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Issue no. 16: Jordan Burroughs' Fight For Tokyo 2020 Was Won In 2013Listen now (4 min) | In 2013 Jordan Burroughs was the guy for USA wrestling. It wasn’t until April of 2021 at the Olympic Trials that his reign was…
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Issue no. 15: Too Many Governing Bodies In Horse Racing To Blame For Constant Drug InfractionsListen now (4 min) | Three years ago hall of fame thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert told me, “Horse trainers need to stick to training horses and stay…
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Issue no. 14: Yankees Take Series Over Astros; Bullpen Buzzed By Altuve In FinaleListen now (3 min) | Don’t tell the New York Yankees that time heals all wounds. Not in recent memory has a mid-week, three-game affair in May meant so…
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Issue no. 13: Yankees' Gleyber Torres For Rockies' Trevor Story Is NON-Story Listen now (3 min) | Do you prefer the term “sell papers” or “get clicks?” It doesn’t matter. Regardless of the era you grew up in, a sports writer’s…
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Issue 12: Only One Thing Matters In Yankees' Pursuit of Championship No. 28Listen now (2 min) | As the Yankees open up the 2021 baseball season Thursday at home with a 1:05pm ET start versus the Toronto Blue Jays, remember this…
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Four years ago, after I met and spoke with feral tennis player Nick Kyrgios, I eviscerated him in my column for CBSNewYork. He was low hanging fruit. He…
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Hosting horse racing’s most prestigious night, the Eclipse Awards, and doing so virtually, is a task that NBC Sports Kenny Rice meets head on. Just as…
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My conversation with NBC Sports Kenny RiceListen now (50 min) | As horse racing broadcaster Kenny Rice readies himself to host a virtual edition of the Eclipse Awards, he stopped by Block's…
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By the time the Eclipse Awards — horse racing’s version of the Emmys — are announced on Thursday, Authentic, the likely winner for 2020 “Horse of the…
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My conversation with Starlight Racing's Jack WolfListen now (42 min) | As a member of the ownership group of the 2020 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic, Starlight Racing's Jack Wolf joins me to talk…
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When Tiger Woods told me that he suffered from a “pretty bad speech impediment” as a kid, I thought it was kind of humanizing. Taking into account that…
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As the New York Knicks embark on the 2020-21 season Wednesday evening, they’ll face more questions for which they have answers. Just as they have for…
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