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A nut allergy forced NBC Sports announcer Mike Tirico to make an unexpected exit from the Kentucky Derby broadcast Saturday afternoon.

Tirico had been off the air for a while Saturday afternoon because of an unexplained ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Sovereignty won the 151st edition of the Grade 1, $5 million Kentucky Derby on Saturday night in Louisville, besting a field of 19 horses beneath the Twin Spires on a sloppy track at Churchill Downs. ...Read more

CHICAGO — Davis Martin went all out during a fourth-inning showdown with Jake Meyers.

The Chicago White Sox starter began with two fastballs to get ahead 0-2. Meyers then fouled off a slider and fastball.

Martin threw ...Read more

A cloudy sky and cover of rainfall may dampen Saturday’s 151st Kentucky Derby, but it’s unlikely to break precipitation records.

Light to moderate rain was falling across Louisville, Ky., much of Saturday morning, ...Read more

BOSTON — The Red Sox lineup will be without Triston Casas for the remainder of the season after the first baseman ruptured his left patellar tendon in Friday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins.

They’ve ...Read more

NEW YORK — Austin Wells had given the Yankees something to sink their teeth into.

Hours after the catcher debuted his new signature burrito at select Yankee Stadium concession stands, Wells slugged a go-ahead home run ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Last year’s Kentucky Derby champion will once again be racing on the first Saturday in May — but a long way from Churchill Downs.

The 2024 champion will run in the $200,000 Lake Ouachita Stakes, a 1...Read more

ATLANTA — The other notable international acquisition of the Los Angeles Dodgers' offseason this winter is on the verge of his major league debut.

South Korean utilityman Hyeseong Kim is being called up by the Dodgers, ...Read more

CHICAGO — It was a long fight for Black baseball players to be treated with respect. We see the results of that battle for athletic equality today, and Chicago was involved in a turning point more than a century ago.

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MIAMI — Shedeur Sanders showed up to the “2Legendary” draft day party he was hosting in a white Bentley, but not the one he purchased/leased and was being driven around in during college, and had a diamond-encrusted ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — Late in Monday's press conference, which was called so Kyle Dubas could attempt to explain why he changed course behind the bench, Dubas was asked if he is concerned Sidney Crosby will want to leave the ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates have had enough problems this season. No need to create more, especially relative to Paul Skenes.

Their ace struggled in his last start, walking four and allowing three home runs Thursday ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Kirk Cousins would rather be playing elsewhere so he has a realistic chance to start at quarterback. The Falcons are open to trading Cousins if they could get some value for their backup.

Neither ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Fifteen-year-old Elyse Turner’s introduction to golf was as an eighth grader at Masterman High School. After growing fond of the game, she decided to join We Golf Now, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors failed to show up on Friday night in San Francisco. The same can’t be said of Robbie Ray.

Ray made baseball’s worst offense look like baseball’s worst offense as the ...Read more

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Zach Neto poked the bear.

A confrontation between the Angels’ talented and feisty shortstop and Tigers’ ace Tarik Skubal ratcheted up the intensity in this series tenfold Friday night.

And the ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — Cal Raleigh hit two home runs — highlighted by a one-handed grand slam — to take over the major-league lead in homers, and Bryan Woo was brilliant over six-plus innings as the Mariners thumped the...Read more

ATLANTA — Hours before first pitch Friday, Yoshinobu Yamamoto was honored with the National League’s pitcher of the month award for March and April.

Given how he looked in a scoreless six-inning, six-strikeout, one-...Read more

ST. LOUIS — The Blues continued to be kings of their own domain, clobbering the Winnipeg Jets at the Enterprise Center for the third time in their first-round series, winning Game 6 5-2 on Friday night and sending the ...Read more