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The 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby appears to be a wide-open race.

And that was the general sentiment before the 4-1 morning-line favorite, Renegade, drew the No. 1 post position, which hasn’t produced a Derby ...Read more

MIAMI — Everyone (and by everyone I mean the folks who set the betting odds driven by public consensus) agrees the Miami Dolphins will be pretty awful this coming season. Whether they will be awful enough is open to some...Read more

PITTSBURGH — In the post-NFL draft era, the mania of predicting which players will be drafted by what teams has been replaced by the ungovernable excessiveness of evaluating how well teams drafted which players.

Both ...Read more

I don’t buy the idea of a “weak” draft class.

Every draft gives 32 teams a chance to get younger, cheaper and better: the holy trinity of roster building.

The board may not be overflowing with blue-chippers. The ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Since Game 4 of this series, the Minnesota Timberwolves have suffered blow after blow on their injury report. They entered Game 6 down four key starters and rotation players as Ayo Dosunmu (right calf ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — You kept waiting for something to change. Nothing ever did. The best team on the basketball court at Xfinity Mobile Arena was the team that was blown out the last time it played there, the team that has ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Knicks knew the Atlanta Hawks were fighting for their playoff lives.

They didn’t let Atlanta even come up for air.

In a historic display of domination, the Knicks punched first and just kept pounding in...Read more

ATLANTA — Maybe the Hawks booked their flights to Cancun a day in advance.

Maybe they drank their own Kool-Aid and thought home-court advantage alone would be enough to force a sudden-death Game 7 at Madison Square ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Days ago, the Celtics looked poised to coast into the Eastern Conference semifinals after bludgeoning the 76ers in Game 4 of their first-round series.

Now, coach Joe Mazzulla’s bunch finds itself one ...Read more

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye backed his head coach, Mike Vrabel, on Thursday.

Maye, speaking at a Best Buddies event, was asked about Vrabel amid the head coach’s off-field controversy.

“We’re here for coach, we...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Stars are going back to Dallas … but the Wild aren’t.

They eliminated the Stars with a 5-2 victory in Game 6 tonight at Grand Casino Arena to clinch their first playoff series in 11 years.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins played some of their best baseball against the Toronto Blue Jays in April, and maybe it’s bringing out the worst in the Blue Jays.

Ryan Jeffers and Byron Buxton both homered, and Bailey Ober ...Read more

NEW YORK — Only 71 players filed as early-entry candidates for the 2026 NBA draft. According to the NBA, that’s down from 106 in 2025, 283 in 2022 and 353 in 2021. ESPN noted that this year’s number is the smallest ...Read more

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Kansas City Royals were done in by another big inning against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park.

A day after starting pitcher Michael Wacha allowed three runs in a single inning, a ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The argument for the existence of momentum in baseball took a hit on Thursday when the Orioles, fresh off thumping the Astros, 10-3, in the first leg of their doubleheader, received a beating of their own as ...Read more

Among the roster of jockeys expected to ride in the 2026 Kentucky Derby are five previous winners and seven first-time riders.

Yet the most motivated competitor riding in the 152nd Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs ...Read more

SEATTLE — Jessica Campbell will look beyond the Kraken bench after two seasons in Seattle.

The trailblazing assistant coach has opted to explore new opportunities, according to the team. It was a mutual decision, and ...Read more

DETROIT — Although the Magic would have rather closed out their best-of-seven first-round playoff series against the Pistons on Wednesday night at Little Caesars Arena, Orlando now has an opportunity to accomplish a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — So that Game 3 overtime win Friday in Houston was fun, huh?

The Lakers needed it, of course. The Lakers wanted it.

The Lakers are paying for it.

Because LeBron James hasn't looked superhuman since ...Read more