Jim McGrath

2 weeks ago | alextimes.com | Jim McGrath

Robert Longerbeam was a three-star recruit out of T.C. Williams High School in 2020. (Photo/Rutgers Athletics) By Jim McGrathRobert Longerbeam owns only one NFL jersey. As a college football standout from Rutgers University, it would not seem noteworthy that an athlete of his caliber hasn’t collected a lot of professional gear, since he has shared the football gridiron with a number of other athletes from the Big Ten Conference.

3 weeks ago | racingnews.hkjc.com | Jim McGrath

If Ka Ying Rising or Mr Brightside, or both, win their respective races on FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday (27 April), celebrations will erupt worldwide. The Hayes family is front and centre saddling these key contenders for the HK$22 million G1 Chairman’s Sprint Prize and HK$24 million G1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m), respectively, but their cheers are likely to be matched by those of breeders and consigners 9,500km away in New Zealand.

3 weeks ago | racenet.com.au | Jim McGrath

By Jim McGrath (HKJC) Globetrotting jockey Craig Williams has given notice to Hong Kong fans to prepare to welcome one of the genuine superstars of Australian racing on FWD Champions Day at Sha Tin on Sunday, April 27. He is referencing Mr Brightside, winner of 19 of his 43 races and over $A17.3m (approx. $HK85.8m) in prizemoney, who has arrived to take on local hero Voyage Bubble and a collection of the world's finest in the $HK24m Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m).

1 month ago | alextimes.com | Jim McGrath

The Old Dominion Boat Club has served as the home of many rowing teams since the mid-1900s. (Photo/Old Dominion Boat Club) By Jim McGrathAlong with the cherry blossoms, one of the rites of spring in the Washington, D.C. area is the return of sculls slicing through the murky waters of the Potomac River, handled by rowers with alternating oars, in teams of four and eight.

1 month ago | hoerzu.at | Dimitri Logothetis |Jim McGrath |Jim Mcgrath

» Gurkiges Gegrätsche mit Hirn-Zerrung « Die Brüder Eric und Kurt reisen nach Thailand, wo sich Eric mit dem gefürchteten Kämpfer Tong Po im Ring messen will. Trotz aller Vorwarnungen steigt der Fight, bei dem Eric von seinem muskelbepackten gegenüber kaltblütig umgebracht wird. Kurt, der das ganze Drama mitansehen musste, schwört Rache und begibt sich bei dem legendären Muay Thai-Meister Durand in die Lehre, um es schließlich mit Tong Po aufzunehmen...