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Joe Drape
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@NYTSports reporter and NYT Bestselling author of "Our Boys" and "American Pharoah." Now, "Saint Makers." Proudly not a blue check mark.
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    Joe Drape
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    Nov 20, 2020
    I have a book coming out on Dec. 1 about a remarkable man, Father Emil Kapaun, a Medal of Honor winner and would-be Catholic saint. Yes, far from my usual fields of play.
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    Joe Drape
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    Nov 20, 2018
    Over the past three years, the number of 6-to-12-year-olds playing flag football has increased by 38 percent, to more than 1.5 million. That is nearly 100,000 more than those who currently play tackle football
    Saints quarterback Drew Brees coaches all three of his sons' flag football teams.
    The Future of Football Has Flags (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Feb 5, 2018
    At 40, he was the best player in the Super Bowl. Good luck running him out of the N.F.L.
    “I expect to be back, but we’ll see,” said Tom Brady after the game.
    This Is Not Tom Brady’s Epilogue (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Sep 11, 2019
    Justify is the 13th Triple Crown Champion in history: Does his feat deserve an ***? My story nyti.ms/2ZRhN4h
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    Joe Drape
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    May 9, 2021
    If Medina Spirit is disqualified, Baffert and the colt will join Maximum Security and Dancer’s Image as the only horses to have their victories denied in the 147 year history of America’s greatest race.
    nytimes.com
    Kentucky Derby Winner Medina Spirit Fails Drug Test (Published 2021)
    The Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, whose horses have failed five tests in a little more than a year, was suspended, but he denied wrongdoing.
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    Joe Drape
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    Dec 5, 2019
    The Marion Local Flyers are playing in their 9th straight Ohio High School state title game. Why? It is a community that values love, patience and labor. My story on @goodwit56.
    Football Is Dying in Ohio. A Coach in This County Made It Thrive. (Published 2019)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Dec 18, 2018
    I was in Durham recently to watch a larger than life kid. Everyone agrees that there’s never been one like Zion Williamson. My column @NYTimes
    Williamson is 6 feet 7 inches and 285 pounds, heavier than all but one active N.B.A. player, but his 45-inch vertical leap is the highest since Duke started measuring its players.
    Everyone Loves to Watch Zion Williamson Play. Maybe as Much as He Loves Playing. (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Jul 3, 2023
    The results of the tests clearly show that he did not comply, and his ongoing conduct reveals his continued disregard for the rules and regulations that ensure horse and jockey safety, as well as the integrity and fairness of the races conducted.
    Baffert, left, with the jockey John Velazquez at Belmont Park in June.
    Churchill Downs Extends the Suspension of Bob Baffert Through 2024 (Gift Article)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Jan 10, 2022
    Churchill plays hardball with @Bobbaffert: No Derby for you or your owners.
    The trainer Bob Baffert in New York in July.
    Churchill Downs Draws a Hard Line With Bob Baffert (Gift Article)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Sep 3, 2020
    His great grandfather cared for Man o'War, but couldn't eat with its white owner. His grandfather bred and owned a 1962 #KentuckyDerby runner, but couldn't sit in the grandstand. Hell yes, Greg Harbut is running Necker Island in the 146th Derby
    Greg Harbut’s great-grandfather Will cared for Man o’ War, one of the greatest racehorses.
    Pull Out of the Kentucky Derby? Pressure on a Black Owner Mounts (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Jun 7, 2015
    It took me 16 years & a bunch of false starts but finally my #TripleCrown story on #AmercianPharoah nytimes.com/2015/06/07/spo…
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    Joe Drape
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    May 9, 2023
    Forte failed a drug test @TheNYRA Hopeful Stakes in September, won @BreedersCup Juvenile & 2-year-old champion. Became @KentuckyDerby fave until scratched. Still no ruling.
    Forte got a bath from Jose Lopez, a groom, after a workout at Churchill Downs last Wednesday.
    Forte, Once the Derby Favorite, Failed a Drug Test in September (Published 2023)
    From nytimes.com
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    Joe Drape
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    Aug 25, 2013
    J.D. Salinger has five more books coming from the grave, or so says a new documentary on the reclusive writer nyti.ms/14uoPaP
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    Joe Drape
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    Apr 6, 2017
    Fun story: The story of Pearl Jam, from a Seattle basement to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag… via @seattletimes
    The story of Pearl Jam, from a Seattle basement to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
    From seattletimes.com