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LEXINGTON, Ky. — The road to the Kentucky Derby, the biggest race for 3-year-old Thoroughbreds in America, if not the world, starts right here in the Bluegrass.

Kentucky is not the “Horse Capital of the World” ...Read more

If purchase price were the most important indicator of a horse’s racing success, there would be a runaway favorite for the 2026 Kentucky Derby.

But the betting favorites do not include the most expensive horse in the ...Read more

CHICAGO — The date was June 15, 2015, when the Chicago Blackhawks put an exclamation point on their modern dynasty.

Hall of Famer Duncan Keith broke a scoreless tie when the rebound of his own shot got behind Tampa Bay ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky Derby fans looking for a special bottle for the big race day on May 2 have a lot of choices, including one that bourbon lovers line up for every year.

While fans flock to Buffalo Trace in ...Read more

Xander Bogaerts lingered at home plate, watching a high drive to left field in the second inning bend toward the foul line. The ball stayed fair long enough to drop into the third level of the Western Metal Supply Co. ...Read more

The Kansas City Royals began their six-game road swing with a little momentum.

After securing a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium, the Royals pressed their luck against another ...Read more

Right-hander Shohei Ohtani shook his head slightly as he walked off the field, having escaped the fifth inning with just one run yielded, stranding the bases loaded.

He strode through the dugout and straight back into the...Read more

CHICAGO — On a night when José Soriano looked human again, the hitters couldn’t bail him out.

Soriano gave up three runs – two more than he had allowed all season – and the Los Angeles Angels lost to the Chicago ...Read more

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Bruins have always responded to the ugly moments of their season. And on the brink of elimination on Tuesday at Keybank Center, they did it one more time.

David Pastrnak scored at 9:14 of overtime on...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After a one-day reprieve from a deep losing stretch, the same issues that have hampered the Minnesota Twins for the past two weeks resurfaced in a 7-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night at Target...Read more

NEW YORK — Game 5 wasn’t a Knicks escape. It was a Knicks takeover.

The Knicks had controlled stretches of this series before. Tuesday night, they did it for long enough to leave very little doubt. The Atlanta Hawks ...Read more

The Minnesota Wild are one win away from moving on to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in 11 years.

They held off the Dallas Stars 4-2 tonight at American Airlines Center to take a 3-2 lead in the best-...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When public address announcer Dan Baker’s microphone cut out during the pregame ceremonies before the Phillies’ opener against the San Francisco Giants, plunging the ballpark into silence for a few ...Read more

BOSTON — Round 1, not done.

One win away from securing their fifth consecutive trip to the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Celtics fell flat Tuesday night at TD Garden, losing 113-97 to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game...Read more

NEW YORK — The entire New York Mets lineup has been marred in an uncharacteristic slump, but in the bottom of the fourth inning on Tuesday night at Citi Field, Juan Soto uncorked a very characteristic home run. A two-run...Read more

ATLANTA — There are losses and then there are games like Tuesday night at Truist Park.

The Tigers not only lost the first of a three-game series to the Atlanta Braves, 5-2, they lost two key players to injury.

Starting...Read more

After a pair of defiant wins in their first two games since the sudden firing of manager Alex Cora and the bulk of the coaching staff, the Boston Red Sox came back to earth Tuesday night.

They looked more like the team ...Read more

Riley Mott knows how this will sound, so he offers a qualifier beforehand.

A charismatic young trainer who is set to make his Kentucky Derby debut on Saturday, Mott says he’s not trying to be bold or cocky when ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Alex Cora won’t manage another team this season after getting fired by the Red Sox on Saturday night.

Not that the Phillies didn’t try talking him into it.

Dave Dombrowski spoke with Cora by phone on...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday legislation that passed through the Illinois House last week to help the Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights “is within the framework” of a deal that the team ...Read more