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'Billy The Shoe,' a Santa Anita fixture, made history 40 years ago at the Kentucky Derby Original

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By Bill Dwyre 
| Yahoo Sports
Billie Shoemaker rides Ferdinand to victory during the 112th Kentucky Derby on May 3, 1986. It was Shoemaker's fourth Derby win. When the late and great Times sports columnist Mike Downey decided years ago to write about jockey Billy Shoemaker, he did so perfectly.
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Appreciation: Angels great Garret Anderson was a Hall of Famer in area stats couldn't measure Original

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By Bill Dwyre 
| Yahoo Sports
Angels outfielder Garret Anderson watches the ball after hitting a two-run homer against the Toronto Blue Jays on July 4, 2008. Garret Anderson was a Hall of Fame-caliber major league baseball player who never made the Hall of Fame. Baseball is a numbers game, and GA didn’t have enough of them. When he finished his career and was eligible for the vote in 2016, he got just one vote. That represented 0.2% of the total. It also meant that he wasn’t even on the ballot the next year.
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Commentary: Here are 15 reasons why UCLA should not abandon the Rose Bowl Original

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By Bill Dwyre 
| Los Angeles Times
Here are 15 unsolicited, heavily nostalgia-based reasons why the UCLA Bruins should not leave the Rose Bowl for the glitz and glitter of SoFi Stadium: • Because the late Keith Jackson, legendary broadcaster, called the Rose Bowl “The Grandaddy of Them All.” And it is. • Because there is a statue there of Terry Donahue, the late, legendary Bruins coach, who was there either as a player, assistant coach or head coach in six of the Bruins’ 12 Rose Bowl appearances.
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