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Rick Snider: Throwing in the (free) towel on Robert Griffin III wedding gift controversy
Rick Snider
Updated: 3 hr ago
Many a fan has bragged of the time they bought a beer for a pro ballplayer. The athlete didn't ask for free suds. The fan was just happy to do so, and many years later, he still tells the tale. So why the nonsensical furor over fans buying quarterback Robert Griffin III wedding gifts on store...
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Rick Snider: Lukas' run isn't over just yet
Rick Snider
Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
BALTIMORE - The man in the white hat rode off into the sunrise a winner once more. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas was once the bad guy in thoroughbred racing. Wearing a white Stetson around the barns and expensive suits in winner's circles, he dragged an old-school sport into modern times by making...
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Rick Snider: Oxbow pulls a shocker at Preakness Stakes
Rick Snider
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
BALTIMORE - It was the perfect Hollywood ending. Jockey Gary Stevens retired after a hall-of-fame career, instead racing horses in an HBO series about a washed up rider. But the series was cancelled and Stevens recently returned to the saddle after seven years. Maybe Stevens' next movie...