When Larry Roth returned to his Long Island home last May, from Louisville, he unpacked a pair of muddy boots and declared he would never clean them again. He and his family had bought cheap ponchos and galoshes at a Walmart the night before the Kentucky Derby, bracing for a sloppy Saturday at Churchill Downs.…
Let’s get Dunk Contest winner Derrick Jones Jr. in a rematch with Aaron Gordon — on Zoom.Image: AP PhotoThe virtual WNBA and NFL drafts went pretty well. That’s a sentence I did not think I would write a week ago. But here we are. Crazier things have happened (and are happening).Some states are looking to…
If you’ve been marking the pandemic by the pileup of cautious reopenings and rescheduled events, you might think that an end to this global disaster is in sight. Event planners for the Kentucky Derby and Bonnaroo already have new opening days on the books in September. The Olympics are scheduled to start in Tokyo on…
This wasn’t intended to be a series. But over the years I’ve been using Derby more and more. I started using Derby as my database of choice for my Microservice architecture. These are personal-use applications, so Derby is more than sufficient. Even though these are personal-use applications, I require multiple servers with limited user permissions,…
American Pharoah and jockey Victor Espinoza, right, lead the rest of the field around the final turn … [+] of the $1 million Arkansas Derby horse race at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/David Quinn) ASSOCIATED PRESS And they’re off in the Arkansas Derby. The major prep race for…
Major events are closing down due to concerns over COVID-19. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc. As people are ordered to stay at home and avoid contact with others, a cascade of cancellations and postponements has wiped…
Media playback is not supported on this device Match Of Their Day: Danny Murphy admits he regrets leaving Liverpool You can’t pick a list of classic Premier League fixtures without including at least one Merseyside derby.Danny Murphy has done just that in his pick of three classic games for Match of Their Day, naturally including…
Mass gatherings held in the run-up to Britain’s coronavirus peak may have led to additional deaths in the local areas, a new analysis suggests. Events including the Cheltenham Festival, the Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid Champions League football match and the Manchester derby all resulted in an apparent spike in deaths at local hospital trusts compared…
Major events are closing down due to concerns over COVID-19. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc. As people are ordered to stay at home and avoid contact with others, a cascade of cancellations and postponements has wiped…
Major events are closing down due to concerns over COVID-19. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc. As people are ordered to stay at home and avoid contact with others, a cascade of cancellations and postponements has wiped…
