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May 5, 2012
Assemblyman Micah Kellner: Let's Bet at NYC Bars Again
The more, the merrier. Or, in this case, the more vices, the better. At least that's what New York Assemblyman Micah Kellner thinks and just in time for the Kentucky Derby and Cinco De Mayo.In an interview today on the radio station WCBS 880, he introduced his plan to bring back the betting kio ... More >>
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May 4, 2012
The Cocktail We Drank 'All Fucking Day Long'
The Mint Julep! It's a fantastic drink and one to sip all year, but these days it only gets love leading up to the Kentucky Derby. Troy Patterson at Slate gives us a history as well as hilariously elaborate directions for how to make it:
Voice Choices
May 2, 2012
PONY UP
My old Kentucky home  in Brooklyn
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October 19, 2011
BEST OF NYC®
Wide World of Sports
The national pastime of the U.S.? The sports capital of the U.S.? If you don’t know the score, we’ll tell you.
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May 12, 2011
Remembering Bill Gallo, 1922-2011
In today's Daily News you can find pages of tributes to Bill Gallo, who died Tuesday at the age of 88. My personal favorite is from Yogi Berra, who said, "It's hard to imagine News without him." Because the N in that quote is capped, I assume Yogi meant the Daily News, but I'm sure he also me ... More >>
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May 7, 2011
Kentucky Derby Will Be Decadent, Depraved
Hunter S. Thompson went so you don't have to: The rest of the day blurs into madness. The rest of that night too. And all the next day and night. Such horrible things occurred that I can't bring myself even to think about them now, much less put them down in print. I was lucky to get out at ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Secretariat's Magic Makes Hardened Horse Players Weep
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 14, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 24 A horse for all seasons by Joe Flaherty A group of us, accompanied by the baggage of New York blase, gathered early at Penn Station Saturday for an odyssey to Belmont Park. The onus lay with the horse ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
A Goy in Wonderland
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 25, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 21 A goy in wonderland By Joe Flaherty The lamentable thing about life is that it is devoid of fanfare. Man's odyssey more times than not is heralded by a kazoo rather than a trumpet. The spiritual milest ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
BOW-WOW-WOW
Honoring man’s best friend
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January 20, 2011
The Huffington Post Gets Blacker, Howard Kurtz Gets Paid as Press Clips Returns
Press Clips has long, if intermittently, been the name of the media column at the Village Voice, years ago on paper in the hands of journalists like Sydney Schanberg and Keach Hagey, before being brought to this blog by some untamed rabble-rouser called Foster Kamer. But as a wise man once wr ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
Vic Ziegel, One of the Best
ZiegelVic Ziegel of the New York Daily News died Friday, July 23 of lung cancer, still young at 72. He was one of the good guys. When I started regularly for the Village Voice in the mid-1980s, Ziegel was one of the few writers from a New York daily to accept me as a colleague when I'd se ... More >>
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June 6, 2010
The Times Intrigued With New (and Flimsy) Cycling Cheat
Cancellara on the MurThe New York Times sure is intrigued by the notion that Fabian Cancellara, one of the world's strongest cyclists, may have concealed a tiny electric motor in his bicycle to help him win two of the sport's most legendary races this spring. Why is it we can't help thinking ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
Belmont Stakes
Cancellara on the MurThe New York Times sure is intrigued by the notion that Fabian Cancellara, one of the world's strongest cyclists, may have concealed a tiny electric motor in his bicycle to help him win two of the sport's most legendary races this spring. Why is it we can't help thinking ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
DERBY STYLE
Let your Southern side come out to play
Blogs
April 29, 2009
The Race Is On... To the Perfect Non-Traditional Mint Julep
In honor of the Kentucky Derby this Saturday (and considering our recent induction into the Secret Sherry Society), we thought we'd feature this non-traditional take on the tipple traditionally enjoyed at the event: the Mint Julep. Bitter Orange Julep 2 1/2 oz Clement VSOP Rum 1 oz Clement Creo ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 22, 2009
IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE
No, it's a ridiculous-sized hat
Voice Choices
June 17, 2008
Horsinâ€™ Around
A dead horse and an art dealer star in Sam Shepardâ€™s latest
Film
April 15, 2008
The First Saturday in May: Spellbound, With Horses
Could use more humans, though
News
April 8, 2008
Belmont Park's Backstretch Plays Home To a Most Unusual Day-Care Center
Is there a stranger location for a day-care in New York? Don't bet on it
NYC Life
May 3, 2005
The Mint Masquerade
The not-so-girly julep makes Derby Day one smooooth ride
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February 22, 2005
The End of Gonzo
A savage journey in search of the legacy of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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March 5, 2002
Nation
A savage journey in search of the legacy of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
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June 5, 2001
Beauty and the Big Shots
The Sexcapades and Politics Behind New York’s Bogus Catholic Museum
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May 1, 2001
Betting Man
Meet the ‘Degenerate Horse Player’ Who Runs the Daily Racing Form
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February 9, 1999
Black in the Saddle
The great African American jockeys are riding back into history

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