Neil Milbert

The Maryland Racing Commission has granted jockey Stewart Elliott a license, squelching speculation he might be banned from riding Kentucky Derby winner Smarty Jones in Saturday's Preakness. The speculation arose...

If the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, why was Birdstone a long shot at the Kentucky Derby? After all, his daddy, Grindstone, won the Kentucky Derby in 1996...

Merv Griffin has won fame and made his fortune as a TV talk-show host and the creator of the game show "Jeopardy." Now the owner of more than 50 horses...

A Fan Appreciation Night crowd of 13,951 saw the Blackhawks conclude the home segment of their worst season in 27 years Thursday with a 3-1 loss to the Nashville Predators....

1. Rising star Rookie Tuomo Ruutu has shown signs of becoming the Hawks' most exciting forward since Jeremy Roenick. Since Dec. 31, he has scored 19 of his 21 goals...

Blackhawks coach Brian Sutter wouldn't have flunked a lie-detector test Sunday after saying, "Five on five, we were a better hockey team." But the outcome of the game at the...

The Blackhawks last won the Stanley Cup in 1961. They last went to the finals in 1993. Why have the Hawks fallen to the pits in the 30-team NHL, and...

Goalie Jocelyn Thibault and defenseman Steve McCarthy played Saturday for the first time since November to help the Blackhawks rally from two goals down to send the game into overtime....

Offensively meek Minnesota looked like the mighty Edmonton Oilers of Wayne Gretzky's heyday when the Northwest Division cellar-dwellers exploded for three unanswered goals during a 1-minute-41-second span early in Thursday...

With 2 minutes 13 seconds left in overtime Sunday in the United Center, Blackhawks rookie goaltender Michael Leighton found himself with three Phoenix attackers bearing down on him and not...