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Preakness has little bit of everything

Except for the Kentucky Derby winner going for the Triple Crown, the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes has a little bit of everything. The Preakness features a venue change to a 115-year-old track that has never hosted the event, a field of some of the best 3-year-old colts in the country and a couple of chances to make horse racing history. "This is a great race," Maryland Jockey Club president and general manager Bill Knauf said. "It's 14 horses: a great betting race. Incredibly hard handicapping race. And you don't always have those." After Cherie DeVaux decided not to enter ...

Another Voice: Iran’s Actions Shows It Thinks Trump Is Bluffing

Days late and tons of enriched uranium short, Iran’s regime rejected the U.S. peace offer on Sunday and replied with unserious demands. On Monday President Trump called Iran’s counteroffer a “piece of garbage” that leaves the cease-fire “on massive life support—where the doctor walks in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.’” Call it a standoff. Before Iran’s response Mr. Trump had said, “If they don’t agree, the bombing starts.” He had also said, “We may go back to Project Freedom,” the U.S. effort to guide commercial ...

7-way tie for lead at PGA

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The biggest logjam in 57 years after the opening round of a major championship still had one name that stood out above the rest: Scottie Scheffler handled everything Aronimink threw his way Thursday in the PGA Championship. Scheffler took advantage of two long ...

Harden still learning role with Cavs

This may as well have been called The James Harden Experience. In the span of 22 seconds during overtime of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night, Harden did all this for the Cleveland Cavaliers — made a free throw, missed a free throw, blocked a shot, got a rebound and threw the ball away. None of it seemed to faze him, which is quintessential Harden. "He never wavered," Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said. "He has a bad game, good game, you can't even tell. So, I think his mentality — he's seen so much, been through so many ...

Rays announce tentative $2.3B deal for new ballpark

MIAMI (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays and local officials announced a tentative $2.3 billion agreement on Thursday for a new ballpark funded by public and private money. The nonbinding memorandum of understanding among the Rays, Hillsborough County and the city of Tampa outlines the costs of a stadium, which would include $967 million of tax dollars. Elected officials for the city and county are expected to vote on the deal at separate meetings next week. "The Rays respectfully but resolutely encourage Hillsborough County and the City of Tampa to approve the MOU and make possible a ...

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