In this preview, Kentucky Derby and Flying Pig Marathon week has arrived. Plus, the Cincinnati Cyclones strive to advance to the next round of the Kelly Cup Playoffs.

Flying Pig Marathon Weekend

Cincinnati will host festivities for the 25th Flying Pig Marathon this weekend. Flying Pig weekend festivities begin Friday with the Fitness Expo. Which starts at Noon at the Duke Energy Convention Center. The 50 West Mile will also take place Friday at 7 PM in Cincinnati’s Riverfront Transit Tunnel. Saturday’s events begin with the 10 K at 7 AM on Mehring Way in Cincinnati. Saturday’s events include the 5K race, 1K Flying Piglet, The 26th Mile, PigAbilities and Flying Fur races. All taking place Saturday in Downtown Cincinnati.

Sunday’s festivities begin on Elm Street in Downtown Cincinnati. With the start of the wheelchair race at 6:25 AM. The Flying Pig Marathon, half marathon and four-person relay start at 6:30 AM. The victory party will take place at Smale Park from 8 AM-3 PM. The full schedule can be found at flyingpigmarathon.com.

Cincinnati Reds at San Diego Padres

Monday and Tuesday at 9:40 PM (all times Eastern) on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Wednesday at 4:10 PM on Bally Sports Ohio, MLB Network (out of market) and WLW-AM (700).

Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago White Sox

Friday at 6:40 PM on Apple TV+ and WLW-AM (700).

Saturday at 6:40 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Sunday at 4:10 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WLW-AM (700).

Kelly Cup Playoffs Central division semifinals

Cincinnati Cyclones vs. Fort Wayne Komets (Cincinnati leads best-of-seven series 3-2).

Game 6: Tuesday at 7:30 PM in Cincinnati on FloHockey and cycloneshockey.com.

Game 7 (if necessary): Wednesday at 7:30 PM in Cincinnati on FloHockey and cycloneshockey.com.

FC Cincinnati vs. D.C. United

Saturday at 7:30 PM on Apple TV-MLS Season Pass and WCKY-AM (1530).

Kentucky Oaks

TV coverage begins Friday at 1 PM on USA and Peacock. Post time for the Kentucky Oaks race is 5:51 PM.

Kentucky Derby

TV coverage begins Saturday at 12 PM on NBC and Peacock. Post time for the 149th Kentucky Derby is 6:57 PM.

College Sports

Xavier’s Women’s Tennis team will compete in the NCAA Championships this weekend. The team will find out when and who they’ll face tonight at 6 PM. Individual selections will be announced on Tuesday. Cincinnati’s Women’s Lacrosse team will face James Madison in the AAC Tournament. Thursday at 4:30 PM in Philadelphia, PA on ESPN+. Also in Cincinnati athletics news, UC’s Track and Field team will compete in the Billy Hayes Invitational. Wrapping up their regular season Friday in Bloomington, IN.

Northern Kentucky Baseball’s record-setting season continues. NKU heads into this week with 26 wins. The most in their program’s NCAA Division I era. Northern Kentucky will host Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday at 4 PM. Then face Wright State this weekend in Dayton, OH. With games Friday at 3 PM, Saturday at 2 PM and Sunday at 1 PM.

In other college baseball news, Cincinnati will host a series against No.14 East Carolina this weekend. With games Friday at 5 PM, Saturday at 2 PM and Sunday at 1 PM. This Sunday, Mount St. Joseph will host Anderson University for a doubleheader. With games at Noon and 3 PM at Xavier University. Meanwhile, Thomas More’s Baseball and Softball teams will play in their Mid-South Conference Tournaments.

TMU Softball will face No.9 seed Shawnee State Wednesday at 7:30 PM. TMU Baseball will face No.3 seed Freed-Hardeman Thursday at 8 PM. Both games will be played in Bowling Green, KY. Thomas More’s Track and Field teams will compete in the Mid-South Conference Championships. Taking place this Sunday in Williamsburg, KY.

Florence Y’alls preseason exhibitions

Florence vs. Washington Wild Things, Tuesday at 6:32 PM.

Florence at Washington Wild Things, Wednesday at 7:05 PM.

Florence at Lake Erie Crushers, Thursday at 2:05 PM.

Florence vs. Lake Erie Crushers, Friday at 7:03 PM.