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The Lillies for the Fillies is the biggest race of the year for three-year-olds of the fairer gender. Check out the odds and starting gates below.
The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports is perennially set on the first Saturday in May, but the day where Louisville locals really celebrate is the previous afternoon. “Oaks Day” at Churchill Downs is one of the biggest events in River City, with many locals enjoying a quality bourbon while wearing their finest.
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The defensive reinforcements continue to roll in.
Around 11 on Thursday night, former West Virginia DE Makai Byerson announced his commitment from the portal.
Byerson will have four years of eligibility left after appearing in just one game for the Mountaineers a year ago, making one tackle. At 6’4,” 270lbs. Byerson could come in and add to the pass rush right away after the loss of Ezeiruaku.
In the 2025 NFL draft, the Indianapolis Colts deviated from what had been a pretty strong draft trend over the last four years.
From 2021 through 2024, the Colts drafted the most players in the NFL with a Relative Athletic Score (RAS) above 8.0.
In short, RAS takes into account a prospect’s measurements and athletic testing numbers and turns all of that into an easily digestible figure that falls on a 0-10 scale and is relative to their position group. The higher the RAS, the better the athlete.
No. 3 seed New York defeated No. 6 seed Detroit, 116-113, Thursday in the first round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs.
Former Tennessee basketball player Tobias Harris started and played 39 minutes for the Pistons. He totaled 14 points, five rebounds and one steal. Harris converted 6-of-10 field goal attempts, 1-of-3 three-point attempts and 1-of-1 free throw attempts.
New York won the best-of-seven series, 4-2.
Harris played for the Vols from 2010-11 under head coach Bruce Pearl. In his one season at Tennessee, he averaged 15.3 points and 7.3 assists per game.
Barcelona star to be handed first start since September in Valladolid clash
Barcelona star Marc-André ter Stegen is set for a long-awaited return to starting duties in the club’s next outing.
As much was confirmed by boss Hansi Flick on Friday morning.
Barcelona are of course in the midst of final preparations for a return to action on the domestic front this weekend.
LSU baseball only has three more SEC weekends on the schedule before the postseason rolls around. The Tigers have a big one this week — travelling to College Station to face the Texas A&M Aggies.
LSU and Texas A&M both have something to prove.
The Tigers are looking to make their case for a National Seed and the privilege of hosting a Super Regional. Texas A&M wants to remain in the field of 64, avoiding the bubble.
LSU is riding high after a series win vs. Tennessee and an emphatic midweek victory. On the other side, Texas A&M needs a bounce-back after getting swept by rival Texas.
The NFL began supplying select draft prospects with single-purpose phones, but that has become a problem for the players, teams, and, yes, the league itself, because the numbers are being leaked with unacceptable frequency now.
You know about the leak of Shedeur Sanders’ phone number. That one was quite public and ultimately easy to solve.
Under new changes, at the end of the season, there will be a 12-team ‘world championship’ – AFP/Patrick T Fallon
World Rugby has been blasted as “shameful, unprofessional and Machiavellian” after the global governing body overhauled the world sevens series ahead of this weekend’s tournament in Los Angeles.
It was confirmed on Thursday that an “evolved”, three-tier model would be implemented for the 2025-26 campaign in the lead-up to the 2028 Olympics with the aim to deliver “long-term financial stability”.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Klopp’s heartfelt message, plans to rotate team against Chelsea and Bradley’s fitness
Arne Slot has shared the message of congratulations sent to him by former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp after the club’s Premier League title win was confirmed last Sunday.
The Reds secured the title with last weekend’s 5-1 win over Tottenham, and Slot says Klopp reached out with a touching message.
Slot shared that Klopp messaged him to say: “Now you know how special of a club it is. You are part of history.
May 2—SOUTH AIKEN 6, AIKEN 0
It wasn’t going to be nearly as easy Thursday for the South Aiken boys’ tennis team as it had been a couple of days before.
The Region 4-AAAA champion T-Breds, the No. 2 seed in the Lower State, had their way Tuesday with an inexperienced Darlington team that looked happy to be there at the Weeks Tennis Center as a No. 15 seed in the first round of the state playoffs.