Time for deliberate Paxson to gamble
Greg Couch: Scott Skiles was fired five months ago, and where do things stand with the Bulls in finding a new coach? General manager John Paxson has his pencils and notepads squared off and perfect on his desk, and the phone all ready to dial, while one team after another keeps firing a coach, conducting a search, then hiring a new guy.
Big day ahead for Big Brown

Anyone trying to find the key to 50 million fables might not want to waste much effort on the 133rd running of the Preakness. When the clouds and clogs have settled at Pimlico late Saturday and the railside Menckens have all gone to bed, three immutable tenets of thoroughbred racing will endure.