Sports

Girls can benefit from sports in many ways, but in developing countries where it can help them the most, overcoming discrimination isn’t easy.

Ryan Church, who missed third base while trying to score Monday, joins players such as David Justice and Fred Merkle who missed a base in a key situation.

After years of complaints from fans who believe World Series games end too late, Major League Baseball and Fox have agreed to move up the start of games by more than a half hour.

One high school senior in Indiana was planning to sit out her prom this year, but at the last minute her knight in shining, white sneakers arrived.

Calvin Borel, who began riding racehorses at age 8 and dropped out of eighth grade to become a jockey, could become the first rider to win the Triple Crown on different horses.

Today is the Preakness Stakes. With 13 horses, following an upset in the Kentucky Derby, picking the winner is harder than usual. We suggest factors to consider, and offer our own analysis of who may win.

Instant replay, which was used for the first time Wednesday night to overturn home run calls, has had little effect on the game since being implemented by MLB last August.

Threats by Ferrari and other automakers to pull out of next season may force Formula One to revise its plan to cap team budgets at $60 million.

Delaware will soon become the only state east of the Mississippi to offer sports betting after the state Senate passed a bill Tuesday to legalize a sports betting lottery.

In a year where the class of 3-year-old colts in underwhelming, filly Rachel Alexandra is likely to be the morning-line favorite in the Preakness Stakes.

Testing has discovered that a Canadian and an Australian racehorse are intersex, possessing both male and female characteristics.

The NHL is challenging the Phoenix Coyotes’ bankruptcy filing in an attempt to prevent billionaire Jim Balsillie from buying the team and moving it to Canada.

Baseball suspended Manny Ramirez today for testing positive for a banned substance. Ramirez denied using steroids, and reports suggest he used a women’s fertility drug.

A proposal to legalize sports wagering in Delaware, which would have likely had a widespread effect on the U.S. gambling industry, was narrowly defeated in the state House of Representatives Tuesday.

Several British publications are reporting that the NFL may hold a Super Bowl in London as early as 2014, but the NFL has denied the reports.

Mine That Bird, a 50-1 longshot, pulled a shocking upset in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, winning by 6 3/4 lengths.

On the morning of the Kentucky Derby, the expected favorite, I Want Revenge, was scratched due to an apparently minor ankle injury. After overnight rains, the racetrack is sloppy and should remain so through post time.

McCarthy has owned and trained horses for decades. At the age of 75, the Louisville native has a horse, General Quarters, in the race for the first time.

Today is the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. With a well-matched field of 20 horses, picking the winner is even harder than usual. We explain where to find news about the Derby, what factors to consider in selecting your horse, and our own analysis of who we think may win. 

With many of the horses in this year’s Kentucky Derby accustomed to running on synthetic dirt, fans are left to guess how these horses will adjust to Churchill Downs’ dirt track.

In the year following Eight Belles’ fatal breakdown in the Kentucky Derby, horse racing has introduced a wide range of safety reforms.

New tests for the performance-enhancing drug CERA have allowed the Olympic committee to retest blood samples and accuse six athletes of doping.

Larry Jones, trainer of Kentucky Derby runners-up Hard Spun and Eight Belles, enters what will likely be the final Derby of his career with 5-1 Friesan Fire.

I Want Revenge, the 3-1 morning-line favorite, will break from post No. 13 Saturday in the 20-horse Kentucky Derby.

After rows of field-level seats were empty during the opening home stand at new Yankee Stadium, the Yankees have cut ticket prices in premium seating areas by as much as 50 percent.

Former football players at Phillipsburg and Easton high schools were able to replay a famous 1993 game that ended in a tie.

Jeremy Tyler’s decision to forgo his senior year of high school to play professionally overseas has many wondering if the idea is a brilliant challenge to the established system or a dangerous precedent.

A pharmacy incorrectly prepared the medication given to 21 polo horses that died before their polo match.

World First Racing has constructed a racecar using environmentally sustainable components such as carrots, soybeans and chocolate.

The Yankees and Mets have played before lackluster crowds in the opening home stands of their new ballparks.