Horse racing column: Professor Gordon Jones taught the rewards of racing

Nobody who knew Gordon Jones was surprised he made it big. But many were amazed at how he made it big.
I think of the words of admiration I heard once from Allan Malamud, who’d been a student of Gordon’s at USC and then a colleague of his on a legendary sports staff at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
“He’s really smart. He’s a tremendous speaker. He’s got a great personality. He’s good-looking,” Allan said of his old friend. “He co