Victor Espinoza
Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25

By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 19 1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 12, 2021 12:09 PM EDT
Aug. 17 1933 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott’s record of 1,307. ...

John Velazquez, right, rides Medina Spirit ahead of Florent Geroux aboard Mandaloun to win the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Medina Spirit gives Baffert record 7th Kentucky Derby win

By Beth Harris May. 01, 2021 08:04 PM EDT

In this image provided by Benoit Photo, Hit the Road, with Umberto Rispoli aboard, wins the $100,000 Runhappy Oceanside Stakes horse race Friday, July 10, 2020, at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)
Del Mar riders return after COVID-19 positives

Jul. 24, 2020 08:03 PM EDT

Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen works against a Los Angeles Angels batter during the second inning of a spring training baseball game Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
The Latest: Jockey Flavien Prat tests positive for COVID-19

By The Associated Press Jul. 12, 2020 12:52 PM EDT

In this Friday, May 22, 2020 photo, bugler Jay Cohen blows "Call to the Post" to the empty grandstand, a tradition maintained for those watching via simulcast, during a day of horse racing at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. Horse racing returned to the track after being idled for one and a half months because of public health officials' concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
New-look Santa Anita cashes winning ticket as racing returns

By Beth Harris May. 23, 2020 12:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 6, 1978, file photo, Affirmed, jockey Steve Cauthen up, crosses the finish line to win the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Ky. Secretariat is the early 7-2 favorite for this weekend’s virtual Kentucky Derby, an animated race pitting all 13 Triple Crown winners on the day the Derby would have been held before the coronavirus pandemic postponed it. Citation, who won the 1948 Triple Crown, was made the 4-1 second choice. Seattle Slew and Affirmed, the 1977 and '78 Triple Crown winners, were each listed at 5-1 odds. (AP Photo/File)
Secretariat is 7-2 early favorite in virtual Kentucky Derby

Apr. 29, 2020 01:25 PM EDT