The horses in the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of post position, with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times. The morning-line odds were set by Mike Battaglia of Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. How to watch: Coverage begins SaturdayContinue Reading
The New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins would have been hard-pressed to repeat the drama of the opening game of their playoff series, which the Penguins won in triple overtime. The division rivals battled again on Thursday, only this time, the younger Rangers held off the more experienced Penguins despiteContinue Reading
Mike Cound had decided on a figure — a reasonable salary request, he said — for a client who wanted to play for UMMC Yekaterinburg, a professional women’s basketball team in Russia. As an experienced sports agent, that was what he was supposed to do. But when he doubled theContinue Reading
MADRID — There was nothing. There was no noise. The Santiago Bernabéu stood silent, subdued, waiting for the bell to toll. There was no spark. Real Madrid had long since run out of ideas, and they were running low on hope, too. Most pressingly, there was no time. There wereContinue Reading
TORONTO — For seven years, Carlos Correa was a centerpiece of the Houston Astros and one of the best players in Major League Baseball. He was the first overall pick in the 2012 draft. He helped usher in the franchise’s rise to prominence. He was the 2015 American League rookieContinue Reading
VILLARREAL, Spain — In the corner of the Estadio de la Céramica, the one left totally at the mercy of the elements, the fans started to unfurl their scarves. On the scoreboard at their backs, the clock had ticked beyond 90 minutes. On the field in front of them, VillarrealContinue Reading
Since its creation more than a century ago, modern pentathlon has always required its champions to be great at five things: running, swimming, shooting, fencing and horseback riding. But now one of the points of the pentagon is changing: Horseback riding will be replaced by obstacle course racing, the sport’sContinue Reading
The N.F.L. said that it was unable to substantiate claims made by former Cleveland Browns coach Hue Jackson that the team provided incentives as part of a plan to deliberately lose games to improve their position in the draft in coming years. Former U.S. attorney Mary Jo White led theContinue Reading
The task of stopping a player like Giannis Antetokounmpo — has there ever been a player like Giannis Antetokounmpo? — represents something of a collaborative quagmire. You need a player at once big and strong and nimble enough to stay in front of him. You need others, preferably long-armed men,Continue Reading
MEMPHIS — Moments before they learned Draymond Green had been ejected from the game, Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr and guard Stephen Curry looked out at the crowd Green had enraged. Kerr and Curry laughed as fans chanted, “Throw him out.” But the longer the referees took to reviewContinue Reading
