tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86976952024-03-12T22:13:19.625-05:00AllMediaAmericaA wide-ranging examination of sports, news, entertainment and politics
Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-18527958997330621032015-11-01T01:25:00.000-05:002015-11-01T01:05:19.188-06:00Peanuts Gang Goes Jaded in Belmont Student Production of "Charlie Brown" Lucy is a flask-swilling drunk who blows chunks. Snoopy peddles a publication about the homeless while brown-bagging his Muscatel. Sally is an air-headed bimbo in a push-up bra. Linus's security blanket is a pack of Marlboros.
That what it's like in the alternative world of Belmont University Student Theatre's weekend production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, the now nearly 50-year-old Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-40329349729601055582015-10-10T02:32:00.000-05:002015-10-10T02:32:07.333-05:00
MARTY'S RACE-A-DAY
RACE 4—SANTA ANITA—OCT. 10, 2015
Allowance purse: $53,000 (plus up to $15,900 to Cal-bred winners) for fillies and mares three years old and upward which have never won $10,000 other than maiden, claiming or starter or Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-87058288848379187322015-10-04T03:47:00.003-05:002015-10-04T04:24:06.505-05:00
MARTY'S RACE-A-DAY
RACE 3--SANTA ANITA--OCT. 4, 2015
Stakes for fillies and mares, three years old and upward. The winner to receive $60,000, $20,000 to second, $12,000 to third, $6,000 to fourth and $2,000 to fifth.Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-23262374918208123322015-10-03T06:04:00.000-05:002015-10-03T06:57:35.100-05:00
MARTY'S RACE-A-DAY
RACE 2--SANTA ANITA--OCT. 3, 2015
BEATEN CLAIMING $Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-25237880922110686442015-10-01T02:23:00.001-05:002015-10-01T11:42:01.052-05:00
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Santa Anita--Oct. 1, 2015
RACE 5--Maiden Special Weight--$52,000 Purse--Mile and 1/8 on turf--3-yr.-olds
Big Discovery has six prior races, all routes, none shorter than a mile, and the first four were on turf. Interesting horse. BD has never finished out of the money. He Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-87891670360854981152015-06-24T10:20:00.000-05:002015-06-24T10:46:20.670-05:00On Flags, Forrest and Hysteria in the Wake of Charleston
In the wake of Charleston, my Facebook feed is stuffed full of hysteria about Confederate flags and Nathan Bedford Forrest, including reports that Nashville mayoral candidate Megan Barry wants a Forrest statue hidden from public view and Rep. Jim Cooper wants a bust of the Confederate general removed from the State Capitol in Nashville.
http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2015Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-59124120619481669872015-06-12T15:18:00.001-05:002015-06-12T15:23:22.157-05:00
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Santa Anita Park, 2011/Canon PhotoStitch by Martin Brady
Race #1/Santa Anita/June 12, 2015
CLAIMING $50,000-$40,000 PURSE $45,000. (PLUS UP TO $5,400 TO CAL-BRED WINNERS FROM CBOIF) FOR FILLIES THREE YEARS OLD. Weight, 122 Lbs Non-winners Of A Race At A Mile Or Over Since April 27, 2015 Allowed 2 Lbs. Claiming Price $50,000, For Each $5,000 To $40,000 1 lb. Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-14803888146241208252015-06-11T10:57:00.001-05:002015-06-11T11:04:47.248-05:00
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Santa Anita Park, 2011/Canon PhotoStitch by Martin Brady
RACE 1 /SANTA ANITA/ JUNE 11, 2015
ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING $40,000. PURSE $58,000. (PLUS UP TO $17,400 TO CAL-BREDS) FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NEVER WON $10,000 ONCE OTHER THAN MAIDEN, CLAIMING OR STARTER OR WHICH HAVE NEVER WON TWO RACES OR OPTIONAL Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-17924566326751376722015-06-09T21:04:00.001-05:002015-06-09T21:17:09.917-05:00Photo Tour of Nashville's Hillsboro Village
Another leisurely stroll through Nashville's Hillsboro Village, only today I brought my camera to try to document what is old and new about this quaintly hip three-block area tucked in just south of Vanderbilt University and a little south and west of Music Row.
