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Happy Soul made many many folks happy with this 11 1/2-length dissection of the Astoria Stakes last June. The Wesley Ward trainee comes in as the 9/5 favorite for Saturday's Dixie Belle Stakes at Oaklawn Park. (Image; Coglianese Photo/Chelsea Durand)

Ward is Whistling Dixie With Latest Sprint Star Happy Soul

You don’t usually see Wesley Ward holding court at Oaklawn Park. But the renowned trainer of younger horse carries an open secret that he hopes Happy Soul can broadcast to horseracing fans Saturday in the Listed Dixie Belle Stakes. That secret? Yes, Ward usually holds court at Keeneland or Royal […]

Epicenter's success in winning December's Gun Runner here and finishing second in January's Lecomte at Fair Grounds should serve him well in Saturday's Grade 2 Risen Star. (Image: Hodges Photography/Lou Hodges Jr.)

Risen Star Brings Rising Stars, Rising Stakes to Kentucky Derby Trail

WIth a nod to Winston Churchill, Saturday’s Grade 2 Risen Star signals both the beginning of the end and the end of the Kentucky Derby trail’s beginning. The prelims are over and we’re now at the beginning of the win-and-you’re-in stretch of the Derby trail. That’s because the 1 1/8-mile […]

Tom Clements, then the offensive coordinator with the Green Bay Packers, discusses a play with Aaron Rodgers in 2015. (Image: Getty)

Packers Hire QB Coach Tom Clements to Convince Aaron Rodgers to Stay

The Green Bay Packers are doing everything possible to persuade the reigning MVP Aaron Rodgers to stick around Wisconsin for one more season instead of bouncing to the Denver Broncos or elsewhere, so they went out and hired his former quarterbacks coach, Tom Clements. The Packers convinced Clements to come […]

Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavs silences the crowd at the Smoothie King Center after he torched the New Orleans Pelicans for 49 points. (Image: Stephen Lew/USA Today Sports)

NBA High Guys: Luka Doncic Lights Up Pelicans for 49 Points (VIDEO)

In the last game before the 2022 NBA All-Star Game, Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavs put on a scoring clinic against the New Orleans Pelicans with 49 points, including seven 3-pointers. The Mavs jumped out to an 18-point lead in the first quarter thanks to 19 points from Doncic, […]

Olympiad, seen here winning a January Gulfstream Park allowance, is the tepid 3/1 favorite in Saturday's Grade 3 Mineshaft Stakes at Fair Grounds. (Image: Coglianese Photos/G. Sonny Hughes)

Somebody Will Dig Up An Elusive Stakes Win in the Mineshaft

Lost in the Fair Grounds wash of Saturday’s Grade 2 Risen Star and Rachel Alexandra, two respectable preps for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks, respectively, is an intriguing Grade 3 race featuring several familiar names — the Mineshaft Stakes. Wondering what happened to Derby dark-horse O Besos? He’s here. […]

Ashford Stud, the home of Triple Crown-winning stallions American Pharoah and Justify, was one of three breeding farms challenging The Jockey Club's breeding limits. The Jockey Club rescinded the rule. (Image: Ashford Stud)

The Jockey Club Blinks on Controversial Breeding Rule, Rescinds Limit

Running into a stiffening headwind of opposition, The Jockey Club rescinded its controversial rule limiting the number of mares bred per stallion Thursday. The rule limiting stallions born in 2020 or later to a maximum of 140 mares in a calendar year was adopted in May 2020. The Jockey Club […]

This ultra rare Wander Franco card was pulled out of a box of 2022 Topps at an Alabama card store on Wednesday. (Image: Rob Slater)

Collectors Chase 2022 Topps in Search of Wander Franco Rookie Cards

Despite the continued lockout that has delayed the start of spring training and could very well stretch into the regular season, baseball card collectors still eagerly ripped open the new 2022 Topps Series 1 products on Wednesday. Release date brought with it WanderMania, as collectors tried to pull rookie cards […]

Julius Randle from the New York Knicks gives the crowd at Madison Square Garden a thumbs down after the constant boos. (Image: Porter Lambert/Getty)

Bad Teams: NY Knicks Blow 28-Point Lead, Lose 13 of Last 16 Games

The New York Knicks were the big surprise team last season with Julius Randle providing an MVP-like performance, but this season it’s the same old Knicks, especially after they lost 13 out of their last 16 games including blowing a 28-point lead against the short-handed Brooklyn Nets. Has head coach […]

Anthony Davis from the LA Lakers clutches his sprained ankle after he suffered an injury on a freak play against the Utah Jazz at Crypto.com Arena. (Image: Getty)

LA Lakers Lose Anthony Davis for 4 Weeks with 2 Injuries

The last thing that the Los Angeles Lakers needed right now was another injury to Anthony Davis, who went down with a sprained ankle last night in the second quarter against the Utah Jazz. An MRI also revealed a sprained mid-foot, so the Lakers will shut Davis down for at […]

Sprinter Diamond Oops makes his first start since finishing eighth in the Keeneland Turf Mile in October. He's one of the marquee names in the five NYRA Cross Country Pick 5 this weekend. (Image: Coglianese Photos/Lauren King)

Veteran Runners Headline This Week’s NYRA Cross Country Pick 5

Two familiar veteran runners pop up in this week’s New York Racing Association Cross Country Pick 5 wager, a bet encompassing races at Aqueduct, Tampa Bay Downs and Oaklawn Park. The first recognizable name for casual horseplayers and fans is Diamond Oops, who makes his 7-year-old debut in the third […]

The United States and Canada will meet each other – yet again – in the women’s hockey gold medal game at the Winter Olympics. (Image: Hiroko Masuike/New York Times)

USA, Canada Face Off Yet Again for Olympic Gold in Women’s Hockey

In one of the most inevitable finales at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the United States and Canada will take to the ice on Thursday for the gold medal in women’s hockey. This marks the sixth time the two women’s hockey powerhouses have faced off in the gold medal game in […]