Ozzie World's a wild ride
Rick Telander: It's always worthwhile to take a peek into the amusement park known as ''Ozzie's World.'' And it's fitting to do it here, just a couple of mouse whiskers away from Disneyland. But if you think it's all balloons and bleeps and blow-up dolls in the White Sox manager's mind, I suggest you flip forward to fellow Sun-Times sportswriter Joe Cowley's column on Page 74 and read that first.

Time for deliberate Paxson to gamble
Greg Couch: Scott Skiles was fired five months ago, and where do things stand with the Bulls in finding a new coach? General manager John Paxson has his pencils and notepads squared off and perfect on his desk, and the phone all ready to dial, while one team after another keeps firing a coach, conducting a search, then hiring a new guy.

Big day ahead for Big Brown
Anyone trying to find the key to 50 million fables might not want to waste much effort on the 133rd running of the Preakness. When the clouds and clogs have settled at Pimlico late Saturday and the railside Menckens have all gone to bed, three immutable tenets of thoroughbred racing will endure.