My second job in Nashville was in the Village in 2000, making sandwiches and doing food preps at Provence Breads and Cafe, a Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-5285127284172465192015-06-07T00:47:00.001-05:002015-06-07T12:06:15.208-05:00
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Santa Anita Park, 2011/Canon PhotoStitch by Martin Brady
Race 3/ Santa Anita/ June 7, 2015
The 37th Running of Affirmed Stakes (Grade III) $100,000
STAKES FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS. By subscription of $100 each to accompany the nomination closed Thursday, May 28, 2015 with 12. Supplementary nomination of $2,000 due at time of entry. $1,500 additionalMartin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-92163982697225527422015-06-06T12:53:00.000-05:002015-06-07T12:04:02.884-05:00
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Santa Anita Park, 2011/Canon PhotoStitch by Martin Brady
Welcome to a new feature. We'll be handicapping one race per day at Los Angeles' Santa Anita Park, and offering Win-Place-Show picks for that race. Here's our first entry, for June 6, 2015.
Race #1, June 6
STARTER ALLOWANCE PURSE $30,000. (PLUS UP TO $3,600 TO CAL-BRED WINNERS) FOR THREE YEAR Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-64478573077040651092015-06-04T11:35:00.002-05:002015-06-04T11:52:12.339-05:00Safarova Powers Way into French Open FinalWhen most people think of Czech lady tennis players, there's no doubt that Petra Kvitova, the reigning and two-time Wimbledon champ, is the one. But always lurking to the side has been another lefthanded player, Lucie Safarova, a winsome, self-effacing, less physically imposing presence, now vaulted into the international tennis spotlight after earning a spot in the French Open final today, Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-26766555733955898642015-05-28T20:11:00.000-05:002015-05-28T20:11:07.643-05:00Schiavone-Kuznetsova French Open Match Recalls Their Epic 2011 Aussie Battle
Age is a relative spiritual thing, of course, but in tennis how old you are draws a lot of attention. The closer you are to 30, the further you are assumed to be away from seriously contending for a major championship. With the exception of Serena Williams, of course, who apparently did not get the memo.
But in a little slice of what you might call "old home week" at the French Open today, twoMartin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-7226680939939188882015-05-27T10:42:00.000-05:002015-05-28T09:35:02.763-05:00Lucic-Baroni Once Again Stymies Halep in Major; Cornet Advances<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 388 2215 18 4 2720 11.1539 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment-->
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
For the second time in eight months,Mirjana Lucic-Baroni has knocked Simona Halep out of a tennis major. The 33-year-old German-born Croatian's second-round, straight-set, 7-5, Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-18261111375286661972015-04-27T20:26:00.000-05:002015-04-27T20:42:30.853-05:00Derby Draws Battle-Tested Contenders to Churchill Downs<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Sports
Media America welcomes back Los Angeles-based actor, horse-racing
personality and handicapper Steve Brady for his entertaining and (hopefully)
profitable take on the 141st running of the $2 million Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-18049071616455039372014-11-22T16:27:00.000-06:002014-11-22T16:27:35.581-06:00LaRoche Leaves D.C., Joins White Sox With 2-Year, $25 Million DealCame the news today that the Chicago White Sox have added Washington Nationals first-baseman Adam LaRoche to their team. Here's the view from a longtime Nationals observer.
Meh. It's a move for the Sox, though it may not prove to be a great one. Just turned 35, LaRoche has certainly had a productive career (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larocad01.shtml). His 243 home runs and 838Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-79134029017553866162013-09-02T19:44:00.000-05:002013-09-02T20:38:20.580-05:00Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2013 Tennessee Titans….Are a What-If Proposition<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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It’s déjà vu all over again for the Tennessee Titans in 2013.
