10:58 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close • NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports BRISTOL, Tenn. – Martin Truex Jr. blamed himself for being in position to be wrecked by Kyle Busch and blamed Busch for wrecking him even if it was unintentional during a wild Saturday
10:39 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Accelerate cruised to a record 12 1/2-length victory in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar, becoming just the third horse to sweep all three of Southern California’s major races for older horses in the same year. Ridden by Joel Rosario, Accelerate ran 1 1/4
10:19 PM ET Associated Press BRISTOL, Tenn. — Kurt Busch stole the spotlight from his younger brother Saturday night at Bristol Motor Speedway to grab an overdue short-track victory. Busch won for the first time this season but sixth on the 0.533-mile bullring he once dominated. But that was before younger brother Kyle Busch learned
8:50 PM ET Wisconsin Badgers starting wide receiver Quintez Cephus is taking a leave of absence from the team in anticipation of being charged for an incident that took place in April. Cephus announced the leave on Twitter on Saturday, saying that the Dane County District Attorney’s office is preparing to issue “unspecified charges” against
8:45 PM ET Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita will rename a Grade 1 stakes race in honor of 2015 Triple Crown champion American Pharoah. The track said the American Pharoah Stakes for 2-year-olds will be run at 1 1/16 miles on Sept. 29. The race was formerly known as the FrontRunner Stakes, which
8:27 PM BST Veteran Namibia fullback Chrysander Botha and Louis van der Westhuizen each scored two tries as the Welwitschias sealed a sixth successive qualification for the Rugby World Cup with a 53-28 victory over Kenya at the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium on Saturday. Fly-half Cliven Loubser also scored a try in his match haul
8:31 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Lizette Salas shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a 2-shot lead over Sung Hyun Park and Amy Yang after the third round of the Indy Women in Tech Championship. The 29-year-old former Southern California player hasn’t won on the LPGA Tour since 2014. She took the
8:10 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Oscar Robertson’s 1971 NBA championship ring has sold for a little more than $91,000 in an auction. The ring the Hall of Fame guard won with Milwaukee for his only NBA title was the top seller from a collection of his items in the Lelands.com 2018 Invitational
7:57 PM ET Alex Ovechkin has a reason to keep celebrating, as the Washington Capitals captain became a father for the first time Saturday. Ovechkin’s wife, Nastya Ovechkina, gave birth to the couple’s first child, a son named Sergei Aleksandrovich Ovechkin. The elder Ovechkin shared a glimpse of young Sergei on Instagram, captioning it in
8:52 PM ET Associated Press MASON, Ohio — Novak Djokovic is once again so close to the one title that eludes him. And the same nemesis is standing in his way, all over again. It’s a moment in time: Djokovic vs. Federer for a title. Djokovic closed in on a Western & Southern Open title