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Jockeys call for increased disability insurance

Jerry Bailey can look back on a Hall of Fame jockey career that featured 5,892 victories but also the searing memory of 17 fractures, including a broken back, jaw and collarbone, and several busted ribs.

Frank Stronach still mulling over changes at Pimlico as Preakness looms

Frank Stronach, owner of Pimlico, is in Washington, D.C., this week. He discussed his new book, "Magna Man: My Road to Economic Freedom," at a session today.

Michael Phelps is the second-most influential athlete in U.S.

Michael Phelps is the second-most influential athlete in the United States, according to data from surveys conducted by Nielsen and E-Poll Market Research and ...

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Ravens games showing up more frequently on Washington-area TVs

For years, the Ravens quietly tried to make the case to the NFL that Baltimore-Washington would function best as a single television market.

Agent Peter Carlisle has put Rosie Napravnik on the Phelps plan

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Baltimore lawyer Frank Morgan helped swimmer Michael Phelps, then 16 years old, select Peter Carlisle as his agent. Phelps was years away from stardom, but Carlisle aggressively marketed his client, hoping to eventually elevate him beyond the confines of an Olympic sport that mattered to a broad audience only every four years.

Preakness 2013 ticket sales up amid excitement over Orb

Ticket sales for the 138th Preakness Stakes are up nearly 10 percent over last year, with some fans excited that the winner of the Kentucky Derby has a connection to Maryland.

City to hire recruitment officer for casino jobs

Baltimore will hire a recruitment coordinator to look for city residents who can help fill the 1,700 jobs expected to be created by the construction and operation of the new casino.

Rocky Gap to host open house Saturday for prospective gamblers

The Rocky Gap Casino Resort hopes to open its doors for gaming in three weeks. In the meantime, the resort said today it’s holding an open house this Saturday to offer customers – and the merely curious – a glimpse of the resort’s upgrades

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Chris Korman covers the business of sports, horse racing's Triple Crown, gambling and tourism for The Baltimore Sun. He previously worked as an editor overseeing the paper's Ravens and sports enterprise coverage, and has covered Big Ten athletics in Bloomington, Ind. and State College, Pa. He's a graduate of Penn State as well as Columbia's graduate school of journalism, and lives in Wyman Park.