Jennie Rees: Nyquist, trainer O'Neill equally unfazed by spotlight
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Until Nyquist loses - if he does - he rightly will be compared every step of the way to American Pharoah, who last year became the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to sweep the Triple Crown.If American Pharoah and his connections - trainer Bob Baffert, owner Ahmed Zayat and jockey Victor Espinoza - proved the right horse and right people to entrust racing’s Holy Grail, Nyquist and his peeps - trainer Doug O’Neill, owner Paul and Zilla Reddam and jockey Mario Gutierrez -..>> view originalAfter an Early Scare, Novak Djokovic Quickly Regroups to Advance in Rome
Photo Roger Federer, who has been hampered by a back injury, during his 7-6 (2), 6-4 loss to Dominic Thiem on Thursday in Rome. Credit Tiziana Fabi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ROME — The strange became normal at the third round of the Italian Open on Thursday, beginning with Novak Djokovic being blanked in his opening set against 37th-ranked Thomaz Bellucci before recovering for a 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory.Djokovic called the opening set “a complete Bellucci storm.”..>> view originalRob Gronkowski thinks Tom Brady will play 16 games
Patriots tight Rob Gronkowski is convinced that Tom Brady's four-game suspension will be scattered to the wind by September. Gronk told ESPN on Thursday that he was with Brady at the team facility in April when the U.S. Second Court of Appeals reinstated the quarterback's ban for his connection to deflated footballs used in the AFC Championship Game in January 2015. "I was actually surprised. It was a surprise to everyone," Gronkowski said of the court's decision. "I thought it was totally done..>> view originalRevelations of State-Backed Doping Should Bar Russia From Rio Olympics
Photo Craig Reedie, the World Anti-Doping Agency president, praised Russia’s efforts against performance-enhancing drugs in Sochi. Credit Graham Hughes/Canadian Press, via Associated Press When officials from the New York City Marathon decided against inviting elite Russian runners to compete in the race last fall, they didn’t explicitly say that the cloud of doping over Russia and its athletes was the reason.They didn’t have to. It was obvious.Accusations of Russian do..>> view originalRevamped Penguins, speedy Lightning set for East finals
AP 5:06 p.m. EDT May 12, 2016(Photo: The Associated Press)PITTSBURGH (AP) — On the calendar, the gap between the last time the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning met and Friday night's Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals is less than three months.Within the lifespan of a season, it seems a lot longer.When the Lightning blew past the Penguins 4-2 on Feb. 20 — a victory that earned Tampa Bay a sweep of its three-game season series with Pittsburgh — Steven Stamkos was stil..>> view originalBig 12 expansion, network will take 'unified action,' OU president says
NORMAN, Okla. -- Oklahoma president David Boren said Thursday it will take a consensus from the Big 12 for the league to move forward on pursuing a conference network and expansion, both of which Boren has been championing since last summer."It's going to take a unified action by the conference," Boren told reporters after Oklahoma's regents meeting. "This is the kind of decision that has to be reached by consensus. It's not the kind of decision where we can say it was 8-2 or something. Consensu..>> view originalJordan Spieth opens with even-par 72 at the Players Championship
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Looking to rebound from his Masters disappointment, Jordan Spieth couldn't quite put his troubles behind him Thursday during the opening round of the Players Championship, shooting an even-par 72 that included a double-bogey on his final hole.Spieth, who is playing for the first time since he let a five-shot lead slip away on the back nine at Augusta National last month, made five birdies at TPC Sawgrass but played his final five holes in 3 over par and settled for a s..>> view originalLeBron James plans to play into his late 30s
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- With Tim Duncan gearing up to play what could be the last game of his storied career Thursday if the San Antonio Spurs lose to the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James said his eventual decision on retirement won't be entirely up to him."I think later on in my 30s," James, 31, said of when he will start thinking about hanging it up. "It's kind of up to my kids, really. I've missed so much of my kids' tournaments and things of that nature when I'm playing. So, it's kind of up..>> view originalDetroit's Killebrew was an aggressive athlete even as a kid
AP 4:47 p.m. EDT May 12, 2016ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — When Miles Killebrew was young, he tried playing soccer, and it became obvious rather quickly that it wasn't for him."I learned how to slide tackle," he said. "So I was just hitting everybody whether they had the ball or not, and I actually got red carded. . I had to have been like 4 or 5 years old, getting red carded, kicked out of games. So that's when my parents moved me to football."Killebrew's love of contact has now taken h..>> view originalCook agrees to contract extension
Fresh off a national championship season, John Cook has agreed to a contract extension that will pay him a base salary of $600,000 a year and carries through the next five seasons.Cook was making $456,000 a year previously. The significant hike now makes him the highest-paid women’s coach at Nebraska. Newly hired women’s basketball coach Amy Williams recently signed a five-year deal that pays $575,000 a year.Entering his 17th season as Nebraska’s volleyball coach, Cook has led the Huskers to th..>> view original
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