#top shelf

This is "last call" weekend for Breeders' Cup hopefuls with more than a dozen "Win and You're In" races spread across three U.S. tracks. It's also Arc weekend in Paris and Winx seeks her 28th straight win in Australia. There's even more, with important 2-year-old races in Canada and the Group 1 Sun Chariot in England. Twenty-eight straight wins? It…

War of Will, shown winning the Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland in July, is a major player in Saturday's Grade I Woodbine Mile. Photo courtesy of Keeneland Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Two days of top-level turf action at Woodbine, including three Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" events, provide the feature attraction in weekend horse racing. Two of the…

Desert Encounter, winner of the 2018 and 2019 Pattison Canadian International, is back trying for a "three-peat" in Saturday's renewal at Woodbine. Photo courtesy of Woodbine Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Belmont Park returns to action this weekend with Irish and English horses, including Bolshoi Ballet, chasing the third leg of New York's rich turf…

Falcons, Aztecs meet in conference opener What: Air Force Falcons (9-4, 0-0) @ San Diego State Aztecs (9-3, 0-0) When: Wednesday, December 28th - 8:00 PT Where: Viejas Arena; San Diego, CA How To Watch: FS1 Odds: San Diego State - 17 Over/Under 129 There's very little time to enjoy the holidays in the college basketball universe. Just three days…

The Philadelphia Phillies faithful are performing their annual ritual to improve on last summer's finish. Unfortunately, armchair GMs have no monetary limits plus endless prospects to pry loose a star from another franchise. But they want a stud for what they want to unload. Why would another club want the player you don't? Hint: They…

What lessons can the Columbus Blue Jackets learn from Buffalo Sabres' forward Tage Thompson? In order to answer that question, we need to go back in history and discuss one of the genuinely fascinating origin stories of the NHL. Thompson wasn't always seen as a can't-miss player who would become an NHL star. As a lanky teenager, he was a…

For a team that was one bad pitch and one defensive miscue away from beating the eventual World Series champion Washington Nationals on the road in the National League Wild Card Game last October, the Milwaukee Brewers underwent a radical makeover in the offseason. The loss of stars Yasmani Grandal and Mike Moustakas to free agency along with…

Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot both say they have something to prove when they collide Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot. The battle of rising lightweight contenders will close the curtain on the main UFC fight card (10 p.m. ET) from the Apex facility in Las Vegas. Although the top-10 rankings at lightweight…

Like so many defending World Series champions before them, the 2020 Nationals found tough sledding in the Year After. The reasons may sound familiar: the failure to adequately replace a departed free agent (Anthony Rendon), a lack of progress for key youngsters (Carter Kieboom, Victor Robles), and a series of setbacks and injuries to a…

Regal Glory, shown winning the 2021 Matriarch at Del Mar, takes on male rivals in Saturday's Grade I Fourstardave at Saratoga. Benoit photo, courtesy of Del Mar Turf Club Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Turf racing at Saratoga, Del Mar and Churchill Downs tops the weekend agenda, with a pair of Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" slots up for grabs. A third…

Calvin Kattar says Josh Emmett's similar style will make for a "guaranteed banger" when the ranked featherweights meet on Saturday in the main event of UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Emmett. Their showdown, which will see the winner move closer to his first title shot, headlines the main UFC fight card (7 p.m. ET) from the Moody Center in Austin,…

What was once billed a year of progress, is a huge disappointment, as the team took multiple steps backwards.With a new GM on the way, much is still to be determined, but since writing about the 2022 Tigers sucks the life out of my soul, let's take a look at my semi realistic but ideal 2023 Detroit Tigers lineup. Let's start with the top, there is…

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ESPN's panel of baseball writers and broadcasters thinks the Red Sox might sign Xander Bogaerts and probably won't sign any other big-name free agents. ESPN's baseball team of Bradford Doolittle, Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee, Kiley McDaniel, Buster Olney, Jesse Rogers and David Schoenfield predicted where each of the top free agents would sign and what…

May 20 (UPI) -- The Preakness, even without Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike, is the marquee event in weekend horse racing, but by no means the only top-shelf event on the schedule. Pimlico Race Course provides an impressive supporting program on Friday and Saturday. Churchill Downs and Monmouth Park add to the mix. On the international front,…

Churchill Downs' Barn Notes: 148th Running of Clark'Cap Commemorates Exterminator's Win From the Churchill Downs Media Team: 148 RUNNING OF CLARK MARKS 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF EXTERMINATOR'S HISTORIC VICTORY It's been 100 years since Willis Kilmer's famed Exterminator rallied to a 1 ½-length victory in the 1922 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs. At…

This mare is an interesting runner at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Photo: Steve Hart. Tough day finding value on Saturday with a few shorties looking likely to dominate at Randwick but I've found one up north as things start to hot up in Brisbane. Tips are listed in AEST. (RANDWICK) Like many punters I've been crying out for this mare to step out to…

TULSA, Okla. - Ah, a tradition unlike any other: Previewing the next week's tournament while still on-site at the previous week's major championship. I'll keep this one regrettably truncated for the upcoming Charles Schwab Challenge, but thankfully there's plenty of data to employ for a tournament that has been contested at Colonial Country Club in…

The Oakland Athletics' contingent at the Arizona Fall League includes prospects getting an opportunity to impress - six of their eight players there are ranked in the system's top 20 by MLB Pipeline - and a chance for several to make up innings and at-bats lost to ailments during the season. At the forefront of that group are infielder Zack Gelof,…

For years, Buffalo Sabres fans have been told about how deep the team's prospect pool is, over and over again. With such a deep pool, it's easily to feel like you're drowning, isn't it? These prospects are great, but then what happens? Obviously, the goal is for these young players to develop and then actually make the AHL and NHL. Not every…

These are the kinds of days that horseplayers live for: There are excellent stakes races from one end of this great continent to the other. There are so many, in fact, over three dozen by our count, that we cannot even begin to cover them all, so we've selected six of the most important, which are worth watching purely for entertainment, but which…

UFC 279 was one of the craziest fight week's in history, but there's no rest for the MMA fandom as the world's leading fight promotion is back this weekend with another offering at the UFC Apex, UFC Vegas 60. In the main event, Cory Sandhagen looks to retain his place in the bantamweight title conversation when he takes on Song Yadong in a fight…

For Philadelphia Eagles fans, Sundays are always "for the Birds." Even if expectations are low, fans faithfully flock to watch their beloved Birds. This season could turn out to be special for the Eagles and their faithful. The Philadelphia Eagles odds to win the NFC East moved from+300 to+130 making them the favorites to win the division. Bryan…