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CHICAGO — As Harry Caray’s Chicago Cubs career was celebrated Thursday with the 26th “Toast to Harry Caray” sponsored by his namesake restaurant, his legacy on the South Side continues to be overlooked by his ...Read more

For the jockeys contesting the 2024 Kentucky Derby on Saturday evening at Churchill Downs, there is a little something extra at stake.

This year’s Run for the Roses is the 150th renewal of North America’s marquee ...Read more

The post position draw for this year’s 150th edition of the Kentucky Derby took place Saturday night at Churchill Downs in Louisville a full week before the running of the race this weekend.

As such, plenty of time has ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — According to most horse racing handicappers, Kentucky Derby 150 has a pair of potential superstars in morning-line favorite Fierceness and second-choice Sierra Leone.

The favorite doesn’t always win ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — If the Penguins' bar gets any lower, Valtteri Puustinen will be able to hop it from a standing position. We've seen it go from winning Cups to making the playoffs to trying real hard at the end of the season...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers kept giving their fans hope.

Even after posting their worst regular-season winning percentage in seven seasons, there was belief the Sixers could make a deep postseason run. Joel ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The timing was coincidental.

But, on Shohei Ohtani's first off day as a Dodger, the discourse Wednesday centered on the one big struggle of his 2024 season — a weakness that had cropped up once again the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Minds were blown when former Dodgers outfielder Jayson Werth agreed to a seven-year, $126 million free-agent contract with the Washington Nationals during the 2010 winter meetings.

So much money! So many ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Neither Aaron Judge nor the Yankees had a successful series against the Orioles, as the slugger’s hit total matched the club’s win total over four games.

Judge went just 1 for 13 with four strikeouts in ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Millions of dollars stolen from Shohei Ohtani by Ippei Mizuhara to pay the former interpreter’s gambling debt to an illegal bookmaking operation were funneled through Resorts World and a California casino, ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The biggest long-shot winner in the Kentucky Derby’s 149-year history was Donerail, who won “The Run for the Roses” in 1913 at 91-1 odds.

A $2 win bet paid $184.90 on the horse after its half-length ...Read more

MIAMI — The Heat now face their most difficult decision of the summer: Whether to grant Jimmy Butler’s impending request to essentially replace the two years and $101.2 million remaining on his contract with a three-...Read more

Let’s just come out and say it: The Heat can’t extend Jimmy Butler’s contract as NBA convention mandates. They can’t pay him $113 million for two re-done years and keep him until 38.

They have to trade him this ...Read more

We are deep into an age of parity for the Triple Crown series. Fifteen horses have won the 15 runnings of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes since Justify won all three races in 2018.

Every spring ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — There is no doubt about how Jaime Munguia feels about his opponent in Saturday night’s super middleweight world title bout at T-Mobile Arena.

“Canelo Alvarez has always been a source of pride and ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky Derby 150, just like 149 and 148, will be run without trainer Bob Baffert, the most recognizable name in the sport, even to those who don't follow it. And, for the first time, none of his ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers have declined the team option on running back Najee Harris’ rookie contract, a decision that will allow Harris to become a free agent following the 2024 season.

The Steelers want to wait and ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A little after 6 p.m. on Saturday, Resilience will be pulled from his stall in Barn 19 and readied for the walk from the backside to the paddock at Churchill Downs. He'll be accompanied by his trainer, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When horses shuffle into the starting gate for the historic 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, one man’s voice will narrate the monumental event to millions ...Read more