Today on The Sportsline with Rich and Larry ... 58 days and counting ... and R&R kicked off the show with This Day in Sportsline History ... as Sportsline Historian flashed back several years to remind Rich and Larry of how they had a couple of special guests ... Rich's Dad and Larry's buddy ... on to handicap the Kentucky Derby.  That led Rich to recall how he got his dad to gamble online ... to avoid the seedy scene of the OTB's up in New York.  

Bluetooth was on the scene in Richmond for practice and qualifying (and the free Crown Royal no doubt) and hooked R&R up with a couple of bigtime interviews prior to the race including Ryan Newman.  Newman talked about adjusting to the COT and also discussed his engineering degree from Purdue.  Ryan said that the education he got at Purdue, while continuing to race during his college years, helps him to better understand and communicate with his race team ... giving him an edge over the competition.

Up next ... a little Derby talk with Dan Illman of the Daily Racing Form.  Illman talked about it being a wide open field this year ... and said that pedigree and lineage is mattering less and less as horses now are being bred specifically for speed.  Dan thought that Curlin would win the Derby, believing he might just be one of those 'special' horses.  Illman also figures that Todd Pletcher will eventually win  one of the triple crown races as he has become the top trainer in the game.  Dan agreed with Larry's comparison of Pletcher to FIGJAM.

Nicole Begg, a world champion inline skater was the Fantasy Friday guest on The Sportsline this week.  Begg has recently done a photo 'spread' wearing nothing but her skates and helment, which don't cover much.  The idea behind the photos was to bring additional attention to Nicole and her sport ... Mission Accomplished!

Before getting into the Nascar Fantasy League ... R&R debut a new promo featuring the Anti-Father of the Year ... Alec Baldwin.  Larry did a fantasic job with editing here.

Stacy Compton of ESPN dropped by to talk a little racing.  He talked about owning race teams, and the success that his guys are currently having.  Got into racing under the lights at Richmond as well as the dominance of Hendrick Motorsports with the COT.  R&R wrapped up the show with standings and starters for the second to last race of season 1 in Nascar Fantasy.