"E:60": Mike Tyson, Horse Cloning And Olympic Grief

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Features on the April 29 (7pm ET) edition of ESPN’s E:60 sports newsmagazine series:

Mike Tyson Inside the boxing ring, Mike Tyson has fought one highly publicized battle after another. He has served time in prison, battled addictions, made and lost millions of dollars and, ultimately, watched his career as the world’s greatest heavyweight boxer disintegrate into a sideshow. Now at 41, Tyson, one of the world’s most recognized athletes, is entering a new phase of his life. He is living under court-mandated sobriety with monthly drug and alcohol testing after spending much of last year in rehabilitation. Tyson talks to E:60 correspondent Jeremy Schaap about this latest dramatic turning point, including his decision to appear in a documentary about himself.

Ryan and Alicia Shay Ryan Shay was a young man on a mission. An elite marathoner who had won nine national titles at Notre Dame in distance running before switching to the marathon, Shay was training to make the U.S. men’s Olympic team. But on Nov. 3, 2007, during the men’s marathon trials in New York, Shay fell to the pavement and died of a heart ailment. He was 28 years old. E:60 correspondent Lisa Salters sits down with Ryan’s widow, Alicia, to explore Shay’s promising running career and sudden death. Alicia, who is also training for the U.S. women’s Olympic trials in the 10,000 meters, recounts her struggle to move forward without her husband and best friend.

Horse Cloning What if Secretariat could be resurrected? What if Barbaro could be brought back? On the eve of the Kentucky Derby, E:60 correspondent Tom Farrey delves into the world of animal cloning, specifically horses. Farrey visits Texas where an Austin-based company is in fact cloning horses, including Scamper, perhaps the greatest barrel racing horse ever. Farrey walks viewers through the process and examines what it may mean for thoroughbred racing.

Bill Simmons, ESPN.com’s “The Sports Guy,” goes to Las Vegas to explore the world of sports betting and odds making. At the Caesar’s Palace Sports Book, Simmons interviews those involved in the process and then creates his own actual prop bet – will LeBron James get a triple double in the first round of the NBA playoffs?