From The Sports Desk: Preakness preview

The 151st Preakness will be run tomorrow at Laurel Park in Maryland.

The 151st Preakness will be run tomorrow at Laurel Park in Maryland. There won’t be a Triple Crown at stake — both Golden Tempo and Renegade, the top two finishers at the Kentucky Derby, won’t be there. But that means the field is expected to be wide open.

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Our resident numbers guy (and horse guru) Steve Kornacki breaks it down below. Also, come join us tomorrow as our NBC News team live-blogs the race.

Lots of soccer coverage in today’s newsletter, too. South Korea’s Son Heung-min is the World Cup player spotlight, and we preview this weekend’s Premier League action.