LEXINGTON, Ky. — The injury that kept I Want Revenge out of the Kentucky Derby will keep him from racing for months and threaten his career if he doesn’t respond well to therapy, the horse’s veterinarian said Tuesday.
Foster Northrop said swelling in I Want Revenge’s right front ankle once considered only mild progressed over the weekend, and an ultrasound and MRI showed additional ligament damage.
“Part of the prognosis is determined by the horse’s response to therapy, but this is a serious injury, and depending on his progress, could be career-threatening,” Northrop said.
• Musket Man, the third-place finisher in the Kentucky Derby, will likely run in the May 16 Preakness.
Trainer Derek Ryan said he expects to decide by today, adding his colt will not run in the Belmont Stakes on June 6.
• Desert Party, who finished 14th in the Derby, will have surgery for a bone chip in his left front ankle and is sidelined indefinitely.
Balsillie makes offer for Coyotes
TORONTO — BlackBerry boss Jim Balsillie is looking to buy the cash- strapped Phoenix Coyotes and move them to Ontario.
The co-CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said his $212.5 million offer is conditional on the Coyotes relocating to Canada, where they existed as the Winnipeg Jets before moving to Phoenix for the 1996-97 season. The team filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Dungy meets with Vick in prison.
Michael Vick and former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy met at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., where the former star quarterback is imprisoned.
“It was a private meeting between Mike and Coach Dungy and a positive meeting,” said Vick’s agent, Joel Segal.
Vick is serving a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting conspiracy. He is to be transferred May 21 to home confinement in Hampton, Va. Vick is to stay in Hampton through July 31. He will work a $10-an-hour construction job as part of his probation.
• Linebacker Larry Foote, released Monday by the Pittsburgh Steelers, said the Detroit Lions have made him a contract offer and he will “be wrestling with it tonight.”
• The Colts re-signed defensive tackle Ed Johnson after they waived him last season following an arrest on a drug possession charge.
• The Cleveland Browns signed receiver Mike Furrey, who spent the past three years with Detroit.
Footnotes.
Defending champion Manchester United advanced to the May 27 European Champions League final, winning 3-1 at Arsenal as world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals and set up another.
• Major League Soccer suspended Real Salt Lake midfielder Javier Morales for one game for elbowing Colorado’s Pablo Mastroeni during the Rapids’ 2-0 victory Saturday.
• A day after insisting she was still the best player in the world despite falling from No. 1 in the rankings, Serena Williams lost to Patty Schnyder 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in her first match at the Italian Open in Rome.
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