The 148th Kentucky Derby might be remembered as much for the talent on the track as the trainer absent from the sidelines as Saturday’s first leg of the Triple Crown goes off without one of racing’s most recognizable figures. Bob Baffert, whose horses have won the Kentucky Derby six times, was suspended after last year’s…
Clean Sweep for Aussie Surfers at Margaret River Pro
May 5, 2022
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Aussies Isabella Nichols and Jack Robinson have taken out the Margaret River Pro in Western Australia. The victory was Nichols’ first Championship Tour (CT) event win and local hero Jack Robinson’s second. Hailing from Coolum Beach on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, the 24-year-old Nichols was up against Hawaiian Gabriela Bryan, who had turned in a solid…
US Says Russia ‘Wrongfully Detained’ WNBA Star Brittney Griner
The U.S. government on Tuesday determined that WNBA player Brittney Griner is being “wrongfully detained” in Russia and additional efforts will be focused on securing her release, the U.S. State Department announced. Griner, a WNBA All-Star player and two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained in February at a Moscow-area airport after allegedly being caught with vape…
‘Pro-Life Spiderman’ Scales San Francisco Skyscraper in Abortion Protest
Maison Deschamps, a rock climber who goes by the name “Pro-Life Spiderman,” has free-climbed the 60-story, 1,070-foot Salesforce Tower in San Francisco to raise awareness of an abortion doctor accused by pro-life activists of conducting late-term abortions. “The mission is simple: destroy what is evil and protect what is innocent,” the 22-year-old climber wrote on…
Greyhound Racing Nearing Its End in the US After Long Slide
DUBUQUE, Iowa—Vera Rasnake laughed as she led a trio of barking, jostling dogs into the Iowa Greyhound Park, but her smile faded when she acknowledged that after 41 years of being around the sleek animals, her sport was teetering on extinction. After the end of a truncated season in Dubuque in May, the track here…
John John Florence at Home in Big Margaret River Conditions
April 29, 2022
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Hawaiian two-time world surfing champion John John Florence has once again demonstrated his big wave prowess in the opening round of the Margaret River Pro in Western Australia. The 29-year-old dominated in the 10′ to 14′ foot conditions on Friday, making critical turns under the lip and timing his finishes to perfection to score 15.60…
Kenya’s Jepchirchir and Chebet Win Boston Marathon
BOSTON—Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s race at the Boston Marathon on Monday, as fellow Kenyan Evans Chebet won the men’s race. Jepchirchir won a see-saw sprint in the final mile on Monday as the world’s most prestigious 26.2-mile race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule for the first…
American Felix Says She Will Run Final Track Season
Seven-times Olympic gold medallist Allyson Felix said on Wednesday that she would run one final track season, months after competing in her fifth Games. The most decorated American track and field Olympian picked up bronze in the 400 metres and gold in the 4×400 metres relay in Tokyo last year, having already confirmed that it…
American Skater Liu Announces Retirement at 16
World bronze medallist figure skater Alysa Liu announced her retirement at the age of 16 on Saturday, saying she will be moving on with her life after having achieved all her goals in the sport. A two-time United States national champion, Liu made her Olympic debut in Beijing in February and finished third at the…
American Skater Alysa Liu Announces Retirement at 16
World bronze medallist figure skater Alysa Liu announced her retirement at the age of 16 on Saturday, saying she will be moving on with her life after having achieved all her goals in the sport. A two-time United States national champion, Liu made her Olympic debut in Beijing in February and finished third at the…
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