NEWPORT, R.I. – Is it what your kid wants or is it what you want? It’s a question perhaps we don’t ask ourselves enough regarding our sons’ and daughters’ sports. One takeaway from my discussion about “Surviving Youth Sports” with parents at St. Michael’s Country Day School last week was that we all can get […]

Former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in a racing crash and went on to win Paralympic gold medals, has died at the age of 59, his family said on Saturday, May 2. Zanardi, from Bologna, made his F1 debut in 1991 and later achieved success in the CART series in the United States, […]

HOUSTON — Kevin Durant’s first Houston Rockets season did not go as intended. On Friday night at Toyota Center, while his teammates attempted to force a decisive Game 7 against the Los Angeles Lakers, Durant sat on the bench in street clothes with a sprained left ankle. He could only watch as the Lakers shifted […]

You’re going to pick the Kentucky Derby winner this year. We all are. All we need to do is find the right clue, or the right system, or the right expert. Will the winner be determined, or divined, by the horse’s name, silk colors or jockey? (You could do worse than “Big Money” Mike Smith, […]

Golden Tempo crossed the finish line Saturday at Churchill Downs, winning the 152nd Kentucky Derby and immediately turning attention to a question that has gone unanswered for eight years: Can he win the Triple Crown?  That starts in two weeks with The Preakness Stakes.  The last horse to win the Triple Crown – the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes – was Justify in […]

The Cincinnati Reds pitching staff accomplished something Saturday that hadn’t been done in more than 40 years. Two Reds pitchers walked seven consecutive Pittsburgh Pirates hitters in the second inning of a May 2 game at PNC Park, tying an MLB record and turning what was already a rough afternoon into a historically bad day.   Starter Rhett Lowder and reliever […]