Derby winner Big Brown is odds-on Preakness favorite
By BETH HARRIS
Running on the outside has been very good to Big Brown. Now the Kentucky Derby winner gets to try things from the middle.
Running on the outside has been very good to Big Brown. Now the Kentucky Derby winner gets to try things from the middle.
Big Brown was late for his big arrival at the Preakness.
Busy with "Monday Night Football" and his many other jobs, Tony Kornheiser essentially stopped writing columns for The Washington Post long ago. Thus it only seemed inevitable that he tell the world that he's taking the newspaper's buyout - while on the radio.
A New York appeals court agreed Tuesday to hear a request by two-time defending America's Cup champion Alinghi to push back the start of its showdown against American challenger BMW Oracle Racing.
Storm Cat, one of the top stallions in thoroughbred racing history, has been retired as a breeder.
Looks like Big Brown won't be the lone Kentucky Derby horse in the Preakness after all.
Defending America's Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland came up a winner off the water on Monday when a New York judge ruled that a showdown against the United States can't begin until mid-March.
The Chinese team was the dominant object of curiosity at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix. Everybody wanted to see the divers from the country that will try to sweep the gold medals at the Beijing Olympics.
JUDO | PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
At 7 years old, Elizabeth Suarez might be a bit young to understand how judo works, but she knew who to cheer for on Sunday: ``Cuba, 'cause they're the best.''
Max Talbot, a sometimes overlooked fourth-line forward on a team renowned for its stars, scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins took a two-game lead in the Eastern Conference finals by beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-2 Sunday night.
JUDO | PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Maybe it was the chance to visit long-lost friends and family. Or maybe, after dominating two days of the competition, they decided to take a break.
Israel Hernandez has felt a strange stew of emotions simmering in his gut. He came to Miami to coach against his former comrades on the Cuban judo team. But he also came to reunite with them, to share beers and memories. He came to beat them, and to embrace them.
USA DIVING GRAND PRIX
The American divers are back. Back on the international map, back on the medal podium, back to prove they are among the world's best.
Bonnie Richardson ran. She threw. She jumped. And when it was time to hand out the team trophies, Richardson accepted the 1A team championship for Rochelle High School - by herself.
Final results of the Georgia High School Association boys state track and field championships at Memorial Stadium.
Recapturetheglory might skip the Preakness after developing a fever. The colt finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby.
Preliminary results of the Georgia High School Association boys state track and field championships at Memorial Stadium. Note: Individual names of relay competitors will be listed for finals only.
It will be at least two weeks before additional information is known about what caused Eight Belles to break down in the Kentucky Derby, the filly's owner said Friday.
Even though he's only 37 and in good health, Nathan Davis has already made out his will. In it, he bequeaths money to the University of Alabama athletic department and his ashes to Bryant-Denny Stadium.
USA DIVING GRAND PRIX
Olympic gold medalist diver Laura Wilkinson is twice the age of some of her prime competition. But she proved that she is not fading or succumbing to the new wave of hotshot Americans.