Mike started as a general assignment sports writer at the Gazette in December 1987 after a year at the Troy Record. . His specialities are horse racing and running/track and field. Mike's responsibilities also include copy editing and pagination. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");