Neil Milbert

Saratoga: John's Call closed with a rush for a 9 1/4-length victory in the $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap. The 9-year-old gelding raced as part of the mutuel field with...

Harvey and Nancy Vanier, who have been on the Illinois racing scene for the last two decades, scored their first major victory of the year Sunday. The race was Arlington...

Fusaichi Pegasus' trainer, Neil Drysdale, has "looked at the tapes extensively" and found a lot to like about the way his horse won the Kentucky Derby. "Watching the ABC tape,...

The Big Ten tournament tips off Thursday, with the league's top five teams angling for good seedings in the NCAA tournament, Wisconsin hoping to win enough simply to get in,...

March Madness has come to the Midwest. Teams that fell short of first in their regular-season races have the opportunity to begin anew in their conference tournaments. Winning the conference...

At the start of the Missouri Valley Conference season, the schedule frowned on Southern Illinois and smiled on Indiana State. Taking advantage of the situation, Indiana State opened a substantial...

A late January change in the starting lineup has produced a drastic change in the fortunes of the Valparaiso basketball team. All of a sudden, the Crusaders have won seven...

With 20-20 hindsight provided by an 11-11 overall record, Bradley coach Jim Molinari has come to the conclusion that his non-conference schedule was overly ambitious. "I put together a good...

Like the presidential candidates, the Kentucky Derby candidates have begun competing in the primaries. Summer Note, an unheralded runner who began his campaign with two victories at Hawthorne Race Course...

The Big Ten isn't big enough for the rivalry between Purdue's Gene Keady and Indiana's Bob Knight. It's spilling over to the Missouri Valley Conference, where Keady's disciple, Bruce Weber,...