Animal Kingdom Wins the Kentucky Derby

Jockey John Velazquez was originally going to be on the reins of Uncle Mo, who had the second best odds for victory. However, Velazquez was on the sidelines when Uncle Mo was scratched earlier in the week. He then replaced Robby Albarado on the reins of Animal Kingdom, a long shot at 20-1, after Albarado broke his nose earlier this week as well. And somehow, someway Animal Kingdom roared to the lead coming out of the fourth turn and won the 137th Kentucky Derby. Meanwhile, favorite Dialed In was never a factor and finished in eighth. Second and third place were claimed by Nehro and Mucho Macho Man respectively. 

Continue reading for the full results for the most famous race in thoroughbred racing. 

2011 Kentucky Derby Picks

As the 137th Kentucky Derby will be run tomorrow, will favorite Dialed In be the horse draped in roses. Some have said that we may be in for the most wide open Derby in a while, so who do I think will win?

Grant Novak the Hero as Highlands Rallies to Beat Wayne Valley, 8-7

This season, Grant "Itis" Novak has mostly been used as a defensive replacement for Northern Highlands and has not had a lot of opportunities to strut his stuff at the plate. In fact in today's game against Wayne Valley, he was not in the starting lineup. But after Sameer Ganju was pulled and centerfielder Billy Taylor became the man on the hill, Novak took Ganju's place in the lineup and Taylor's spot in center. Amd it turned out to work wonders as he hit the game-winning triple that scored John Hinchen as Highlands rallied from a 7-1 deficit to win 8-7.

MLB on FOX Schedule: May 7th

This Saturday, Fox Sports presents Fox Saturday Baseball at a special time of 1:00 p.m. with great action from Fenway Park, Wrigley Field, and Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The featured game is Reds-Cubs while the other games are Twins-Red Sox and Rays-Orioles. Continue reading to find out who will be calling these games and which game you can find on your television come Saturday.

2011 Kentucky Derby Post Positions & Odds

This Saturday marks the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, the most exciting two minutes in sports. As always, it is the first leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing and over 50,000 strong will fill Churchill Downs in Louisville to see who will win the most famous races in all of thoroughbred racing. Here are the post positions and the morning line odds for the race.

Derrick Rose Wins NBA MVP, But Was He The Most Deserving?

Derrick Rose was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2010-11 NBA Season as he led the Bulls to the top seed in the Eastern Conference and the best record in all of the NBA. Rose is the youngest recipient of the MVP award at the ripe old age of 22. He averaged 25.0 points, 7.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds over the course of the season.
There is no doubt that Rose had a superb season but was he the most deserving player?

What is Rashard Mendenhall Thinking?

I'm completely dumbfounded by a couple of tweets from Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall, both of which regarding the death of Osama bin Laden (both are pictured above). First he said that "We'll never know what really happened. I just have a hard time believing a plane could take down a plane demolition style." Then he shows some sympathy for bin Laden (I'm not making this up folks). "What kind of person celebrates death. It's amazing how people can HATE a man they never have heard speak. We've only heard one side."
I proceed to lose my mind over these comments after the jump.

2011 NFL Draft: Team Grades

As there has been no free agency this offseason due to the on-again, off for a day, then back on-again lockout, the NFL Draft was the only place where teams could fill their needs and stockpile talent. How did each team do in the draft? Here are my team by team grades.

See President Obama Announce the Death of Osama Bin Laden

2011 NBA Playoffs: 2nd Round TV Schedule

Eight NBA clubs have kept their Finals dreams alive by advancing past the first round of he 2011 NBA Playoffs. Here is the announcing schedule and TV listings of Round 2.

2011 NFL Draft: Best Picks of Day 3

The third day of the 2011 NFL Draft is over and that means that the draft is closed. Rounds 4-7 were drafted today at Radio City and here are my thoughts on the best picks of the final 157 selections.

Kyle Busch Win the Crown Royal Presents 400

It seems that when Kyle Busch celebrates his birthday, he celebrates it by winning the Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond. He has now done that for the third straight year as he won the Crown Royal Presents the Matthew and Daniel Hansen 400. This was Rowdy's second win of the season and he is now 30 points in the standings behind Carl Edwards, who finished fifth. The rest of the top five was Denny Hamlin, Kasey Kahne, and David Ragan.
Continue reading for more postrace coverage.