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This date in sports history: May 4Video
1905 — Belmont Park in New York opens for its first thoroughbred meet. 1935 — Omaha, ridden by Willis Saunders, wins the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths over Roman Soldier. Omaha goes on to win the Triple Crown. 1946 — Assault, ridden by Warren Mehrtens, wins the Kentucky Derby...
Google signs deal with WNBA to help champion women’s sportsVideo
NEW YORK — The WNBA signed a multiyear deal with Google on Monday to be the presenting partner for the league’s playoffs, part of the technology giant’s efforts to help champion women’s sports. Twenty-five WNBA games will be televised on ABC and ESPN in celebration of the league’s 25th season,...
Bobby Unser, 3-time Indianapolis 500 winner, dies at 87
There wasn’t much Bobby Unser wouldn’t do to promote the Indianapolis 500, which is how he found himself at a show-and-tell at an Indiana elementary school a few years ago. He had the famed Indy 500 winners’ Borg-Warner Trophy with him and proudly showed the students the Unser legacy. He...
Puerto Rican boxer held without bail after pregnant lover found dead
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal judge on Monday ordered Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo held without bail after he was charged in the death of his 27-year-old pregnant lover whose body was found in a lagoon. Verdejo is charged with kidnapping and carjacking resulting in the death of...
This date in sports history: May 3Video
1902 — Alan-a-Dale wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose over Inventor, giving jockey Jimmy Winkfield his second straight Derby victory. Winkfield is the last black rider to win the Kentucky Derby. 1941 — Whirlaway, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, has an easy start to the Triple Crown with an eight-length...
Kyle Busch celebrates birthday with win at Kansas SpeedwayVideo
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Busch celebrated his 36th birthday Sunday by winning a two-lap sprint to the finish at Kansas Speedway, becoming the 10th different winner through the first 11 races of the NASCAR Cup Series season. Busch had stalked Kyle Larson all day before beating him on a...
Burns pulls away at Innisbrook and claims first PGA title at Valspar ChampionshipVideo
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Eight times this season, Sam Burns has been atop the leaderboard after every round except the one that mattered. That changed, finally, at the Valspar Championship. Burns got some help from Keegan Bradley hitting into the water on the 13th hole, then the 24-year-old from Louisiana...
Hamilton-Verstappen battle promises thrilling F1 seasonVideo
Three intense wheel-to-wheel races with dogged defending and aggressive overtaking have made the Formula One season a thrilling battle so far, with veteran Lewis Hamilton chasing a record eighth title and Max Verstappen going all out to stop him. Hamilton’s victory at Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix was his second of...
Ex-NASCAR driver Eric McMclure dies at 42; autopsy pendingVideo
ABINGDON, Va. — Former NASCAR driver Eric McClure died Sunday, his family and the series said. He was 42. No details were given about his death. McClure had posted on social media as recently as Saturday. The Washington County sheriff’s office said McClure’s body was sent to Roanoke for an...
Baffert mulling Medina Spirit’s next step after Derby winVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medina Spirit’s surprising Kentucky Derby victory gave Bob Baffert a good problem to have: figuring out where to hang another sign on his barn’s already crowded wall of glory. As the Hall of Fame trainer digests a record seventh Derby win that caught even him off guard,...
Man United’s game off after fans storm stadium in protest
MANCHESTER, England — Anti-ownership protests by Manchester United fans forced the postponement of Sunday’s Premier League game against Liverpool as supporters stormed the stadium and reached the pitch, while thousands of others gathered outside Old Trafford to demand the Glazer family ownership sell the club. Long-running anger against the American...
Pine-Richland grad LaNeve improving with Vanderbilt baseball team
Troy LaNeve doesn’t like to put much weight into an at-bat that’s good or bad, but after his first collegiate home run for Vanderbilt in late March at Oklahoma State, he soaked in the moment. “After the game was over and I was able to check my phone and read...
