horse to follow and the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners ...

13. Preakness and Belmont Stakes futures in doubt
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... the state of Maryland that they will not move the horse race from Pimlico. The Kentucky Derby remains the gold standard for the thoroughbred industry but the glory days are long gone. The Triple Crown ...

14. The Preakness, second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, has a N.J. connection
(Sports/Professional)

... venerable Pimlico Race Track to be part of a tradition that started two years before the first Kentucky Derby. It is a place full of tradition. The whole thing is as Maryland as the Chesapeake Bay and ...

15. N.J. bartender a master at mixing up mint juleps for Kentucky Derby
(Life/Style)

... Kentucky Derby for decades. Acocella has been cranking them out for years, first at the Old Yankee Stadium and now at the venerable Gallagher's Steak House in Manhattan. "There's only one way to make ...

16. The allure of horse racing, the Kentucky Derby mystique …and the fine art of betting
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... will even cover it again. David Letterman has a yearly tradition of getting Dave Johnson to call in to his program and create a Kentucky Derby stretch call with his signature, "Down the stretch they come!" ...

17. Chris Christie for president is starting to catch on
(N.J./State)

... they should be paying careful attention to how Mr. Christie fares in his demolition derby in Jersey."  ...

18. When the Nets left New Jersey the first time
(Sports/Professional)

... for the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Down through the years the Armory played host to conventions, dances, home shows, and numerous sporting events, including roller derby and professional wrestling, ...

19. Cheating by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson reminds me that golf isn’t a real sport
(Sports/Professional)

... page of the National Enquirer wasn't sufficient embarrassment, the language hurled back and forth between Mickelson and his accusers is the stuff normally heard at roller derby bouts, adding to the chagrin ...

20. Now's your chance to be a roller derby queen!


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Garden State Rollergirls announce open practices The Garden State Rollergirls, North Jersey's own female flat track roller derby league have announced that practices will be open to prospective skaters ...