The Bironas Saga Is Getting Odd...

((HT: WKRN-TV))

The wife of former Tennessee Titans kicker Rob Bironas called local Nashville Police to consider him missing just before his crash. Rachel Bradshaw thought her husband had gone to bed and, when she couldn't locate him inside their home, called to file a police report. The report was being filled out over the phone when the news of the crash came to the NPD.

Bironas was traveling at a high rate of speed about a mile from his home Saturday night when he lost control of his car in a curve, struck a line of trees and overturned in a culvert.

His autopsy was completed Monday and his body was released. Toxicology results, however, could take weeks to get back.

Here's the look at the accident report from Andy Cordan
WKRN News 2

Jim Wyatt's article in the The Tennessean presents a troubling picture of the moments before where Bironas allegedly threatened two Belmont University students in another car and may have tried to run another car off the road entirely.

Connor Fraley relayed what happened:

"His window was down, and we pulled up and I said, "Hey man, just a heads up, something's burning from your exhaust. Your exhaust smells horrible, just wanted to let you know,'' Fraley recalled telling Bironas. "He looked over at me and said "I'm going to kill everybody in your (expletive) vehicle. It was so random, so bizarre I was like, "What?" And he said the exact same thing again."

Bironas apparently went from that confrontation to another involving a married couple in another vehicle.
They were the ones who called 911 after their confrontation and they also happened on the crash of Bironas' car.

Steve Coburn Stands By His Comments The Day After

((HT: The Blood-Horse))

California Chrome co-owner Steve Coburn is still talking up the lack of a Triple Crown winner in his horse after yesterday's fourth-place finish in the Belmont Stakes.

He had an interview with Lindsay Czarniak on "Good Morning America" this morning that is making its way across all ABC/ESPN platforms and he's still sticking with his "three" statements when it comes to a horse being named a champion.

And he's also sticking with his analogies to make his point
The folks over at The Blood-Horse were there as well...


OSG Sports has been getting response on the Twitter Machine about what you think about the Triple Crown crowning...

Ripsaw2

I agree with the California Chrome owner. Horses should be required to run all Triple Crown races to have a shot at the trophy.

Serenity

That's exactly my point! If they haven't raced in the first two they shouldn't be allowed

Okay, we've heard from them... What about the rest of you...???

Pesky Belmont Continues Being Pesky

((HT: ACC Sports))

Belmont is always one of those teams that, in the post-season tournament, you can pick in one of those 5-12 games and be fairly confident in picking the Bruins as a 12...

Sunday in Chapel Hill was one of those reasons you can be confident in picking them in March...

Belmont goes into UNC and knocks off the Tarheels, 83-80...

The key highlight at the end of the reel is the JJ Mann three that gave the visitors the win...

OSG Flashback: "He's Moving Like A Tremendous Machine..."

((HT: NTRA/Belmont Park))

Forty years ago today, it was the greatest exclamation point in the history of exclamation points...

Secretariat and the Belmont...


No, there won't be a Triple Crown winner today...
And, to be honest, the HQ kinda likes it that way- for a while, anyway...

BREAKING: I'll Have Another... Won't...

((HT: Dan Patrick Show))

On the "Dan Patrick Show," the trainer for I'll Have Another dropped this bombshell...

From their Twitter:

"I'll Have Another is officially out of the Belmont."

So, NBC isn't happy now... the horse scratched...

More when we know more...

1200 UPDATE: The New York Racing Association has scheduled a 1 p.m. press conference to announce that the colt will be scratched.

I'll Have Another, the 4-5 morning-line favorite for the 144th "Test of the Champion," will be the 12th horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win the first two jewels of the Triple Crown but not complete the sweep in the Belmont.

FOSG Paul Newberry has off his Twitter:

The brother of I'll Have Another trainer Doug O'Neill's brother says the horse "sound & happy, but it's not worth it.

The Politics Of Dancing: Three Tickets Punched For NCAA Tournament

First UNC-Asheville makes it back to back appearances to the big dance defeating VMI 80-64. Here are the highlights. (Thanks ESPN)



They call it "One for the Thumb" at Belmont. The Bruins had to rally against Florida Gulf Coast but overcame the Eagles to win the A-Sun Tournament final 83-69. Here are the highlights from Macon, GA. (Thanks Atlanticsun.org)



Finally Murray State didn't have to cash in their at-large chips. The Racers defeated Tennessee State 54-52 to win the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament championship. Here's a full report our friends at WPSD-TV Paducah, KY.