Well aren't we Mr Lightning Rod!

By the way the NY Times had a fellow writing about 20 years ago name of Steven Crist. And of course the story goes that its not like the editors at the Times recognized his talent... I think they wanted him to cover the Wash DC beat, and we are not talking Laurel and Pimlico.

If you dont care for Crist, there was that Red Smith guy. I know this is a long time ago but when you get old your memory gets like an accordion (25 days 25 years= no difference). So you got 3 writers (Smith, Joe Hirsch and Crist) who are probably the most widely read in the last half century. Two of them wrote for the NY Times. Two of them (Hirsch and Smith) have graded stakes run in their name. When are they running the Imallin Handicap this year?

You should never throw the Post's name in with the Times. The Post has IMO top notch racing and sports coverage. Fountaine has been solid ever since his Bloodhorse days. You can't help but admire a man who puts into print what every journalist covering NYRA had on their minds-- anger at the fact that NYRA cut their free lunch. A few times a year they drag Kerrison out of a nightspot to cover a big race. I really don't follow their selections because I can be totally wrong about 6 out of 9 races a day without any help.

Post sports IMO superior to the NY Times unless you really are interested in that feature on kayaking or college rodeo.

If anything the Post at $1.75 newstand per week is sheer entertainment. You never know when you will be treated to a classic piece of Post journalism such as the picture they ran of Dolly Parton, dressed in a low cut blouse, with Phil McConkey and Sean Landeta on either side of her. Messrs Phil and Sean are like Jimmy Stewart in Vertigo, trying very hard to look at the camera, not to look down. The headline over the photo "Check out These Giants".

The Times can be equally disturbing. I hate that everybody gets called "Mr" as in "Mr Gacey, who assualted and killed 32 juveniles..."



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