Barbaro, the racehorse that blew away the field in Saturday's Kentucky Derby, may come under increased scrutiny in the weeks leading up to the Preakness thanks to this exclusive Sportalicious! photo: a suspect bag of feed hanging off fleet thoroughbred's snout the day before the Derby! The bag was full of feed pellets marked "Balco," and though we could not have them independently lab tested before we went to press, we were able to pass a cup of the feed near Barry Bonds nose at a press conference and he perked up like a cat in the alley behind a Long John Silver's. We have not been able to verify the rumor that Balco head and former Bay Area funkster Victor Conti was in Barbaro's stall prior to the race, but Tower of Power's classic funk ode "What Is Hip?" was blaring from a vintage boombox hidden under some hay. Conti played for T-O-P way back when his head size still fell somewhere in the 7-to 7 1/4 range. Barbaro's urine tests came back negative, but he was seen later Saturday evening at a bar aggressively stealing other male patrons' dates and getting in a useless fist fight over a darts game.

The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Phoenix Suns in seven games and were dumped from the NBA playoffs Saturday. The Lakers roared out to a 3-1 series lead, then stumbled down the stretch like a drunk gambler trying to get to that ATM near the bathrooms at the Palms Casino. Philosophy-minded coach Phil Jackson, who in past winning seasons always looked stoic and peaceful, now just looks unable to form a sentence. He's failed this season to find even a medium '70s Dazz Band mojo with this new Laker crew. In fact, just this week he was heckled by a group of Buddhist monks who had been given Richard Gere's courtside seats and who proceeded to shout "You're inner mounting flame sucks!" and "Stop meditating, start running the 2-3 zone!" Kobe Bryant now appears to have been a part of David Blaine's latest stunt because he disappeared for the entire second half of game 7 in Phoenix. The Lakers have scheduled a May 19 start date for off-season bickering, but both Bryant and Lamar Odom have already started pre-camp snark workouts. The LA Clippers were unavailable for comment because they were actually still IN the playoffs.