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Trainer Brad Cox seeks Kentucky Derby history as Louisville’s first winnerVideo
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Brad Cox smiles when talking about Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby, making it clear how important both are to the trainer. After all, he grew up a few blocks away from the historic track. Cox began working with horses at Churchill Downs as a teenager before...
Kentucky Derby notes: Brooklyn Strong makes quick move
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Brooklyn Strong needed a few horses to drop out to make the Kentucky Derby and now needs to make it to Churchill Downs at the latest possible minute. The defection of trainer Brad Cox’s Caddo River on Sunday opened the door for Daniel Velasquez’s Brooklyn Strong to...
This date in sports history: April 26
1905 — Jack McCarthy of the Cubs became the only outfielder in major league history to throw out three runners at the plate, each of whom became the second out of a double play. The victims were the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 2-1 loss. 1950 — The University of Miami...
Marc Leishman, Cameron Smith win Zurich Classic in a playoff
AVONDALE, La. — Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman outlasted Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel to win the Zurich Classic in a playoff that capped a tight and tense final round Sunday. Smith and Leishman won with a par on their second trip up the par-5 18th after Oosthuizen pushed his...
Brad Keselowski claims 6th win at Talladega with overtime pass
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Brad Keselowski did it exactly right this time and finally got that last-lap victory, winning in overtime Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. Keselowski is the ninth driver to win through 10 NASCAR Cup races this season and avenged the embarrassing Team Penske gaffe in the season-opening Daytona 500...
Man City beats Tottenham 1-0 to win 4th straight League CupVideo
LONDON — A rare goal from Aymeric Laporte produced a familiar outcome: Manchester City winning the League Cup. For the fourth successive season, Pep Guardiola’s side triumphed in the final of English football’s second-tier competition on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Tottenham. With Tottenham proving hard to find a...
Central Michigan quarterback seriously injured in off campus shooting
CHICAGO — An off-campus shooting left two Central Michigan University students, including quarterback John Keller, hospitalized Sunday for gunshot wounds. Officers with the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday to an apartment complex near the Mount Pleasant campus for reports of a shooting. A fight...
After long journey, Quaker Valley grad Ethan Moore settling into new home at Murray State
Over the past two years, former Quaker Valley standout Ethan Moore has been on a journey that’s taken him from Western Pennsylvania to Kent State and now to Oklahoma, where he’s on the baseball diamond at Murray State College. In 39 games at his new school, Moore has hit .299,...
Penske’s NASCAR drivers aim to avoid Daytona repeat at TalladegaVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Roger Penske doesn’t want a repeat of the Daytona 500, when teammates Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski took each other out racing for the win on the final lap. The owner of Team Penske convened his drivers for a Zoom session ahead of Sunday’s Geico 500 at...
Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel pairing surges to Zurich Classic 3rd-round leadVideo
AVONDALE, La. — Former British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen got away with an unremarkable first 11 holes Saturday at the Zurich Classic before lifting his team atop the leaderboard with a finishing flourish. Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel birdied six of their final eight holes at a windy TPC Louisiana to...
Jeb Burton break drought, wins 1st Xfinity Series race at TalladegaVideo
TALLADEGA, Ala. — The rain came at a good time for Jeb Burton, helping him end a years-long personal winless stretch that had left him at times doubting his future in racing. Burton got his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory Saturday when heavy rain halted the action with 23 laps...
UEFA president Ceferin details crushing the Super League rebellionVideo
LONDON — A moment that prepared Aleksander Ceferin for the stresses and tensions running European football came three decades ago, in a far graver moment for the continent. The law graduate was relaxing at his family home in Slovenia on June 25, 1991, sitting on the terrace with his parents,...
Real Madrid president: Super League clubs ‘can’t leave’ planVideo
MADRID — Real Madrid’s president insists all 12 clubs that signed up for the ill-fated Super League are bound by contract to launching the controversial breakaway of Europe’s elite soccer teams. In an interview with Spanish sports daily AS on Saturday, Madrid president Florentino Pérez said the clubs can’t back...
Hampton product Bischke roams to Oklahoma juco
Former Hampton infielder Tyler Bischke took the long way to end up “in the middle of nowhere.” After playing an abbreviated season at Division I Kent State, the 2019 Hampton graduate has found a new home following a transfer to Murray State, a tiny junior college in Southeastern Oklahoma. Bischke...
This Date in Sports History: April 24
1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club owners. Chandler is elected to a seven-year term and succeeds Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who died in November 1944. 1963 — Bob Cousy ends his 13-year career by...
Finau-Champ, Hovland-Ventura share 2nd-round lead at Zurich
AVONDALE, La. — Tony Finau and Cameron Champ shot a 4-under-par 68 in alternate-shot play Friday for a share of the Zurich Classic lead with the Norwegian duo of Viktor Hovland and Kris Ventura. “I know we’re having a good time with this format up to this point,” Finau said...
Harrison Burton, 20, set for NASCAR Cup Series debut at Talladega
TALLADEGA, Ala. — Jeff Burton the former NASCAR driver sees some benefits to his son making his Cup Series debut at Talladega Superspeedway. Jeff Burton the father is more anxious about it. “As mom and dad, it’s going to be a little nerve-racking,” Jeff Burton said. “Obviously Talladega is a...
Arsenal fans protest against owner for Super League debacle
LONDON — Several hundred Arsenal fans protested outside Emirates Stadium before the English Premier League match against Everton on Friday to call for owner Stan Kroenke to leave the club for joining the Super League. Fans gathered on the stadium’s concourse more than two hours before kickoff, banging metal screens...
Therapy bunny at San Francisco ballpark brings smiles, is instant hit
SAN FRANCISCO — A handsome, golden-colored therapy bunny named Alex came to the ballpark and stole the hearts of San Francisco Giants fans Thursday night, attending the series opener against Miami with owners Kei Kato and Josh Row. Sporting a dark bow tie with orange crabs to represent the Giants’...
Women’s Champions League title up for grabs with Lyon gone
Now that seven-time champion Lyon is gone, the remaining four clubs in the Women’s Champions League have a chance to win the title for the first time. None of the semifinalists have ever won Europe’s premier club competition and they know a golden opportunity awaits when the first-leg matches kick...
LeBron James takes heat for tweet about the killing of Ma’Khia Bryant
LOS ANGELES — Lakers star LeBron James is once again involved in controversy regarding a deleted tweet in the wake of a police shooting in Columbus, Ohio. James tweeted, “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY,” with a photo of the officer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant on Wednesday in James’ home...
EPL looks to deploy moves to stop future Super League threat
LONDON — Having rapidly mobilized to thwart rebel clubs from joining a breakaway European competition, the Premier League is taking steps to prevent the so-called “Big Six” from attempting something similar in the future. England’s biggest clubs have often used threats of joining a Super League as a power play...
Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive covid-19 case
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for covid-19 a day after his assignment last week at the Olympic torch relay. It is the first positive test connected to the relay since it began March 25 from northeastern Fukushima prefecture. Organizers say the policeman, who...
Protesters gain access to Manchester United training ground
MANCHESTER, England — A group of Manchester United fans unhappy with the club’s involvement in the abandoned Super League plan gained access to its training ground on Thursday and spoke to manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and some members of staff. The protesters carried banners with messages including “Glazers out,” in...
This date in sports history: April 22Video
1876 — The first official National League baseball game is played with Boston beating Philadelphia, 6-5. 1945 — The Toronto Maple Leafs edge the Detroit Red Wings, 2-1, to win the Stanley Cup in seven games. 1947 — The Philadelphia Warriors, behind Joe Fulks’ 34 points, beat the Chicago Staggs,...
