This week in sports

The great month of May continues this weekend with the Second Jewel in Horse Racing’s Triple Crown, “The Preakness Stakes”, Saturday May 17th, at Baltimore’s “Old Hill Top” Pimlico Race Course. The question is, can Big Brown win this 1 mile and 3/16th race and set up a Triple Crown run in three weeks at the Belmont in New York? We have not had a Triple Crown winner since 1978, so it’s about time. The Race is set for 6 P.M. Listen for “Maryland, My Maryland” at around 5:30pm. No red carpets show this time on NBC.

Also on Saturday, is the NASCAR “Sprint All-Star Race” at Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC. Start is 7 pm on the Speed Channel. This is the best All-Star event in all of sports. The race is for no championship points, so there is no pressure to do well and first place pays One Million Dollars to the winner. Also, Charlotte is a home track for most teams, so they want to do well for their families and sponsors that are there. Anything can happen and usually does in this “All-Star Race”. It will be great.

Last week was the Players Championship in golf. What a great final round it was Sunday. Underdog Paul Goydos held the lead for most of the day until the last few holes. Sergio Garcia flirted with the lead all day and caught Paul in the end. Sergio won on the first and only playoff hole when he pared the famous par 3-17th Island Green. Paul put his tee shot in the water and bogeyed the hole. This was the best story the PGA tour could ask for. Paul Goydos, the underdog story challenging for the title. Sergio a kid that has shown promise for so many years winning the big event. The question coming out of the weekend is can Sergio win a major? I think he can, the “British Open” is his best chance. He has been runner-up the last two year at the Open Championship.

What’s wrong with the Celtics? Best record on the road in the regular season, but can’t buy a road win in the playoffs. I don’t get it?

That’s my take; I would like to hear yours.

Talk to you next time.

Jamie Lazaroff