The nets have been cut down in Indianapolis with Michigan defeating Connecticut to win the national title and close the book on the men’s college basketball season. After a short breath, it’s already time to start looking ahead to the 2026-27 campaign and determine which teams are the contenders to play in the Final Four […]

One of the features of the transfer portal is players from smaller schools and conferences get to prove themselves at the mid-major level and earn an opportunity to step up a level of competition. Michigan’s MVP Yaxel Lendeborg was a mid-major find from UAB. Oscar Cluff went from South Dakota State to Purdue and was […]

One of the most exciting moments for a basketball franchise is if they learn they have won the NBA draft lottery, especially when it’s unexpected. Lottery odds formatting have changed several times since the system began in 1985 when the New York Knicks selected Patrick Ewing. In the future, the format might change again to […]

Nearly five months after a plane crash killed seven people including a NASCAR legend, two lawsuits have been filed in connection to the tragedy in North Carolina. Former race car driver Greg Biffle, his wife Cristina Biffle, their 5-year-old son Ryder and Greg Biffle’s daughter Emma, 14, died after the Cessna C550 jet crashed in Statesville on Dec. […]

Former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in a racing crash and went on to win Paralympic gold medals, has died at the age of 59, his family said on Saturday, May 2. Zanardi, from Bologna, made his F1 debut in 1991 and later achieved success in the CART series in the United States, […]

HOUSTON — Kevin Durant’s first Houston Rockets season did not go as intended. On Friday night at Toyota Center, while his teammates attempted to force a decisive Game 7 against the Los Angeles Lakers, Durant sat on the bench in street clothes with a sprained left ankle. He could only watch as the Lakers shifted […]

NEWPORT, R.I. – Is it what your kid wants or is it what you want? It’s a question perhaps we don’t ask ourselves enough regarding our sons’ and daughters’ sports. One takeaway from my discussion about “Surviving Youth Sports” with parents at St. Michael’s Country Day School last week was that we all can get […]

You’re going to pick the Kentucky Derby winner this year. We all are. All we need to do is find the right clue, or the right system, or the right expert. Will the winner be determined, or divined, by the horse’s name, silk colors or jockey? (You could do worse than “Big Money” Mike Smith, […]

Golden Tempo crossed the finish line Saturday at Churchill Downs, winning the 152nd Kentucky Derby and immediately turning attention to a question that has gone unanswered for eight years: Can he win the Triple Crown?  That starts in two weeks with The Preakness Stakes.  The last horse to win the Triple Crown – the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes – was Justify in […]