Horse racing
Lookin At Lucky draws unlucky No. 1 post for Haskell
Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky drew the No. 1 post and is the 5-2 favorite in a field of eight entered for Sunday's $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver is the co-second choice at 3-1 in the first race for both 3-year-olds since Lookin At Lucky won the Preakness in May. Trappe Shot also is 3-1. Also entered Thursday in the 11/8-mile race were Derby runner-up Ice Box, Preakness runner-up First Dude, Afleet Again, Uptowncharlybrown and Our Dark Knight. Lookin At Lucky drew the No. 1 post in the Derby, too, and had a troubled trip from the inside before finishing sixth.
million Haskell Invitational in Oceanport, N.J., on Sunday. Then came the post-position draw. "Bob, he drew No. 1," Monmouth Park track announcer 1 post was in the Kentucky Derby, where he was promptly roughed up by other horses twice, nearly went down once, but managed to finish sixth. In the Preakness, the 3-year-old colt drew lucky No. 7, had a new rider in
Laurel Park: The second half of the Maryland racing calendar starts Saturday, when Laurel Park opens an 11-day summer meeting with a nine-race card. Live racing has been on hiatus in Maryland since May 22. The mini-meet will end Aug. 22
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Despite Langhorne's 18, Mystics drop third straight
Crystal Langhorne (Maryland) scored 18points and Monique Currie added 22, but the Washington Mystics fell for the third straight time in a 79-75 loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars. The Mystics (13-10), who have lost five of six since the All-Star break, dropped into a third-place tie with Connecticut in the Eastern Conference, three games behind Indiana. Langhorne and Lindsey Harding helped cut a late Silver Stars (9-15) lead to two with under a minute to go, but Becky Hammon iced the game with two free throws with 7.7 seconds remaining.
Men's college basketball: Former Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan has been selected for induction into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame next Friday and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame on Nov.11. Phelan is one of basketball's all-time winningest coaches, posting an 830-524 record in 49 seasons. He ranks fifth all-time in career wins behind Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp and Mike Krzyzewski.
—From Sun staff and news services