ILLINOIS DERBY: Alysweep, frontrunning winner of Aqueduct’s Grade III Gotham Stakes in his last start, is the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday’s Grade II $500,000 Illinois Derby, the Chicago circuit’s top prep for the Triple Crown races.
BACK WITH PACK: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, who had the fifth-most sacks in the NFL over the last two seasons for Green Bay, signed a seven-year contract with the Packers. The deal will bring the defensive end $37.3 million, of which $13.25 million is guaranteed, agent Bruce Tollner said.
MASTERS: Martha Burk’s lawyers asked a federal judge to override the sheriff’s decision prohibiting her from demonstrating at the front gate of Augusta National during the Masters.
CYCLING: Lance Armstrong will defend his cycling title at the Criterium du Dauphine Libere race in the French Alps, a Tour de France tuneup starting June 8.
