More American children ages 6 to 12 now play flag football than the tackle version of the sport. The N.F.L. has taken note and is investing in the game.

Nick Foles was named M.V.P. of the Super Bowl, but Brady was exceptional in defeat.

Bob Baffert guided Justify to the 2018 Triple Crown, but a month before the Kentucky Derby, the horse failed a drug test that could have ended that campaign before it began.

The Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, whose horses have failed five tests in a little more than a year, was suspended, but he denied wrongdoing.

Demographics suggest football should be dying in Mercer County. Instead it’s booming and producing state champions.

The Duke freshman is earning comparisons to Charles Barkley, Shawn Kemp and, yes, even LeBron James and has everyone in basketball’s attention.

Baffert, a Hall of Fame trainer, was suspended after his horse Medina Spirit failed a drug test at the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs said he “continues to peddle a false narrative” about what...

Anticipating a lawsuit that would challenge its ban of the Hall of Fame trainer, the track accused Baffert of “inventing excuses.”

Greg Harbut, the rare Black owner of a horse in America’s biggest race, says the predominantly white sport must change. But at a moment of social unrest, others question why he is racing at all.

The colt went on to become America’s 2-year-old champion and was favored to win the Kentucky Derby until he was scratched from the race with an injury. The doping case still hasn’t been adjudicated.

A look at the first year of the band originally known as Mookie Blaylock. Catch Pearl Jam's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction on HBO Saturday, April 29 at 8 p.m.

Despite recent efforts to make horse racing safer, seven horses died at the track in the lead-up to the Kentucky Derby. Whose fault was it?

Two entrepreneurial barbers with video cameras are documenting the overlooked characters of thoroughbred racing, with an emphasis on Black grooms and trainers.

The Hall of Fame trainer was already under suspension at Churchill Downs, where he won his seventh Kentucky Derby before his horse failed a drug test.

High school juniors who would now be in the thick of recruiting are losing the benefits of in-person recruiting.

For the first time since Affirmed in 1978, a horse swept the Triple Crown races. American Pharoah became the 12th horse to accomplish the feat.

Churchill Downs suspended the colt’s Hall of Fame trainer, Bob Baffert, for two years, and the colt faces disqualification as the Derby winner.

Charlatan was one of two horses trained by Bob Baffert that tested positive for a banned numbing agent at a recent meet in Arkansas.

American Pharoah’s owner, Ahmed Zayat, said he and the trainer Bob Baffert “owe it to the sport” to keep racing the sport’s new ambassador.

It was the 23rd fatality since late December, an unusual spate that has baffled track officials and could embolden a campaign to end horse racing.

The accomplished jockeys in upstate New York’s summer racing season rival those from the 1970s heyday of Steve Cauthen and Ángel Cordero Jr.

A provision deep in the coronavirus stimulus package puts the United States Anti-Doping Agency in charge of regulating thoroughbred racing.

There were 30 horse deaths in six months. Many blame a culture of chasing profits and a racing surface trainers say was unsafe.

This could be one of the last World Series with umpires calling balls and strikes. Now it’s your turn behind the plate: Are you more accurate than a major league umpire?

California Chrome, the overwhelming favorite for the Preakness, was brought up by modest owners in a region long considered inferior to the lush fields of Kentucky.

The attorney for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has sent a letter to the New York Times calling its Wednesday report on Triple Crown-winning horse Justify's positive drug test before the Kentucky...

Dalton, Ga., has not always welcomed the Mexican immigrants who came to work in its carpet mills. But the community is united behind its powerhouse high school soccer teams.

In September, the Baffert-trained filly Gamine tested positive for a banned substance for the second time this year, according to two people familiar with the results of the test. It was the 28th...

The careers of the trainers Bob Baffert and Todd Pletcher exemplify the excitement of thoroughbred horse racing — and many of the sport’s most vexing problems.

The colt suffered an apparent heart attack while working out at the Santa Anita Park racetrack. California racing officials pledged to do a necropsy and make their findings public.

