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Hangin’ With Haskin: How Fast Could Dr. Fager Have Run?

A little over a week ago Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors scored an unheard of 60 points in only 29 minutes, without playing at all in the fourth quarter. All anyone could do was to speculate how many points he could have scored had he been given the opportunity. Although Wilt Chamberlain’s otherworldly 100 points seemingly is beyond reach, he could have threatened Kobe’s Bryant’s 2006 modern day record of 81 points.

William S. Farish III: Racing Leader and Ambassador (también en Español)

William S. Farish III was indeed an ambassador. He was appointed in 2001 by President George W. Bush to serve as the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Yet long before that Farish served as an ambassador in a more figurative way for the sport of horse racing. Since the 1960s he has embodied the sport’s best attributes as an owner, breeder, industry leader and sportsman.

Chris Antley: An Elite Rider and a Gentle, Yet Troubled Soul

Thousands of races have been run since then, countless jockeys and horses have come and gone, and yet the image of Chris Antley cradling the leg of the injured Charismatic soon after they completed the 1999 Belmont Stakes remains indelible.

The former claiming horse and the troubled jockey had failed in their improbable bid to sweep the Triple Crown, and yet that hardly seemed to matter when the life of the noble Charismatic was at stake.

John R. Gaines: A Visionary and a Leader

John R. Gaines built one of Thoroughbred racing’s most successful breeding operations.

His Gainesway Farm was home to top sires such as Lyphard, Riverman, Blushing Groom, Vaguely Noble, Youth, Bold Bidder, Cozzene, Broad Brush, Irish River, and Sharpen Up.

In the United States and Europe, six of Gainesway’s sires were honored as the year’s champion sire.

Yet if Gaines is to be best remembered, it will be for something he accomplished for his sport rather than his farm.

Legacy of Jim McKay: Beloved Racing Voice and Visionaire

In the long and compelling history of television sports, few broadcasters have been as beloved as Jim McKay.

For more than five decades, he was the respected figure who poignantly detailed so many of his era’s major sports events and made them even more memorable for millions of viewers around the world.

He was an articulate voice of reason on ABC Television during the insanity and horror of the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

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