Rotoworld: Oregon RB LaMichael James and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon among top 10 players who are being overhyped for the 2012 draft.
SportsTalk: Albert Pujols signs with the Angels and Prince Fielder joins the Tigers. Which team is better now?
The Detroit Red Wings equaled an NHL record with their 20th straight win at home, beating the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 Sunday night on the strength of Johan Franzen's tiebreaking goal early in the third period.
PBT: Boston's Rajon Rondo continues to be named in trade talks, which is madness. The Celtics guard creates offense and makes everyone around him better, which was evident in Sunday's win over the Bulls.
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods greeted their Sunday pairing at Pebble Beach with optimism. But the day would end happily only for one.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
Robins: It’s the Year of the Dragon on the Lunar calendar, and this Chinese influence could extend to it also being the year of the Pekingese on the green carpet at the 136th Westminster Dog Show on Tuesday.
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Big Brown to break from first post June 4: Kent Desormeaux and Richard Dutrow aren't concerned after Big Brown drew the first post for the Belmont Stakes. |
ELMONT, N.Y. - Big Brown will not run on steroids Saturday in the Belmont Stakes, trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. said.
Dutrow created a stir before the Preakness when he said all the horses in his stable, including Big Brown, received a monthly shot of Winstrol.
On Thursday, Dutrow said Big Brown will not get another treatment before his bid to become the first Triple Crown winner in 30 years.
“It’s just too much for three races in five weeks,” Dutrow said Thursday. “He’s doing absolutely fabulous.”
Winstrol, an anabolic steroid known to increase appetite and weight, is legal in New York. Winstrol is the same steroid for which Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson tested positive at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, when he was stripped of his gold medal. More recently, Roger Clemens’ former trainer, Brian McNamee, said he injected the pitcher with Winstrol in 1998.
On the advice of Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel, Dutrow also reduced Big Brown’s vitamin supplements.
“The horse looks like an absolute picture so I didn’t want to mess with anything, you know,” Dutrow said.
Big Brown had an easy morning, going out at first light for a jog around the muddy track. It was a departure from the normal schedule of exercising around 8:45 a.m.
“It was clear the track wasn’t going to improve so we decided to take him out,” exercise rider Michelle Nevin said. “There was no point in hanging out.”
It was his first trip to the track in two days. Big Brown remained in the barn Wednesday after his final Belmont workout Tuesday morning.
“He was full of energy and that’s a good thing,” Nevin said. “After the day off yesterday, it was like party time going out there today.”
The first of three pools of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager begins its three-day run on Friday and the bet's opening scenario is very similar to each of its opening pools since the wager was created in 1999.
It's first time that Classic will be broadcast in primetime on Nov. 3.
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Zambia has won the African Cup of Nations, beating pre-tournament favorite Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in a dramatic final at Stade de l'Amitie.
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The Red Wings have finally started to embrace a record they've been chasing.