Horse racing
Trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. says he feels "like a loser" after Big Brown's stunning last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes, and he was still searching for answers about what went wrong.
"I feel like a loser right now and I don't know why," Dutrow told the Daily Racing Form. "Usually when I get beat I can handle it the right way, and I've handled this the right way, but I just feel like something's not right."
Dutrow said he's been unable to find anything physically wrong with Big Brown. He said the quarter crack on the colt's left front hoof was fine.
Hockey
The Montreal Canadiens signed forward Maxim Lapierre to a two-year, $1.375 million contract. The 23-year-old had 18 points in 53 games last season for Montreal. He'll make $575,000 the first year and $800,000 in 2009-10.
Colleges
Northwestern named Joe McKeown head women's basketball coach. The Father Judge High graduate had spent 19 seasons at George Washington.
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University of Oregon wrestlers have gone to court to prevent the school from dropping the sport to make room for a baseball team.
The suit filed Friday in Marion County Circuit Court in Salem contends the plan to eliminate wrestling would violate state law and the Oregon Constitution.
Elsewhere: Cal State-Fullerton coach Bob Burton, who led the Titans to a Big West Conference men's basketball title and their first trip to the NCAA tournament in 30 years, signed a five-year contract extension. . . . Morakinyo Williams, a 6-foot-11 center who was one of Kentucky's top recruits a year ago, is transferring to Duquesne. . . . Brown University promoted assistant coach Jesse Agel to replace Craig Robinson, the brother-in-law of Barack Obama who left to take the basketball coaching job at Oregon State.
Jurisprudence
