Austin.  His daily syndicated column, handled by United Features, Inc., was published by a high of 41 newspapers - reaching more than 22,000,000 daily readers.

Barnes wound down his public career with the Stardust Sportsbook where he served as a consultant from 1993 to 2004.  His last public appearance was at a seminar in his honor at the Stardust just prior to when the resort was demolished.

Jim Barnes Biography

Ten years as a radio-tv news reporter/director to writing sports annuals to creating a series of  retail table top sports board games, Jim Barnes has touched the lives of many people. He has also worked within the framework of criminal investigation..

His media background includes stops in Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo, Ia., Asheville, N. C., Rome and Gainesville, Ga. After completing his education with a double major degree from University of Northern Iowa (1970), Barnes created Statis-Pro Games which were published by Avalon Hill for Sports Illustrated.

Jim wrote sports magazines under the names of Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, Jim Feist, Danny Sheridan and Gary

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Jim Barnes is updating this website as of tomorrow morning. Saturday's thoroughbred racing is online at this moment.