Leading Off

Fatal Foliage
Three horses died during the running of this year's Grand National at Aintree in Liverpool. Critics blamed the height of the hedges on the course, like this one being cleared by Choisty, R. McGrath up.

Check, please!
The Hurricanes' Paul Ranheim gets ready to flatten the Devils' Sergei Brylin in a 4-0 Carolina win.

Hot Wheels
John Andretti takes the shortest route to safety—over the hood of the car of Rick Mast (black coverall)—after a 10-car crash during the Texas 500.