• By Ben Cohen
    Jun 6, 2009 10:15 AM 3,025
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    And Now, My Michael Jordan Impression

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    Rise and shine, it's go-for-the-Triple-Crown-on-two-different-horses time! At least, it will be in a few hours.

    The star of the race won't be Mine That Bird — despite his transforming into a diva over night, evidenced by this snapshot — but his jockey, Calvin Borel, who's riding for the first Triple Crown since 1979. And that's why you should root for the 5-foot-4, 116-pound Cajun. He's the story here, people, not the damn horse he's riding. Remember?

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    Good Saturday morning. Keep the tips coming nice and steady today and we just might get through the first part of the weekend.


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