A Star Player Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation
Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.
Inside the lack of an investigation into Florida State Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston.
Walt Bogdanich New York Times Apr 2014 20min Permalink
Death on America’s racetracks:
At 2:11 p.m., as two ambulances waited with motors running, 10 horses burst from the starting gate at Ruidoso Downs Race Track 6,900 feet up in New Mexico’s Sacramento Mountains.
Nineteen seconds later, under a brilliant blue sky, a national champion jockey named Jacky Martin lay sprawled in the furrowed dirt just past the finish line, paralyzed, his neck broken in three places. On the ground next to him, his frightened horse, leg broken and chest heaving, was minutes away from being euthanized on the track. For finishing fourth on this early September day last year, Jacky Martin got about $60 and possibly a lifetime tethered to a respirator.
Dara L. Miles, Griffin Palmer, Joe Drape, Walt Bogdanich New York Times Mar 2012 25min Permalink