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Rick Snider: Oxbow pulls a shocker at Preakness Stakes
Rick Snider
Published: Sat, May 18, 2013
BALTIMORE - It was the perfect Hollywood ending. Jockey Gary Stevens retired after a hall-of-fame career, instead racing horses in an HBO series about a washed up rider. But the series was cancelled and Stevens recently returned to the saddle after seven years. Maybe Stevens' next movie...
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Rick Snider: The Preakness pick is Orb
Rick Snider
Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013
The Preakness Stakes will be decided long before the finish line, even if it's not a runaway ending. Govenor Charlie and Goldencents figure to lead early in Saturday's second leg of the Triple Crown at Pimlico Race Course. They want to steal the Preakness, like so many predecessors. But it...
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Rick Snider: Old school rules once more at Preakness
Rick Snider
Published: Wed, May 15, 2013
Old school and old money once more rule the Triple Crown. After a quarter century of supermarket stable trainers D. Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher rolling into tracks shortly before spring classics, Pimlico's stakes barn was filled four days ahead of Saturday's Preakness Stakes....
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Rick Snider: Orb has a shot at being the first Triple Crown winner in 35 years
Rick Snider
Published: Sat, May 11, 2013
Is the Triple Crown impossible these days? Kentucky Derby winner Orb seeks to become the first horse to do it since Affirmed 35 years ago when he enters Saturday's Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes on June 8. It's the longest break between crown winners by a decade, fueling skepticism...
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Rick Snider: Nats get no points for fixing rainout policy
Rick Snider
Updated: Thu, May 9, 2013
Rainouts are the worst. Greedy team officials are second. Sitting in Memorial Stadium as a young lad on the rare occasion dad took me to a Baltimore Orioles game, we'd wait for the official cancellation during rain hoping for a miracle. The ticket stubs were only good for the next day, and we...
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Rick Snider: First-year players hit Redskins minicamp in search of a place to catch on in the NFL
Rick Snider
Updated: Sun, May 5, 2013
There wasn't a marquee first-rounder to watch, nor a quarterback likely to throw a ball this fall. Mostly, the Washington Redskins were looking for some reserves and surprises. A fistful of draft picks were the only sure things among 72 players at rookie camp Sunday expecting to return in...
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Rick Snider: D.C. Council not offering a serious solution to Redskins' name controversy
Rick Snider
Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013
The Redtails ... seriously? The Tuskegee airmen of World War II were heroes, and if this was Alabama, then naming a local team after them would be a fine idea. But this is Washington, home of the Redskins. Nothing is going to change that for many years. Not some nonsensical non-binding...
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Rick Snider: Orb is destined for the roses at Kentucky Derby this weekend
Rick Snider
Updated: Thu, May 2, 2013
Orb will win Saturday's Kentucky Derby. We may even finally see a Triple Crown winner. Twelve horses could capture the roses if everything went their way, about twice as many as most years. It's not a legendary class, just one that's not decimated by injuries before reaching Churchill Downs....
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Rick Snider: Redskins pick well, but so did much of NFC
Rick Snider
Updated: Sun, Apr 28, 2013
The Washington Redskins drafted well and still lost ground in the NFC. The AFC doesn't matter as much because the Redskins won't meet those teams in the postseason unless they reach the Super Bowl. It's the rest of the NFC East and select conference playoff contenders that matter, and almost...
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Rick Snider: Redskins go sensible and long-term with draft decisions
Rick Snider
Updated: Sat, Apr 27, 2013
Sensible and long-term decisions marked the Washington Redskins' first two draft selections. Without a first-rounder because of the trade last year for Robert Griffin III, the Redskins opted for future starters with their second- and third-round picks. With 50 players gone before its first...
