Maxie and Plunkett are enough to keep my heart rumbling!(Sports)

From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: June 20, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: John McCririck

ONE of the more intriguing pieces of journalism on the Derby came from last weekend's Sunday Mirror. There's a regular Sport On The Box feature, and written by David James, it highlights the main events but dismisses the turkeys to avoid. Tuesday's quarter-finals rated five words. `Greyhound racing. What a bore!'

An awful truth dawned on me. Had David James, the esteemed Sunday Mirror hack, somehow been misled by my unflattering ...

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