MEXICO CITY — If Kimi Antonelli was still feeling the effects of an illness that kept him from a media session, it certainly didn’t show on the track. The 20-year-old Mercedes driver — who is aiming to become the youngest champion in Formula 1 history this weekend — finished second ...
NEW YORK — Fifty years ago, the New York City Marathon ran through all five boroughs of the city for the first time. There were just over 2,000 competitors in that seventh running of the race, including only 88 women. Now about 60,000 runners will step up to the starting line Sunday with nearly half of them women. Bill Rodgers, a year after winning the Boston Marathon for the first time, won in the debut of the five-borough course and is the only man to win the event four times, from 1976-79. “I remember everything distinctly, it was so intense,” Rodgers recalled Thursday. ...
ATLANTA — There should be no problem with the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream approaching the first WNBA Finals Game 7 in league history with a sense of urgency. Then again, that’s what Golden State coach Natalie Nakase thought about Game 6. She was baffled that her team somehow ...
The NCAA was denied emergency relief by a Kentucky Court of Appeals judge Friday, leaving eligible a host of college athletes as the basketball season is about to begin until a panel of three judges can consider the governing body’s request for relief. The 30 athletes involved, including Missouri basketball player Mark Mitchell and LSU’s Skyy Clark, received a temporary injunction Oct. 16 to compete while the NCAA appealed a ruling that allowed members of the 2022 high school graduating class to play a final season in their respective sports under the NCA’s new five-for-five ...
NEW YORK — When Jake Bauers gloved the final out of the Milwaukee Brewers’ first World Series triumph, it might have ended the last Major League Baseball game for a long time. While just 148 days remain until the scheduled start of the 2027 season on March 24, owners have proposed a ...
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Dream’s shooters finally found some daylight. And as a result, the Dream’s goal of winning their first WNBA championship is still shining bright. Allisha Gray scored 23 points and Rhyne Howard had 21 as the hot-shooting Dream held off Golden State’s late rally ...
