The Kentucky Derby is the first of horseracing’s Triple Crown. Affirmed in 1978 was the last Triple Crown winner.
Alydar finished second to Affirmed in all 3 Triple Crown races in 1978.
A three or five pointed crown is one of the identifying tattoos of the Chicago based Latin Kings street gang.
Desi Arnaz Jr. portrayed his father, star of the TV show that every Cuban band wanted to appear on, in the film The Mambo Kings, starring Armand Assante.
Armand Assante played the captain of the nuclear submarine USS Charleston in a remake of the movie based on Nevil Shute’s postapocalyptic drama On the Beach. He had earlier played the captain of the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley, which was based in Charleston, S.C., in another movie.
In the 1950s. “going to the submarine races” was a slang term for parking your car by a river and making out with your girlfriend.
The Brazilian Navy operates four Tupi class and one Tikuna class Type 209 submarine.
The word ‘gat’ was used as slang for a gun long before hip-hop thugs, it’s used in ‘The Big Sleep’ by Raymond Chandler published in 1939.
When Howard Hawks was adapting the screenplay for Chandler’s The Big Sleep, they couldn’t figure out who killed one of the characters. They called Chandler, who said, “The butler did it.” Hawks heard that and said, “That’s impossible. The butler was at the beachhouse!” Chandler later admitted he didn’t know.
I’m afraid my post was skipped: let me tie things together:
In Tupi legend, night was created because the daughter of Big Snake refused to sleep with her husband during daytime.
Heh…I was kidding, but nicely done, thanks. 
The prehistoric Titanoboa was the largest snake that ever lived; fossils indicate that it grew up to 50 feet.
The Tennessee Titans are the second NFL team to use that nickname; the New York Jets were known as the Titans for their first three seasons in the AFL.
Eli Wallach voluntarily dropped out of “From Here to Eternity” to star in a Tennessee Williams play on Broadway, which allowed Frank Sinatra to get the role of Maggio.
Tennessee Ernie Ford’s TV program, The Ford Show, was not named for its star, but for its sponsor, the Ford Motor Company.
Ernie Davis of Syracuse University was the first black player to win a Heisman Trophy.
Jim Brown was an All-American in both football and lacrosse at Syracuse, before joining the Cleveland Browns.
Paul Brown helped found both the Cleveland Browns and the Cincinnati Bengals.
Gordon Brown is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Frosted Flakes cereal is Grrrrreat!
Tony the Tiger was the nickname of the crime boss Dean Stockwell played in MARRIED TO THE MOB.