Sheer intimidation may have kept most of Rachel Alexandra’s competition away, and a couple of late scratches made the Mother Goose Stakes a three-horse race.
The Preakness winner might as well have been running alone.
Rachel Alexandra romped to a 19-length victory Saturday, making a dazzling move on the far turn at Belmont Park and pulling away from Malibu Prayer and Flashing to finish the 1 1/8-mile race in a stakes record 1:46.33.
“Believe me, she’s not normal,” jockey Calvin Borel said. “She’s unbelievable.”
NFL
ANTITRUST SUIT — In the legal equivalent of running up the score, the National Football League is going to the Supreme Court in search of a bigger victory in an antitrust tussle over team merchandise than it already won from a lower court.
The Supreme Court could decide as early as Monday whether it will hear the case, which involves American Needle Inc.’s challenge to the league’s exclusive contract for selling headwear such as caps and hats with team logos on them. American Needle of Buffalo Grove, Ill., is also urging high court review. Football team owners hope the high court will issue a broader decision that would insulate the NFL against what they contend are costly, frivolous antitrust lawsuits.
Baseball
IMG — The Red Hurricanes beat the Maroon 8-3 in Baseball Academy Wood-Bat Development League action behind the shutout pitching of Sawyer Wilson.
Wilson went five innings, striking out six. Cass Dean got the save for the Red Hurricanes (4-1). Aaron Ball homered, and Brian Fleischli doubled and drove in three runs. The Maroon team is 3-2.
MLS
CREW 1, RED BULLS 0 — Chad Marshall scored late in the first half, William Hesmer needed to make only one save in his first match in more than two months, and host Columbus beat New York in a rematch of the 2008 MLS Cup final.
WNBA
LYNX 109, MERCURY 80 — Candice Wiggins and Roneeka Hodges scored 22 points each, leading host Minnesota to a victory over Phoenix (6-4).
Nicky Anosike and Renee Montgomery had 15 points each and Rashanda McCants added 11 for the Lynx (6-3), who scored a season high in points to win their second straight. Anosike also had eight rebounds.
SUN 82, DREAM 68 — Asjha Jones had season highs with 24 points and 12 rebounds, and host Connecticut (4-3) beat Atlanta (4-5) for its third straight victory.
FEVER 63, LIBERTY 54 — Ebony Hoffman scored 14 points, and Tamika Catchings added 13 points and 11 rebounds, leading host Indiana (6-2) to a victory over New York (6-4).
Swimming
MEDITERRANEAN GAMES — Federica Pellegrini of Italy has set a world record in the 400-meter freestyle at Pescara, Italy.
Pellegrini, the Olympic champion and world record-holder in the 200 freestyle, finished in 4 minutes, 0.41 seconds to lower the mark of Jo Jackson of Britain by 0.25 seconds.
— Herald Staff, Wire reports
Disclaimer: Story comments are intended to provide a place for constructive dialog about issues and events in our community. Your input is encouraged and can make a positive difference. To achieve this, no obscenity, personal attacks, or racial slurs are tolerated. Users brought to our attention for violating our terms of use will be blocked from commenting permanently and without notice. Please help keep the comments on topic by flagging objectionable material and remember that children and young adults may be reading your comments. With freedom of speech comes the responsibility to be respectful of others.
Email Story
Printer Friendly 
Quick Job Search
@Nyx.replyAnswerText@