Mage, ridden by Javier Castellano, executed a frantic stretch run to capture an unpredictable Kentucky Derby that saw five contenders, including the favorite, scratched ahead of the race. Now, in only his fifth race, Mage moves on to Baltimore and the 148th Preakness Stakes, where he will be a Triple Crown contender and the only Derby horse in what is […]

The DU women’s lacrosse team is now just two wins from perfection. The undefeated Pioneers rode their trademark defense, and clutch fourth-period goals from Julia Gilbert and Kayla DeRose, to a stunning come-from-behind 5-4 victory over fourth-seeded North Carolina on its own turf Thursday afternoon at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, N.C. Head coach Liza Kelly’s fifth-seeded Pios rallied from […]

M.A. Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The WNBA will continue to work with its teams and coaches regarding its respect in the workplace policies following the punishments levied on the Las Vegas Aces and coach Becky Hammon, league […]

After winning the 2022 WNBA title, the Las Vegas Aces got stronger in the offseason by adding Candace Parker. The two-time MVP and two-time WNBA champion joined a roster already featuring a dominant starting five around 2022 MVP A’ja Wilson. On the other side of the country, the New York Liberty also had a huge offseason, bringing in two former […]

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email Jamison Gibson-Park admits the lingering pain of last year’s agonising Heineken Champions Cup final defeat to La Rochelle has fuelled Leinster’s desire […]

RACING was hit by tragedy on day one of the York Dante Festival when top class sprinter Creative Force suffered a fatal injury. The Godolphin-owned sensation sadly went wrong during the Group 2 Duke of York Clipper Stakes. Creative Force, who won at Haydock just last weekend, was slowly away and appeared to pick up the injury half-way through the […]

SHEIKH JASSIM will turn his attention to another Premier League club if his bid to buy Manchester United fails, according to reports. The Qatari banker is rivalling Sir Jim Ratcliffe in the battle to purchase the Red Devils from the Glazer family. Sheikh Jassim reportedly wants to buy the club in its entirety. But Ratcliffe is open to securing a […]

The UEFA Champions League semifinals continue with matchups Tuesday and Wednesday. Inter Milan, AC Milan, Manchester City and Real Madrid will fight it out for a place in the final Saturday, June 10 in Istanbul. With that in mind, let’s get to this week’s games. As always, remember that these bets are for results at the end of regulation only. […]

Argentine former Man United and Man City footballer Carlos Tevez reveals he REFUSED to learn English in his seven years in England, in anger at his uncle becoming an alcoholic after fighting in the Falklands War Carlos Tevez spent spells with both Manchester City and Manchester United  However, the outspoken striker decided early on that he would not learn English […]

Owen Davidson, an Australian tennis player who formed a dominant mixed doubles team with Billie Jean King in the 1960s and ’70s, winning eight Grand Slam titles with her, along with five doubles titles with other partners, died on Friday in Conroe, Texas, a suburb of Houston. He was 79. The cause was cancer, his longtime friend Isabel Suliga said. […]