One loss is not enough to put a scare into the Golden State Warriors. But the fear of losing Stephen Curry to a serious injury threatened to change a series in the blink of an eye.
Betting
Post Time 12:30 p.m.
Micah Roberts, a former race and sports book director who has been setting NASCAR odds since 1995, analyzes the field for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.
Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Steve Carp handicaps Sunday’s horse racing card at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. Post time is scheduled for 12:30 p.m.
John Avello, Wynn Las Vegas sports book director, is so convinced about the Chicago Cubs’ future that he is predicting they will win a World Series in the next five years, and he was inspired to post a proposition on it.
Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah has won the 140th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Veteran motor sports handicapper Micah Roberts analyzes the field for the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C. Coverage begins at 6 p.m. on FS1 (Cox Cable 329).
Let the hype begin. American Pharoah has the opportunity to give horse racing a major publicity bump when he headlines a field of eight in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes. A win by the Kentucky Derby winner gives the sport a three-week promotional tour leading up to the Belmont.
A majority of bettors backed the Chicago Bulls in their must-win spot against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who dominated in a 94-73 win. Favorite bettors also got burned with the Los Angeles Clippers, who blew a 19-point lead with 14 minutes left in a 119-107 loss to the Houston Rockets.
Kentucky Derby winner American Pharoah is the only horse eligible to win the Triple Crown, thus a laser beam shines on him and trainer Bob Baffert. But no horse has claimed that crown since Affirmed in 1978, and American Pharoah drew a tricky rail post at Pimlico.