Column: Baffert's silence could speak volumes

5 beaten Derby faves who won Preakness, Belmont

For those who aren't sold on Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another adding the Preakness to his winning resume Saturday and setting up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes, we present the Bodemeister scenario: beaten Derby favorite returns to avenge his defeat by not only winning the Preakness, but going on to take the Belmont.

Column: Champions League gets thinking fan's final

The dream Champions League final, in pure soccer terms, would have been Barcelona vs. Real Madrid. But the world's two best players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, both fluffed penalty kicks in the semifinals, leaving us with the thinking fan's final, instead.

Tough spot for 'New shooters' in Preakness

The "new shooters" are all long shots in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.

Cubs P Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons

Kerry Wood, who electrified baseball with a 20-strikeout game as a rookie in 1998 before his career was slowed by injuries, is retiring.

Kurt Busch thinks Newman feud is 'WWE-type' action

Kurt Busch thought he and Ryan Newman were friends. He's learned the hard way this week that he was mistaken.

Big 12, SEC have deal for football champs to play

The Big 12 and the Southeastern conferences have announced a deal that will pit their football regular-season champions against each other in a New Year's Day bowl game for five years beginning in 2014, positioning themselves for the expected switch to a four-team playoff.

Hawks keeping Drew as coach for 2012-13 season

The Atlanta Hawks have committed to Larry Drew for one more season.

Heat shut down after Indy meltdown; scrap practice

The Miami Heat canceled practice and their media availability one day after a blowout loss in Game 3 to the Pacers.

Women's Professional Soccer folds after 3 years

The Women's Professional Soccer league has folded after three seasons.

Chelsea plays for high stakes in Champions League

Chelsea is playing for a place in European soccer history as well as next season's competition when it meets Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.

Lakers' Blake, wife target of attacks on Twitter

Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife received multiple online threats after he missed a big shot late in Game 2 of Los Angeles' second-round playoff series with Oklahoma City.

For guys, meat is macho, veggies wimpy

The spectrum of cultural dude-ness begins somewhere around Ted Nugent then arcs through fast cars and rough sports before coming to rest at a massive, manly dinner. (Hold the salad.)

Czech Open canceled due to lack of money

Organizers say the Czech Open scheduled for August has been canceled due to a lack of funding.

Lukas seeks 6th Preakness win with Optimizer

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas was nestled on a corner bench in front of the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course, thinking back to a time when he was nothing more than a young man trying to make a living in the horse racing game.

Phillies over .500 for 1st time since Opening Day

The Philadelphia Phillies are mighty proud of their run of five straight NL East championships.

Volquez, Padres lose 8-1 to Dodgers

The San Diego Padres still haven't been able to win three straight games this year, and Edison Volquez hasn't been able to win three consecutive starts since 2008.

Hutchison shows poise, Blue Jays beat Yankees 4-1

Drew Hutchison isn't pitching anything like a 21-year-old rookie.

Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow is taking legal action against a company selling T-shirts featuring the words "MY Jesus" in a design similar to the "NY Jets" logo, TMZ reported Wednesday, citing a cease-and-desist letter from his lawyers.

Michael Owen will be looking for a new club next season after Manchester Utd let him go.

LA mall bans boxing champ for anti-gay commentary  

Major League Baseball will announce on Wednesday that next year’s All-Star Game will be held at Citi Field, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The Mets were expected to be awarded the game after the Yankees hosted it in 2008, the last year the old Yankee …

Recently voted Forbes' fourth most influential athlete, the Filipino described same-sex marriage as an "abomination" and went on to say that America should be the model of morality for other countries to emulate. Pacquiao, currently the World Boxing Organization welterweight cha …

The SIUC Saluki Formula SAE race team took 2nd place in Innovative Design of their brake system at the Formula SAE 2012 competition in Michigan on Friday May 11th.  The team won $500 and were the best in the US. The award title is The "Altair Engineering's William R. Adam en …

New captain Cameron Smith warns Queensland's champion side will be punished if they rest on their record of six straight series wins against a NSW side loaded with strike players and hungry to end Origin rugby league's best streak. Your say: Can Queensland be beaten? "The big  …

WINNIPEG—A Winnipeg hockey player is going to jail for a savage attack on a referee that occurred during a recreational game and ended the victim’s officiating career. Lance Guimond, 25, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm for the June 2011 incident at  …

After a terrific WHL final series that went back and forth from shift to shift and game to game, Edmonton Oil Kings delivered their best performance of the season when it mattered most, finally creating some separation from a game Portland Winterhawks squad to take Game Seven i …

Normally when a player fails to "take his lumps" or "stand up and face the music" or however else you'd like to phrase "talk to the media after screwing up," he is taken to task. John Axford, however, had a pretty good excuse and let the media know via handwritten message. The …

An epic Western Hockey League final will come down to a winner-take-all showdown. Oliver Gabriel scored his second goal of the game with 2:39 left in regulation to lift the Portland Winterhawks forced Game 7 in the WHL final with a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Saturd …