Brad Cox’s Essential Quality opens as the 2-1 favorite for the 2021 Belmont Stakes ahead of Preakness winner Rombauer (3-1). Essential Quality and Rombauer will break side-by-side from the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, respectively. The 153rd Belmont Stakes airs on…

Philippine teenager Yuka Saso fired six birdies in a four-under par 67 on Friday to seize a one-shot lead over former champion Lee6 Jeong-eun at the halfway stage of the US Women's Open. Saso, 19 and a two-time winner on the Japan…

FAYETEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Cam Chick's three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning helped Nebraska rally to beat Northeastern 8-6 in the Fayeteville Regional on Friday night. Nebraska (32-12) will meet No. 1 overall seed Arkansas on Saturday. Down…

(Reuters) - Four-time Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles stayed on course for a seventh national title with a superb performance at the U.S. Championships in Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday to lead the field with 59.550 points. The 24-year-old, who landed the…

The Los Angeles Clippers live to fight another day. Behind another transcendent performance from Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 104-97 on Friday to stave off elimination and force a Game 7. Leonard, who was averaging 30.4 points per game…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Amid a possible player revolt, Brazil beat Ecuador 2-0 on Friday to win its fifth consecutive match in South American World Cup qualifying. It now leads the round-robin tournament with 15 points, four ahead of second-place Argentina. It…

ATLANTA (AP) — Chris Taylor hit a bases-loaded double in the eight-run fifth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 9-5 Friday night in a rematch of last year’s NL Championship Series. In the teams’ first meeting since the…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Kenny Levari and Kyle Battle each had two RBIs on Friday night and No. 11 overall seed Old Dominion beat Jacksonville 4-3 in a Columbia Regional opener. The Monarchs (43-14) will face regional host and second-seeded South Carolina…

One of the Friday Night Lights camp participants was 2023 tight end Nebraska commitment Ben Brahmer from Pierce (Neb.). Brahmer felt like he had a good workout down on his future homefield on Friday night in front of the Husker staff "It…

watch-mayweather-paul-online-live - Credit: AP One of the most-anticipated sporting events of the year takes place this Sunday, as Floyd Mayweather squares off against Logan Paul in a special pay-per-view boxing event on Showtime. The fight marks Mayweather’s return to the ring since…