It has been1️⃣0️⃣ years + 18 days since Jax Bar & Grill closed in Glendale. Average grub. Wonderful live jazz. 🎷
I met the late Jack Sheldon ("Conjunction Junction") there. He spun great yarns about Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey & his sitcom "Run Buddy Run."
📸 Roger Wilson / GlendaleNews-Press
White Abarrio wins the Oaklawn Handicap.
2 WEEKS TO DERBY
Sovereignty vs. Journalism. The rematch is today at Oaklawn. It is the big topic with Godolphin’s Michael Banahan. econ prof & horseplayer Marshall Gramm and handicapper Ed DeRosa are on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
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Godolphin’s Michael Banahan, econ prof & horseplayer Marshall Gramm & handicapper Ed DeRosa on Sovereignty vs. Journalism, a college class in horse betting & weekend handicapping at Oaklawn & Keeneland, all on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
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BEFORE THE DERBY
Godolphin’s Michael Banahan discusses the
heavyweight showdown between Sovereignty &
Journalism. Plus Marshall Gramm on his college course
for horse betting and Ed DeRosa’s weekend tips for
Oaklawn & Keeneland on the Ron Flatter
Racing Pod.
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As always it was good fun being on The Tony Kornheiser Show podcast today. The quest is taken up to name a racehorse La Cheeserie.
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TOMORROW
* Sovereignty vs. Journalism 3.0.
* A college course in betting horses.
* Weekend tips + Kentucky Derby talk.
Hear Godolphin’s Michael Banahan, econ prof Marshall Gramm & handicapper Ed DeRosa on the Ron Flatter Racing Pod.
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Bad miscall at the end by B.T. on @7afl.bsky.social. Worse ending for @carltonfcblues.bsky.social. There is no surer thing in life than death, taxes ... and a 4th-quarter collapse by the Blues.
At last, we have reached April 15. You know it as tax day. I know it as the beginning of white-wine season.
This is a new one for me. I have not seen the font go faster than the official clocks. But @primevideo.bsky.social has found a way. @nba.com
Owners of White Abarrio file more than $10 million case over late scratch from Breeders’ Cup 2025.
📸: Gary Johnson / Eclipse Sportswire & Los Angeles County Superior Court - edited
I have high hopes for this @pbs.org documentary in less than one hour on immigrant grooms on racetrack backsides. I have seen the first few minutes of it, and it looks like it could be a big positive for our game as was the Frederick Wiseman documentary “The Racetrack” in 1985.
The @nws.noaa.gov forecast for Oaklawn ahead of Saturday’s Sovereignty vs. Journalism vs. White Abarrio showdown in the Oaklawn Handicap.
Updated @kentuckyderby.bsky.social futures from the Westgate in Las Vegas.
Updated @kentuckyderby.bsky.social futures odds from @caesarssports.bsky.social Nevada @horseracingnation.bsky.social
Has @cbssports.bsky.social completely lost its skilled camera operators on 18? #TheMasters
Rose has birdied 7. @cbssports.bsky.social #TheMasters
Scheffler already parred 7. @cbssports.bsky.social #TheMasters
Henley already birdied 7. @cbssports.bsky.social #TheMasters
The Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap draw with morning-line odds:
1 White Abarrio 7-2
2 Liberal Arts 15-1
3 Sovereignty 4-5
4 Duke of Duval 20-1
5 Journalism 5-2
6 Publisher 15-1
Bettors who are playing #TheMasters live with in-game plays, beware. The @CBSSports telecast has been several minutes behind showing key shots today. I understand a few seconds' delay to avoid showing waggles, but this is ridiculous.
Burns double-bogeyed 2, but @CBSSports still shows him tied for the lead. #TheMasters
Li is -8 through 3, but he is not showing on the @CBSSports leaderboard. #TheMasters
It was at least a three-minute delay between the time Scheffler's birdie showed up on #TheMasters app leaderboard and when @CBSSports finally showed it.
Scheffler already has birdied 3, but @CBSSports is delaying it. #TheMasters
Reminder: Live telecasts of golf are not always live.
Ever wonder why there is no waggle time or how they happen to switch to a holed-out shot by someone midway down the leaderboard? It is akin to rolling back the DVR. @NFL Red Zone does the same thing.
#TheMasters @CBSSports
I see @CBSSports finally got around to correcting its lower-right leaderboard to reflect the Burns birdie on 1. #TheMasters
What is left of the crowd still complaining that The Masters TV coverage does not start until 2 p.m. EDT on @cbssports.bsky.social. The rest of us have been watching most of the day on new-fangled, movin’-picture machines.
📸 Courtesy of Sean Brady via Facebook / At the Controls
It is time to do away with this horrible gate graphic, which is overused for draw presentations.
The most important element, the details, are difficult to read, especially if a horse’s name has 18 letters.
Take advantage of the unused space. Just make a list top to bottom.
The draw for the Grade 2 Oaklawn Handicap Saturday.