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Here's an idea: The Westboro Baptist Church should join Johnny Manziel and AJ McCarron on vacation and learn to relax. Meanwhile, as always, we spread the cheer in The Buzz That Was.

Toni Reavis explains why the Boston Marathon is such a big deal.

Here are 57 reasons why horse racing remains one of the best sports going.

Todd Warshaw/Getty Images Derby horses definitely do NOT do that. Hate to break it to you horsies, but another kind of racing is coming to Kentucky. NASCAR's rolling in to steal your thunder (car engines are louder than hooves, it's science) as K...

Race 1,100 miles in one day? It can be done. But winning the Indy 500 and Coke 600 in the same day? If you think that's possible, Terry Blount has some swampland in Florida he'd like to sell you.

The Kentucky Derby gallops to the top of Page 2's Power Rankings.

AP Photo/Gail Kamenish "You must be tired of eating all those oats. How would you like some Big League Chew?" The 136th Kentucky Derby is just a day away. But just because you got your mouth washed out with soap as a kid, doesn't mean you should ...

AP Photo/Seth Wenig "This licorice tastes funny. Oh. That's because it's a dog." For a place that only opened less than seven months ago, Cowboy Stadium has been very busy. A visit from Paul McCartney, high school football games, the Big 12 foo...

Here are the highest rated TV programs from the week of April 27-May 3, 2009, according to The Nielsen Co.

Our culture fetes winners with praise, but losers are actually far more lovable ... and more human.

You think Mine That Bird was a long shot to win the Derby? How about Tony Stewart winning the 2009 Sprint Cup title in his own equipment? It's not so crazy.

Strawberries and cream at Wimbledon? A mint julep at the Kentucky Derby? Nay. That stuff is lame compared to NASCAR's most scrumptious snack. You can't call yourself a true NASCAR fan until you have bravely downed a Martinsville Speedway hot dog. ...

The Daytona 500, the season-ender at Homestead-Miami, name any race you want. The Chase cutoff contest at Richmond has become the best race of the year, writes Ed Hinton.

When Jeremy Rose appeared on the track for the 2005 Kentucky Derby with an advertisement for the gambling Web site ParadisePoker.com on his pants, the industry reacted with collective wrath.

Jay will be dropping in all day with his observations and musings on the 133rd Kentucky Derby.

Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II won't be the only royalty at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.