(This is a day-to-day look at being the founder and managing partner of the Ivory Pine Syndicate, a Maine-based horse racing partnership.)
- Handicapped and watched races at Santa Anita Park and Sunland Park
Monday, February 16, 2026
IPS 365: Sunday, February 14 (Day No. 58)
RSC 365: Sunday, February 15 (Day No. 260)
(A day-to-day look at being the chairman and a co-owner of the Rosevelt Soccer Club, a soccer club based in Gorham, Maine.)
- Handicapped soccer games
- Watched BCFC FA Cup game
- Texted with a coach about status of training session
- Read Sunday Times profile on Spanish club owner
- Updated Frozen 4 v. 4 admin
- Coached 9U sessions
- Met with facilities manager to finalize Frozen 4 v. 4 admin
- Helped facilities manager set up fields for Frozen 4 v. 4
- Coached 15U session
- Coached 12U futsal session
- Worked on Frozen 4 v. 4 admin
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Headlines: Successful Gambler Leads Ascendant Spanish Club
[Haralabos "Bob"] Voulgaris had begun playing professional poker to meet "beards"--wealthy individuals who could place bets on his behalf because no bookmaker would accept his own--but he was struck by the passion of the Brighton & Hove Albion owner Tony Bloom when the pair discussed the club's rise to the Premier League over dinner during a tournament in Monaco. In July 2022, Voulgaris bought CD Castellon for about €4.5million, taking on about €7million more in debt. Despite a rich history in a city with a population of 184,000--three times the size of neighbouring European regulars Villarreal--the club was in the third division. "I'd never heard of Castellon," Voulgaris admits, adding that Malaga had actually been his first choice.
20Q: John C.L. Morgan (Rosevelt Soccer Club)
(20Q is a series featuring stakeholders in Maine harness racing and Maine soccer.)
John C.L. Morgan is a co-founder and co-owner of the Rosevelt Soccer Club, a Maine-based multigenerational soccer club in its 12th season.
Here are his twenty answers to twenty questions:
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