May 22, 2013

Horse Racing Recap: Mylute gives Napravnik her first Preakness mount

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Mylute, ridden by Rosie Napravnik, finished fifth in the Kentucky Derby and will run back in the Preakness Stakes.(Photo: Andy Lyons, Getty Images) Story Highlights Mylute, with Rosie Napravnik aboard, is confirmed to run in the Preakness Stakes Trainer Tom Amoss says his horse needs to find a way to beat Orb (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

Horse Racing: Chapter Seven voted harness racing’s Horse of Year

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FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) – Chapter Seven has been voted harness racing’s Horse of the Year for 2012 after a campaign in which he tied a world record and won eight of 10 starts. Thursday’s honor came two days after the 4-year-old was voted Trotter of the Year. Chapter Seven beat stablemate Market Share both times. [...]

Horse Racing: Goldencents wins $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot

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VINTON, La. (AP) – Goldencents led from start to finish to win the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot Saturday. Goldencents, ridden by Kevin Krigger and trained by Doug O’Neill, beat Bern Identity by 3/4 lengths, running 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.89. The winner paid $7.20, $3.60 and $3.40 in the field of nine 2-year-olds. Bern [...]

Horse Racing Recap: Go Unbridled wins $100,000 Saratoga Dew

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) – Go Unbridled rallied to grab the lead near the sixteenth pole and ran on to a 61/2-length victory in the $100,000 Saratoga Dew Stakes for fillies and mares Monday at Saratoga Race Course. Junior Alvarado rode the 5-year-old, Allen Jerkens-trained Go Unbridled, who raced with blinkers off and ran 1 [...]

Poker: Poker player takes $18 million pot

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — When you’re nickname is “The Magician” you expect to pull out some rabbits. Antonio Esfandiari won the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop Texas Hold’em event at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. His reward: $18,346,673. Esfandiari defeated Sam Trickett on the 85th hand [...]

MLB: Bank sues ex-MLB pitcher Curt Schilling for $2.4M

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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s troubled video gaming company filed for bankruptcy protection last week. (Steven Senne/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — A bank has sued Curt Schilling to recover $2.4 million in loans it made to the former Boston Red Sox pitcher’s video game company. The Boston Globe reports that RBS [...]

Track Talk: 5 horses with chance vs. Derby champ in Preakness

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(PhatzRadio / SI) —- All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another when an 11-horse field lines up for the $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday. A victory, and I’ll Have Another will have a chance to become the first Triple Crown champion in 34 years if he [...]

Horse Racing Recap: 109-1 longshot Hero of Order wins Louisiana Derby

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(Hero of Order (right) with Eddie Martin Jr., fends off a late-charging Mark Valeski, with jockey Rosie Napravnik (right) to win the $1 million Louisiana Derby Sunday at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. Hero of Order, sent off at odds of 109-1, paid $220.80 to win. LOU HODGES JR. / Credit: AP) (PhatzRadio / USA [...]

Sandusky arrested on new charges, jailed after failing to post bail

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today / AP) — College Station, PA — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested and arraigned Wednesday on new child sex abuse charges involving two additional people who came forward after initial charges were announced last month, prosecutors said. “As in many of the other cases identified to [...]