MAD MIKE dueled between horses then outside a rival, took a short lead between foes leaving the second turn, fought back inside in midstretch and weakened.
INSIDE PITCH The matchup between MIKE MUSSINA and PEDRO MARTÍNEZ is scheduled to have two sequels.
Once he left school, he had bartending jobs where the management would let him improvise at the mike in the breaks between the musicians' sets.
— MIKE HUGUENIN The 5-12 matchup between fifth-seeded U.N.L.V. and California started out at a fast pace, but defense (or was it poor shooting?) eventually reared its head, and it's 28-28 at halftime.
In the 2000 campaign, when George W. Bush used a vulgarity near an open mike, The Dallas Morning News noted the difference between a minor slip and a major blunder: "Analysts differ over whether it is a soon-to-be-forgotten blip or a blooper with staying power".
"But there's a difference," he added, "between eavesdropping — putting a mike in a locker room or huddle, other than the one the league does — and putting mikes around the court to pick up the sounds of the game".
Huff endures the hall-of-mirrors spectacle for a while, as the boom mike hovers and the camera pans between his face and the television screen.
Saturdays, 9 p.m. Open mike: Arlene's Grocery, 95 Stanton Street (between Orchard and Ludlow Streets), (212) 995-165212
But finding linebackers who understand the difference between B-roll and a boom mike can be difficult.
— MIKE HUGUENIN I would welcome a seven-game series between Michigan and Louisville.
