NEW YORK — Trainer Billy Gowan let out a whoop when Ride on Curlin landed a midpack post for the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes.
You look for any possible edge when facing ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Don Zimmer wasn’t a fixture in baseball forever. It just seemed that way.
He played alongside Jackie Robinson on the only Brooklyn Dodgers team to...
LOS ANGELES — Justin Williams usually saves his greatest postseason heroics for seventh games, not openers.
And for all of his series-saving feats over the years, the tw...
PITTSBURGH — Ike Taylor knows the days when he can pull his No. 24 Pittsburgh Steelers jersey over his shoulders and go to work are dwindling.
The 34-year-old cornerback...
SAN DIEGO — The Pirates’ West Coast road trip has been filled with sunshine and smiles.
Neil Walker and Pedro Alvarez hit two-run homers to back Gerrit Cole’s solid outi...
MILWAUKEE — Trying to rally past the Minnesota Twins became of little concern to the Milwaukee Brewers after a fan fell into their bullpen Tuesday night.
The man was mot...
PARIS — This is what Maria Sharapova does. She digs herself a big hole in a match, then figures a way out, no matter what it takes.
She hits shots left-handed. Takes her...
BATAVIA, N.Y. — Dan Marino left his Dolphins’ colors behind in exchange for a Buffalo Bills’ blue T-shirt with the words “Kelly Tough” printed on the front.
Anything for...
SAN DIEGO — At the end of the longest nine-inning game in San Diego Padres history, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle summed it up best Monday night.
“It’s time to go home,” ...
PARIS — Maybe, just maybe, Rafael Nadal was a tad vulnerable, the thinking went before this French Open.
He had lost three times on his beloved red clay already this yea...
