Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense and Derby runner-up Hard Spun will meet again next Saturday in the $350,000 Kentucky Cup at Turfway Park. Street Sense, who thrived at Saratoga with wins in the Jim Dandy and the Travers, will use the 1/8-mile race on Polytrack as a final tuneup before the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Monmouth Park on Oct.
The checkered flag was the perfect tonic for the ailing Denny Hamlin.
Forward Michael Ruffin signed with the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday after playing the last three seasons with the Washington Wizards. Ruffin, a 30-year-old free agent, has spent seven years in the NBA. He also has played with the Utah Jazz and was drafted in the second round by Chicago in 1999.
The Dallas Mavericks signed Devin Harris on Saturday to the five-year agreement they reached earlier this month. The extension is worth about $42 million and locks up the speedy point guard through the 2012-13 season. He would have been entering the final year of his rookie contract. Harris averaged career-highs across the board last season, including 10.2 points and 3.7 assists, as the Mavericks…
