Read about a little-known jockey, watch the N.H.L. playoffs.
What to Read This Weekend |
 | | Sonny Leon, waving to the crowd after riding at Belterra Park, has put thousands of miles on his Toyota 4Runner traveling the horse racing circuit.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times |
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For seven years, Sonny Leon, 32, has crisscrossed Ohio and Kentucky and Indiana and West Virginia to ride up to 1,100 races a year at casino racetracks, competing before dozens of people, rather than thousands, and spending lonely nights away from his family. |
In May, Leon became a big name in the sport when he steered Rich Strike to victory in the Kentucky Derby. |
His victory resonated in jockeys' rooms at minor league tracks everywhere. It was Buster Douglas knocking out Mike Tyson or the Jets beating the Colts in Super Bowl III. |
He's still happiest on small-time ovals, he said. |
Read the full article here. |
What to Watch This Weekend |
 | | Ondrej Palat, left, celebrating his game-winning goal on Thursday with his Lightning teammates Mikhail Sergachev, center, and Victor Hedman.Bruce Bennett/Getty Images |
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The Rangers lost Game 5 of their conference final series at home, where they had previously been nearly unshakable. Trailing three games to two, they now must face the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa in Game 6 (Saturday, 8 p.m., ESPN). |
The Preakness winner, Early Voting, is missing, but the 80-1 Kentucky Derby winner, Rich Strike, is back for the Belmont Stakes. The Times reporter Joe Drape picks him to win, while Melissa Hoppert likes Mo Donegal, the Wood Memorial winner, who has also been resting since the Derby (Saturday, 6:44 p.m., NBC). |
College softball's superteam, Oklahoma, has already won its World Series. College baseball's superteam, Tennessee, plays in the final 16 this weekend against Notre Dame (Game 2, Saturday, 2 p.m., ESPN). |
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