Bob Bowman returns to coaching after post-Olympic odyssey
Bob Bowman gets to the question before it can even be raised. "You guys want to know if Michael's coming back," he says to a pair of visitors. Michael Phelps...
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Michael Phelps says he has no plans to return to swimming
Michael Phelps Swimming — at least competitively — was far from his mind. He knew reports speculating that he might be regretting retirement continued circulating. He heard, too, that rival...
Orb named Belmont favorite after drawing No. 5 post
What could have been a chance at the first Triple Crown in 35 years will instead come down to this for Baltimore County resident Stuart Janney III: a shot at...
Lukas secretly thought Oxbow was best hope for Preakness win
D. Wayne Lukas may seem to the public an unlikely candidate to be one of the most hands-on trainers working in horse racing today. He shows up on television —...
Oxbow takes the Preakness, dashing hopes of a Triple Crown
Gary Stevens caught the water bottle tossed his way, took one swig and threw it back. "He don't want any?" a man asked, considering jockeys usually shower their horses, too....
Preakness-proven Baffert will send ‘Govenor’ out for an upset
Bob Baffert strode into the Preakness stakes barn Friday morning, shouting toward Orb's trainer Shug McGaughey loud enough so all could hear. "OK, Shug, I'm here to take away that...
Orb is horse to beat and has made the rest of Preakness field an afterthought
Shug McGaughey, the trainer for Kentucky Derby winner Orb, attributes his calm demeanor since that race to maturity. Had he made it to the Preakness with a Triple Crown chance...
Everything revolves around Orb
The colt was a knucklehead, really.He had speed and endurance in his pedigree, but if you had polled his owners and his trainer a year ago, none would have predicted...
Stuart Janney III arrives at Pimlico to check in on Orb
Stuart Janney III, the co-owner of even-money Preakness favorite Orb, arrived at Pimlico Race Course on Thursday morning to watch the colt once again have an easy trip around the...
Heavy favorite Orb draws the dreaded No. 1 gate for Preakness
A few low, indecipherable noises escaped from the table where Shug McGaughey, trainer of even-money Preakness favorite Orb, sat during the post-position draw Wednesday.The horse had drawn the dreaded No....