Burns struggles to keep share of Tampa lead with Bradley at Valspar ChampionshipVideo
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keegan Bradley hit one of his worst shots of the round, and it led to eagle. Sam Burns hit a pair of tee shots right where he wanted, and they cost him bogeys. They finished where they started Saturday in the Valspar Championship, tied for the...
Medina Spirit gives trainer Baffert his record 7th Kentucky Derby titleVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medina Spirit fought off three challengers in the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby by a half-length Saturday, making Bob Baffert the winningest trainer in the race’s 147-year history, with seven victories. Jockey John Velazquez earned his fourth Derby victory Saturday aboard the dark-brown colt that was...
Harvick, Hamlin hoping to get elusive NASCAR win this seasonVideo
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kevin Harvick learned the importance of survival when not having the best car early in his racing career, whether it was in go-karts as a kid or late models in the long-defunct NASCAR Southwest Tour in the early 1990s. “My first year in late models,” Harvick...
Malathaat rallies in stretch to win Kentucky Oaks
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After Malathaat outdueled Search Results down the stretch to win the 147th Kentucky Oaks by a neck, runner-up jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. patted Malathaat’s jockey, John Velazquez, on the shoulder to congratulate him. “We just got beat today,” Ortiz said. “She ran a really solid effort and...
This date in sports history: May 1Video
1920 — Joe Oeschger of the Boston Braves and Leon Cadore of the Brooklyn Dodgers both pitch 26 innings in a 1-1 tie, the longest game in major league history. 1943 — Count Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, wins the Kentucky Derby by three lengths over Blue Swords. 1948 —...
Mickelson misses cut and is worried about lack of focusVideo
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Phil Mickelson said he is struggling to keep his concentration on the golf course, leading to short spells where his mind goes numb. One such example came Friday at the end of his round, and it cost him at the Valspar Championship. Two bogeys over the...
With fans and flowery hats, Kentucky Derby is back at home in May
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The bourbon is flowing again, flowery hats and humans are on the scene and 20 horses are ready to run the most chaotic race of their lives. After being disrupted by a pandemic, the Kentucky Derby is back with many of its traditions intact. America’s longest continuously...
Kansas hires Buffalo’s Lance Leipold as football coach
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas hired Buffalo’s Lance Leipold on Friday, turning over one of college football’s worst programs to a longtime Division III coach with strong Midwestern roots. Leipold signed a six-year contract and takes over for Les Miles, who won a national championship at LSU. Miles parted with Kansas...
Fans still mad as Man United pledges no Super League revival
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United tried to reassure skeptical fans that it won’t revive plans for the Super League, though many supporters still expressed outrage on Friday. The exchange took place in a team-run fan forum with United attempting to make amends amid reports that thousands of supporters plan to...
Explainer: English soccer leads social media racism boycott
There will be no goal clips, lineup announcements, banter between clubs or even title celebrations. Four days of silence across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by soccer leagues, clubs and players in England began on Friday in a protest against racist abuse that has been adopted more widely. Such is the...
Derby favorite Essential Quality brings strongest resume
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Horse racing could be in line for another Triple Crown bid, and this time the likely candidate is an undefeated horse from a barn other than Bob Baffert’s. Baffert, of course, is the sport’s dominant trainer who guided American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018 to...
Bradley has no stress and no bogeys to lead at PGA Tour Valspar ChampionshipVideo
PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keegan Bradley can’t recall having an easier time than he did Thursday at Innisbrook. He missed only one green. His longest par putt was just over 4 feet. It added up to a 7-under-par 64 and another great start in the Valspar Championship. It is the...
This date in sports history: April 29Video
1901 — His Eminence, ridden by Jimmy Winkfield, wins the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths over Sannazarro in the only Derby ever raced in April. 1961 — ABC’s “Wide World of Sports,” debuts. 1970 — Los Angeles Lakers guard Jerry West hits a 60-foot desperation shot at the buzzer...
