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Derby winner favored

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Kentucky Derby runner-up Renegade opened as the 2-1 favorite for the the 158th Belmont Stakes when post positions were drawn Monday for the third leg of the Triple Crown. Renegade drew post position No. 4 and is set to be ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr. The Todd Pletcher-trained horse is coming off finishing second by a neck in the Derby to Cherie DeVaux-trained Golden Tempo, who opened as the 9-2 third choice. Golden Tempo will start on the outside Saturday after drawing the No. 9 post in the nine-horse field. DeVaux made history as the first woman to train ...

Serena Williams wants back in at 44

PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams is coming back to professional tennis at the age of 44, returning to the sport she dominated for two decades before famously "evolving" away from the daily grind of competition. First up for the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion is the doubles tournament at ...

Mike Leach heads to College Football HOF ballot

Mike Leach, the eccentric and revolutionary offensive savant whose teams set dozens of scoring and passing records over his 21-year head coaching career, is among the nominees for the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation released the ballot Monday for the class that will be announced in January. It includes 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 99 players and 39 coaches from lower levels. A player is eligible 10 full seasons after his last year in college and must have received first-team All-America honors by a major ...

Clark, White smooth over sideline spat

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time WNBA All-Star Caitlin Clark made one thing perfectly clear Monday — she enjoys playing for coach Stephanie White and anyone who infers otherwise is just plain wrong. A few minutes later, White said she also appreciates coaching Clark. Two days after cameras caught the Indiana star and the Fever coach engaged in what appeared to be a brief sideline spat, Clark and White explained the confrontation was not the result of some deep-seeded dispute but rather the result of two highly competitive women fighting to win a game. "I think a lot of those things ...

CCRTA collects items for Christina House

LISBON – The May meeting of the Columbiana County Retired Teachers Association was held at the Lisbon First United Methodist Church. Nancy Dicken provided the invocation with Jerry Barnes conducting the business meeting. Pat Will presented the treasurer’s report and Gayle Noel, the ...

Hegseth calls allied defense ‘bad deal for taxpayers’ in budget push

The Pentagon wants the largest nominal military budget in American history despite failing eight consecutive financial audits and continuing to face longstanding financial management challenges. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed the case Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual Asia-Pacific security summit in Singapore, urging U.S. allies to boost defense spending to at least 3.5% of their gross domestic product and assume a larger share of regional security costs. Hegseth spoke days before the House Armed Services Committee takes up the $1.14 trillion base of President ...