The NHL held its annual awards show Wednesday night where they celebrated the year that was and handed out important hardware during a ceremony in Las Vegas. "Saturday Night Live's" Kenan Thompson hosted the event and the comedian came out flying early on, taking a great shot at the Tampa Bay Lightning, who you might remember had the best record […]

OMAHA, Neb. — Before Preacher Franklin packed his scooter and headed out to Wednesday’s College World Series, his wife had one plea: don’t get thrown out. Franklin is known as the Vandy whistler, and if you watch enough college baseball games, you might be familiar with his work. His loud, chirpy whistles reverberate throughout southern ballparks, annoying opponents and TV […]

The Women’s World Cup was once again marred by a controversial late decision by VAR that swung a critical outcome to a match. For the third time in the tournament, VAR determined a keeper came off their line early on a penalty kick, gifting a re-kick to Argentina and eliminating Scotland from the competition. Such decisions are breaking up the […]

BRAZIL are out to make it two wins from two in the Copa America and secure qualification to the quarter-final as they host Venezuela. The Selecao comfortably beat Bolivia 3-0 in the tournament opener – despite boos from the Sao Paulo crowd – as they look to win the tournament for the first time since 2007. But a youthful Vinotinto […]

On a day the Yankees were looking to take their biggest lead of the season in the division, CC Sabathia delivered his best outing in over a month and added to his Hall of Fame résumé. The left-hander easily outdueled Blake Snell, last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner, in a 12-1 win over Tampa Bay, as the Yankees recorded […]

DASHING WILLOUGHBY toughed it out to win the Queen's Vase. The 6-1 shot clung on under Oisin Murphy as Aidan O'Brien's Barbados came home second. Result of the 3.05 Queen's Vase: 1st Dashing Willoughby 6-1 2nd Barbados 20-1 3rd Nayef Road 16-1 4th Moonlight Spirit 5th Eminent Authority 6th Harpo Marx 7th Almost Midnight 8th Themaxwecan 9th Norway 10th Nate […]

SOUTHERN HILLS stormed home to win the Windsor Castle Stakes. Aidan O'Brien landed yet another winner at Ascot as the 7-1 shot flew home late. Result of the 5.35 Windsor Castle Stakes: 1st Southern Hills 7-1 2nd Platinum Star 8-1 3rd Glasvegas 25-1 4th Symbolize 6-1 5th Illusionist 6th Summer Sands 7th Electric Ladyland 8th Taxiwala 9th Red Epaulette 10th […]

5.35 KING GEORGE V HANDICAP Look for horses with two, three or four runs this season Being placed last time out is a big plus A win this season is a positive Carrying more than 8st 13lb is tough Horses with a win over 1m2f or more do well WE can start by knocking out horses who were out of […]

LE HAVRE, France — Three years later and Sweden is still talking trash. The U.S. women no longer have a mental edge. The defense won’t be able to keep up with Sweden’s forwards. The Americans fear Sweden yet, at the same time, are too cocky. All because of a game at the Rio Olympics in 2016. That was decided on […]

Police are investigating a brawl that broke out at a youth baseball game in Colorado over the weekend. The Lakewood (Colorado) Police Department said in a statement released on social media Tuesday that the fight occurred on the baseball fields at Westgate Elementary, when coaches and parents started throwing punches during a game for 7-year-olds that featured a 13-year-old umpire.  […]