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Take a ramshackle group of racing misfits and some wildly inappropriate machinery, add a couple of finely honed professional athletes, throw in a rivalry that dates back more than a century, top it off with a beer and a cheeseburger, and what do you get? The answer is the King of the Baggers, the wackiest
Continue ReadingRussell Westbrook of the Washington Wizards has notched his 182nd career NBA triple-double, breaking Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson’s record for the most in league history. The record had stood since 1974, the year Robertson retired. “Russell Westbrook, I’m very happy for you,” Robertson said in a recorded video message. “Your family is very proud
Continue ReadingAdditional testing is planned after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test, throwing the horse’s victory at Churchill Downs earlier this month into doubt. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert revealed the test results Sunday, saying the 3-year-old colt tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone, which is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid and
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If Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit ends up being disqualified for failing a postrace drug test, second-place finisher Mandaloun will inherit the title. Like Medina Spirit, Mandaloun is a 3-year-old colt. The two were separated by half a length at the Derby finish line on May 1. A blood sample taken after the race found
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Additional testing is planned after Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit failed a postrace drug test, throwing the horse’s victory at Churchill Downs earlier this month into doubt. Hall-of-Fame trainer Bob Baffert revealed the test results Sunday, saying the three-year-old colt tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone, which is an anti-inflammatory corticosteroid and sometimes used
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You’re hired! Football executive Lorna Falconer has never been on “The Apprentice,” but the story of how she got a foot in the door of an industry that is notoriously difficult to enter for women, especially Black women, has echoes of the hit UK television show. Before Alan Sugar moved into TV he was the
Continue ReadingSeattle Seahawks’ wide receiver DK Metcalf’s speed went viral last season when he ran the full length of the pitch to catch an opponent during an NFL game, but he isn’t quite quick enough for the Tokyo Olympics. Metcalf competed in the 100 meters at Sunday’s USA Track and Field Golden Games and Distance Open
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Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has threatened to boycott the Tokyo Olympics while speaking out against the lack of racial diversity in promotional photos of the Australian Olympic team. Cambage, who helped Australia win bronze at the 2012 Olympics and also competed at the 2016 Games, criticized the images in a series of posts on
Continue ReadingThe end of Rory McIlroy’s winning drought just so happened to fall on Mother’s Day — a fitting way to celebrate with his family. After claiming his first victory since 2019 at the Wells Fargo Championship on Sunday, McIlroy made a beeline for daughter Poppy and wife Erica as they celebrated victory as a family
Continue ReadingKentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone, trainer Bob Baffert revealed Sunday, throwing the horse’s victory last weekend at Churchill Downs into question. Speaking to reporters Sunday morning, Baffert denied that the horse had ever been treated with the drug, which is sometimes used for joint pain in horses,
Continue ReadingLewis Hamilton and Mercedes pulled off a perfect pit stop strategy to reel in Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and pass the Dutch driver with just six laps remaining of the Spanish Grand Prix. These two rivals have been battling for race wins in each of the four grands prix so far this season, but Hamilton’s
Continue ReadingKentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has tested positive for elevated levels of betamethasone, trainer Bob Baffert revealed Sunday, throwing the horse’s victory last weekend at Churchill Downs into question. Speaking to reporters Sunday morning, Baffert denied that the horse had ever been treated with the drug, saying his team would conduct its own investigation. “Yesterday
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez added the WBO super-middleweight belt to his burgeoning collection, defeating Billy Joe Saunders in front of a record-breaking 73,126 crowd inside Texas’ AT&T Stadium. The attendance figure set an all-time record for an indoor US boxing event — breaking the previous record set in 1978 when Muhammad Ali beat Leon Spinks in
Continue ReadingIndyCar Series driver Robert Wickens has experienced a lot in the past three years: a paralyzing crash in 2018, regaining strength to have his first dance at his wedding in 2019, and returning to the racetrack — virtually — in 2020. Now, in 2021, he has just driven a real race car for the first
Continue ReadingWhat a 12 months this has been for Bayern Munich — both on and off the pitch. The German side secured its ninth consecutive Bundesliga title on Saturday, after second place RB Leipzig — the only side still able to mathematically catch Bayern — fell to a 3-2 defeat away to Borussia Dortmund. Despite wrapping
Continue ReadingPitcher Wade Miley threw the first no-hitter of his MLB career as his Cincinnati Reds defeated the Cleveland Indians 3-0 on Friday night. Miley struck out eight players and walked one over the nine innings in Cleveland. “That’s so surreal,” Miley said after the feat. It was the fourth no-hitter in major league baseball this
Continue ReadingEuropean football’s governing body, UEFA, says nine of the 12 founding clubs that formed the ill-fated breakaway Super League competition have recommitted to UEFA club and national team competitions. In a Friday press release, UEFA states that Arsenal, AC Milan, Chelsea, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, have acknowledged
Continue ReadingFormer Australian international rugby league player Jarryd Hayne has been jailed for five years and nine months after being found guilty of sexual assault. Hayne, who is 33, was sentenced Thursday after being found guilty of “sexual intercourse without consent” in March. A court heard that he attacked an unnamed 26-year-old woman at her home
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If US boxing promoter Don King came to define the art of braggadocio in promoting a world title fight, then Briton Eddie Hearn has taken the art of bravado and showmanship to a whole new level in the age of social media. The subject of viral memes, champion of big-money fights and winner of record-breaking
Continue ReadingThere were six fights in the opening period of the New York Rangers’ clash with the Washington Capitals game on Wednesday night as a controversy between the two sides rumbled on. There was bad blood between the teams after Monday’s game in which Capitals enforcer Tom Wilson committed a series of penalties, including one which
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