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Later today, 20 incredibly expensive horses will run incredibly fast for about two minutes before one of the horses becomes a household name and the rest are banished to oblivion, unless they win the Preakness or Belmont. Some Americans will use this event as an excuse to drink mint juleps; some will use it as an excuse to pretend to be experts at betting, spouting nonsense about uberfectas and the like. Anyway, if you want to celebrate this event in some way for some reason, here's how you might do that today. And after the jump, a special cocktail recipe for our personal favorite contender, Dunkirk. (I Want Revenge scratched this morning.)

Rust? Nah. Nine days after they dispatched Montreal, the Bruins only needed a little time to find their winning pace, and took Game One from the Hurricanes, 4-1. And by a little time, we mean 94 seconds, which is how long it took for David Krejci to tip in an Aaron Ward shot to go up 1-0.

• Four new cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Mass.; as many as nine Harvard students may have H1N1. [Globe]
• Some kind of horse race tomorrow. [NYT]
• A flight from Munich to Washington was diverted to Boston due to a passenger's flu symptoms. The passenger was deplaned and taken to MGH; the plane continued on to DC. [WBZ]

--Why are so many bats dying mysteriously in New England? No one can figure out why, which doesn't bode well. [Boston Globe]

We honestly don't have much new to say about this afternoon's game. Win, and everything's forgotten and it's 0-0 against Cleveland. Lose - the unthinkable - and God only knows how ugly it's going to get in this town. Doc needs to coach like he's NOT being mugged, coaching a playoff game and watching his house burn down at the same time. Pierce needs to be smart and not give the refs a reason/chance to monitor him closely. Sam Cassell needs to play like home Sam and not Road Sam. The fans need to make Atlanta feel as welcome as the Soviets in Lake Placid. And KG needs to step up big and banish the doubters once and for all.

We're not so sure about the name (is he from Cleveland?), but one thing's for sure: Big Brown made history by being the first horse to win the Kentucky Derby from the 20th post since 1929, and the first horse since 1915 to win the Derby with three or fewer starts. Sadly, his victory was marred by the death of filly Eight Belles, who finished second in the race but pulled up poorly, broke two legs, and had to be euthanized. Denis of Cork placed third.

Twins ace Johan Santana only made it five innings, but that was more than enough to send the Red Sox bats into a tizzy from which they never recovered. The Minnesota bullpen, if anything, was sharper than the starter, and the result was a 2-1 loss and the waste of a very good outing from Sox starter Julian Tavarez.

Bostonist would much rather sit in an obstructed view right field seat behind a sign-wielding fan gabbing on his cell phone than trade in Fenway Park for a newer model. Whenever Tim Wakefield takes the mound in a domed facility, however, we can't help but wish that there was a canopy or something that the Fenway crew could erect over the ballpark every five days. The typically fluttery knuckleball becomes even screwier, allowing Wakefield to...

6-0. Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, it looked grim for a while for Josh Beckett and the Sox. Dan Johnson broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the sixth with an RBI single, but the Sox rallied off 2 off the Oakland bullpen in the bottom of the inning. Then Okajima and Timlin shut the A's down, and just like that, Beckett became the majors' first six-game winner in the 6-4 triumph. Bostonist hearts...

In national sports news, there's a new star in heaven today. Kentucky Derby winner Barabaro lost his long battle with leg injuries and was put to sleep. We feel really sad losing an old friend - not so much the horse, but the easy go-to "I hear he's in stable condition" joke that served us so well, and now will have to be shelved until another thoroughbred is in trouble. Alas.

Celtics 110, Wizards 115: Look at that score! Bostonist was worried that the Celtics would be wiped out by Gilbert "Agent Zero" & Co., but the Wizards must've been checked out. The Celtics tied the game, but the Wizards won in overtime. The valiant Celtics were Ryan Gomes, who scored 31, and Al Jefferson, who scored 23. The Bruins lost to Ottawa zero to three yesterday, but a pretty big rumble broke out on the...

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