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Larry Collmus has been searching for every story he can uncover about the horses and personalities percolating around Kentucky Derby 137.
It's his first Derby as the NBC race caller, and Collmus intends to deliver two minutes and change of descriptive insights for the 16 million or so expected national TV viewers.
But there is one topic he has made a firm call to avoid: stories such as this one.
"I feel the Kentucky Derby, especially this year, is a lottery," says Ruben Sierra, who had never owned a stakes winner until now. "There are 20 tickets, and one of them is going to hit." The 137th Kentucky Derby Where:... more »
They call the Kentucky Derby the most exciting two minutes in sports, but it also contains the most bizarre, fascinating and harrowing millisecond—the moment the steel starting gates pop open and release 20 half-mad,... more »
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