That means a season of
“what-ifs”—and a season of “what-ifs” usually translates to mediocrity.
But if the Titans’ defense replicates 2012’s Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-29326530515940692252013-05-26T20:22:00.000-05:002013-05-26T20:24:49.803-05:00Aces Wild: Elite MLB Starters Are Off to Rocky Start in 2013<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Distressed
that your favorite pitcher kind of sucks this year? Worried that the ace of the
staff of your favorite team might have suddenly lost his stuff forever? Yeah,
well, there’s a lot of that going around.Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-13287896509638576772013-04-14T01:15:00.000-05:002013-04-14T01:21:20.488-05:00Tiger's Masters Drop-Shot
About Tiger Woods' Friday afternoon 15th Hole misadventure at the Masters:
I think Tiger broke the rules the way he handled his replacement shot. He clearly dropped the ball where HE wanted it to lie, and as he admitted later, he did so because he "needed a couple of yards."
I have to say that I think he should have disqualified himself, and that another golfer probably would have. &Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-168985241923467752013-03-30T04:34:00.001-05:002015-05-28T23:08:17.295-05:00Is Maria Ready for Serena? Sony Open Final Today
The BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells was held March 4-17. After the U.S. Open, it is one of the more important tennis tourneys on U.S. soil, with a warm California setting and a $5M total purse that includes a $1M payout to the singles winners.
I missed seeing any of the tourney on the telly this year. But just now, I finished watching a replay of Maria Sharapova's dissection of Caroline Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-84622423371719190642013-01-31T18:35:00.000-06:002013-01-31T18:45:58.287-06:00A Confederacy of Dunces: Multiple Storylines Blur Super Bowl XLVII Picture <!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Now that Randy Moss has
opened his mouth and upped this week’s Obnoxious Factor, Super Bowl XLVII has
indeed become a confederacy of dunces, a situation made perfect by its setting
in New Orleans, where Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-18276779470310398162013-01-24T03:43:00.001-06:002013-01-24T03:43:37.417-06:00
They've Been Acting Kinda Mannish for a While Now, Anyway
Sorry, folks, I do not consider this a "progressive" development:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/24/us/pentagon-says-it-is-lifting-ban-on-women-in-combat.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130124&_r=0I guess all we need now is a real, honest-to-god ground war, so we can see lots of video and photos—YouTube!— of young women Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-30326193460167585802013-01-19T13:53:00.001-06:002013-01-19T13:56:49.688-06:00AFC/NFC Championships Risky Betting Propositions
When the
Super Bowl was a lot younger than it is now, the playoffs seemed fairly
predictable. Almost always, the better-rested division winners with the
superior records advanced to the big game. My perception of recent years,
however, is that we’ve had a few notable teams rise up from the wild card
ranks, play big games on the road and emerge on top. So things are simply less
predictable now, Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-2581266478807525262013-01-11T02:15:00.000-06:002013-01-11T09:33:34.978-06:00Age Must Be Served: Veteran QBs Should Dominate Divisional Playoff ActionRound 2 of
the NFL playoffs actually looks a bit more predictable than the opening
weekend, though I certainly can’t eclipse last week’s 4-0 straight-up
prognostications. In picking the one road winner, Seattle, I did so against my
sentimental favorites, the Redskins. Heart? Meet head!
The
Seahawks’ challenge definitely looks tougher this time around, but before we
get to that, let’s ponder Martin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8697695.post-84805544351456608562013-01-06T22:04:00.000-06:002013-09-05T23:27:29.024-05:00Unless There’s Leprechaun Magic, Tide Should Roll in Championship Game
Notre Dame
plays Alabama for the college football title Monday evening. The game has been
well-hyped and should receive a ton of attention and a high television rating (8
p.m. EST, ESPN). It’s a
marquee matchup of two storied programs, yet I am somewhat amazed at how easily
everyone seems to accept that this is the matchup.
Alabama,
at 12-1, is a no-brainer, for sure. The defendingMartin Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10813878094418909220noreply@blogger.com0