Davina Comedia wins Southern Truce Stakes at Santa Anita (The Associated Press) ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Davina Comedia overtook pacesetter Living The Life with three furlongs to go and went on to a 1 3/4-length victory in the $75,000 Southern Truce Stakes for older fillies and mares on Sunday at Santa Anita. … [Read more...]

Rio trip! Felix looks fine, cruises to victory in 400 meters (Yahoo Sports) EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Allyson Felix didn't let that bad ankle bother her. She cruised to victory in the 400 meters at U.S. Olympic Trials to keep her chances alive for an unprecedented women's 200-400 double in Rio later this summer. … [Read more...]

Cycling-Contador's hopes dented, Sagan takes lead with stage win (Reuters) * Contador suffers second crash in two days, loses time * Sagan pips Alaphilippe to snatch yellow jersey * Porte loses ground after puncture (Adds Contador quotes) By Julien Pretot CHERBOURG, France, July 3 (Reuters) - Alberto Contador's Tour de France chances took another knock on Sunday as the Spaniard lost … [Read more...]

World Approval wins United Nations Stakes at Monmouth (The Associated Press) World Approval took command turning for home and held off Money Multiplier by 1 1/4 lengths Sunday to win the $300,000 United Nations Stakes at Monmouth Park. The U.N. and the $1 million Haskell Invitational here on July 31 are the Grade 1s on the New Jersey stakes calendar. World Approval had an ideal journey … [Read more...]

Alternate no more, Naddour counts blessings on road to Rio (Yahoo Sports) Alex Naddour stops himself in mid-thought, his brain tapping the brakes so he can stress that he's aware his spot on the 2016 U.S. men's Olympic gymnastics team is not simply the result of the force of his considerable will. There's his wife, two-time world champion Hollie Vise, who knows a thing or two about the … [Read more...]