BALTIMORE — Orb came up short in the Preakness, frustrating everyone who made the Kentucky Derby winner a 3-5 favorite — no one more than trainer Shug McGaughey.

“I’m disappointed,” McGaughey said after Orb finished fourth and Oxbow pulled off the upset Saturday.

“I’ll be more disappointed tomorrow than I am right now. I know the game. It is highs and lows. Probably more lows than highs.”

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The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who've been there so many times before.

ARLINGTON — Elvis Andrus had a career-high five hits, Mitch Moreland homered and Texas roughed up Anibal Sanchez in the Rangers’ 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night.

Andrus scored three runs, had two RBIs and stole a pair of bases as he hit leadoff for the second straight game in place of ailing second baseman Ian Kinsler. Andrus finished off his 5-for-5 game with a single to right in the eighth.

Moreland hit a solo shot off Sanchez leading off the third, his 10th home run of the season.

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From staff reports

After five straight years of seeing its season end in the Class 1A regional quarterfinals of the state baseball playoffs, Fort Hancock is moving on to the regional semifinals for the first time since

VICTORIA — Danbury head coach Ronald Berryhill didn’t know whether his Lady Panthers had more trouble with the Santa Gertrudis Lady Lions or the infield at the Victoria St. Joseph softball complex Sat

The exact lowest point of the UTEP athletic program is a question with no end of answers, but May 26, 1998, rises to the top of any list.

With five days left in spring practice, here are five defense-centric observations leading up to the annual Lee spring game at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Grande Communications Stadium.

The team of K.T. Livingston and Brady Shivers followed up a second-round 64 with a final-round 63 to win the Stampede by six strokes on Sunday at Ranchland Hills Golf Club.

]INDIANAPOLIS — Once again, Chip Ganassi Racing will start the Indianapolis 500 packed close together.

Unfortunately, for the foursome, that proximity is in the middle of the pack.

Hopes of cracking the top nine and claiming a front-row view were quashed Saturday during pole qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a gaggle of faster Chevrolets left Ganassi’s Hondas behind as the first 24 slots were decided.

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Tracy Stanford shot a final round 1-under 71 and finished tied for fifth at the Symetra Tour's Friends of Mission Charity Classic at Country Club of Asheville on Sunday.