The track, the home of the Kentucky Derby, is moving races to another location while officials look into why 12 thoroughbreds have died at Churchill Downs in recent weeks.

A sport once linked to suburbs and private schools up and down the Eastern Seaboard finds converts further afield, and is looking in cities for more.

Ahead of the Preakness, with horse racing’s best-known trainer mired in controversy, it seems the sport’s credibility is going down to the wire.

American Pharoah became the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Triple Crown.

Mahomes, known for his sense of fun and improvisation on the field, has become a kind of elder statesman, settled in his family life, his business endeavors and his community.

Fonner Park, in Grand Island, Neb., has received more attention than ever because of the coronavirus pandemic, with $2.8 million in wagers each day. But it is earning less from each bet with no fans...

Demographics suggest football should be dying in Mercer County. Instead it’s booming and producing state champions.

Humans and other mammals can recover from a broken leg. But a similar injury can be catastrophic for thoroughbreds, as the public has seen during this Triple Crown season.

The horse race that usually goes last in a bid for the Triple Crown plans to run close to its usual date at a shorter distance and without spectators.

New York racing officials, addressing a deepening concern for the industry, say they will use diagnostic technology and synthetic tracks to keep horses safe.

Two top horses, including an Arkansas Derby winner, were found to have a numbing agent in their systems.

In September, the Baffert-trained filly Gamine tested positive for a banned substance for the second time this year, according to two people familiar with the results of the test. It was the 28th...

A day at the track begins with a race to the picnic tables.

Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times weigh in on the contenders for the 141st Kentucky Derby.

Forte, the Kentucky Derby favorite until he was scratched with an injury, failed a drug test last September. His trainer, Todd Pletcher, received a 10-day suspension and a $1,000 fine.

Britt Reid, son of Kansas City Coach Andy Reid, was sentenced to prison for severely injuring a 5-year-old girl in a crash after he drank alcohol on the job. Her family has railed against the plea...

Newsom says the deaths of 30 horses at Santa Anita Park are a “disgrace.” He pledged changes to the board that allowed Triple Crown winner Justify to race despite a failed drug test.

Robby Albarado was called in late to ride Swiss Skydiver, who became the sixth filly to win the race and the first to do so since 2009.

A fighter, trainer, cutman and manager, he once owned both a bar and a gym. Only the bar survives. He died of coronavirus complications.

At the racetrack’s current winter meet, the breakdown rate has been more than four times the national average.

At Grants Pass Downs in Oregon, horses come first and women thrive as owners, trainers and jockeys. The approach is good for business, and the community’s soul.

The colt has now won six of his seven starts, including the Belmont Stakes, and will head to the postponed Kentucky Derby as the favorite after breezing to victory at Saratoga.

The little colt with the star on his forehead shocked the world a year ago by winning the Kentucky Derby. Those who knew and loved him still mourn what happened after that.

Mage, with Javier Castellano aboard, won by a length, bringing joy and relief to fans after a dispiriting run-up to the race in which seven horses died.

The tracks that host the Triple Crown races created a coalition that proposed banning the use of medication on race days, starting next year.

Will horse racing right itself so people can visit Saratoga Springs for another century or two?

After a long career full of triumphs and tears, Justify’s jockey had the type of day that left even his rivals happy for him.

For the first time since Affirmed in 1978, a horse swept the Triple Crown races. American Pharoah became the 12th horse to accomplish the feat.

A fixture in Saratoga and Lexington, she was a prominent hostess, a patron of the arts and, not least, a sportswoman and a thoroughbred breeder.

Ranking the top contenders for Saturday’s second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, the 139th running of the race.

The trainer Bob Baffert said an ointment caused the colt to fail a drug test after the Kentucky Derby. He made a deal to keep the horse in the Preakness.

Jena Antonucci became the first female trainer to win a Triple Crown race, a series that spans more than a century. “I wish more people can be like horses,” she said.