7:37 PM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medina Spirit fought off three challengers in the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby by a half-length, making Bob Baffert the winningest trainer in the race’s 147-year history with seven. Jockey John Velazquez earned his fourth Derby victory on Saturday aboard the dark brown colt that was
Month: May 2021
11:03 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kyle Busch blew a restart in overtime that should have cost him a race he’d dominated at Kansas Speedway. Given a second chance, Busch corrected his mistake and earned the 61st NASCAR Truck Series win of his career. The win Saturday night was the fifth straight
11:10 PM ET Rachel MarcusESPN Editor Close ESPN Editor Joined ESPN in 2013 Maryland native, Syracuse graduate We’ve all been in this situation — your friend is on a date and you really want to know how it’s going. But you need them to answer you! Well, Connor Buckley, aka “BuckArmy,” took matters into his
10:06 PM ET Associated Press PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keegan Bradley hit one of his worst shots of the round and it led to eagle. Sam Burns hit a pair of tee shots right where he wanted and they cost him bogeys. They finished where they started Saturday in the Valspar Championship, tied for the
10:36 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Three days after the depths of Aaron Rodgers‘ disgruntlement with his team came to light, his coach over the past two seasons still “can’t fathom” the idea that the reigning NFL MVP would consider not returning to the Green Bay Packers. Like Packers team president Mark Murphy and
9:17 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The NFL draft opened for the Denver Broncos awash in Aaron Rodgers speculation and ended roughly 72 hours later with the team having passed on every quarterback on the board. General manager George Paton said Saturday night that Drew Lock and Teddy Bridgewater will formally compete for the starting
8:46 PM ET Former Kansas running back Pooka Williams has agreed to terms with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent, a source confirmed to ESPN. Williams was not selected in this year’s NFL draft. In three years with the Jayhawks, he appeared in 26 games and rushed for 2,382 yards and scored 12
8:29 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE – Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll confirmed that he’s been in communication with Richard Sherman, but said a reunion with the former All-Pro cornerback isn’t currently in the works. “That’s not one of our thoughts right now that we’re going out and getting another guy at that spot, but
8:36 PM ET NFL teams selected a record 65 players from SEC schools during the 2021 draft, continuing the conference’s dominance over the three-day event. The previous record was also set by the SEC, with 64 in 2019. In fact, the four highest totals of drafted players from one conference belong to the SEC. They
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