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No clear favorite in Kentucky Derby

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The chaos at the start of the Kentucky Derby sometimes decides the most exciting two minutes in sports in a matter of seconds. Twenty horses bursting out of the starting gate to varying degrees of success makes it a mad dash to the turn. Calling the race on television for ...

Malkin’s future uncertain with Pens

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins took a significant step forward this season, returning to the playoffs after a three-year absence. To go deeper than the first round will require another leap. Whether Evgeni Malkin gets a chance to be a part of it is anyone’s guess. Malkin’s ...

Game 7 adds to the history of Celtics-76ers

BOSTON — The Celtics appeared to be skipping toward the second round of the NBA playoffs following a 32-point road win in Game 4 at Philadelphia. But back-to-back convincing wins by the 76ers in Game 5 and Game 6 have left a Boston team that once looked like a favorite to emerge from the Eastern Conference on the brink of an epic collapse. A loss in Saturday’s Game 7 would be the No. 2 seed Celtics’ earliest exit from the playoffs since the 2020-21 season. They may have to do it with star Jayson Tatum dealing with a new ailment after he briefly left Game 6 in the third quarter ...

Cadillac set for Formula 1 debut on US soil at Miami Grand Prix

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It was less than 14 months ago that Cadillac's frustrating push to enter Formula 1 finally came to an end and the team was approved to compete in the global motorsports series. The team has completed three races already but its biggest debut comes this weekend, on ...

Skenes falls to 0-5 vs. Cards with another Bucs loss

PITTSBURGH — JJ Wetherholt led off with a home run against Pirates ace Paul Skenes, and the St. Louis Cardinals finished off a four-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 10-5 win on Thursday. Skenes (4-2) fell to 0-5 against the Cardinals after allowing five runs, four earned, in five ...

Ashcraft roughed up early as Pirates lose again to Cards

PITTSBURGH — Nolan Gorman homered and drove in three runs and Alec Burleson and Jordan Walker drove in three runs apiece to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. JJ Wetherholt and Ivan Herrera, the top two hitters in the Cardinals’ ...