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Raheem Sterling spent seven years with Manchester City after moving in 2015 from Liverpool. (Image: twitter/deadlinedaylive)
Chelsea

Chelsea and Man. City Agree $57 Million Deal for England Star Raheem Sterling

Raheem Sterling is supposed to become a Chelsea player next week, with the west London club now working on logistics behind his medical and official unveiling. The 27-year-old will join for $57 million after Manchester City accepted the last bid Chelsea made. The Athletic reports Sterling agreed on personal terms […]

Dortmund signed seven players so far this summer. (Image: twitter/brfootball)
Borussia Dortmund

Dortmund Equals Transfer Record to Replace Haaland. Can Bayern Be Stopped?

Borussia Dortmund’s faithful hope newcomer Sebastien Haller will fill the huge void left in the starting line-up by Erling Haaland’s departure to Manchester City. Haller’s transfer cost Dortmund almost $36 million including bonuses, matching the most expensive club acquisition ever. Haller penned a contract until 2026. Two other exciting talents […]

To the victor goes the flower blanket. McKulick and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. bask in the Belmont Park winner's circle after winning the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Saturday. (Image: SR Photo)

Star Filly McKulick Puts Everything Together, Wins Belmont Oaks

McKulick was named after trainer Chad Brown’s former bookkeeper, the late Mary McKulick. The filly was the daughter of the legendary sire Frankel. That sire was named after the late Bobby Frankel, the Hall of Fame trainer who Brown apprenticed for before heading out on his Eclipse Award-winning career. The […]

Classic Causeway held off heralded European turf runners Nationls Pride adn Stone Age to win the Grade 1 Belmont Derby at 26/1. It was his first race on grass in his nine-race career. (Image: NYRA Photo)

Classic Causeway Proves the Grass is Greener, Wins Belmont Derby

Classic Causeway came into the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational as an afterthought, the “other” horse in Kenny McPeek’s barn. The “other” horse making his turf debut a mere two weeks after finishing third in the Grade 3 Ohio Derby. He came out of it a Grade 1 winner, a […]

Orioles' Trey Mancini drives home the winning run against the Angels on July 8, 2022. Both Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani hit homeruns, to no avail. (Image: Julio Cortez/AP)

Streaming Sports is Getting More Expensive and More Complicated

The advantages of streaming sports are now at loggerheads with increasing costs and complexity. Media providers are coming out of the woodwork to stream sports, paying top dollar for exclusive rights. As a result, recreational fans and sports bettors, are paying more than ever to follow teams, using a complicated […]

Nations Pride is one of five European invaders to Saturday's Grade 1 Belmont Derby at Belmont Park. He is the 5/1 second choice. (Image: Godolphin)

Yes, There’s a Heavy European Flavor to the Belmont Derby

Based on what we saw in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby Invitational last year, this European invasion wasn’t only predictable, it was expected. After supertrainer Aidan O’Brien sent Bolshoi Ballet across the Atlantic and into the Belmont Park winner’s circle in 2021, the British are definitely coming. So are the […]

Rattle N Roll rolls back on one week rest to 5/2 favored status in Saturday's Grade 3 Indiana Derby. (Image: Coady Photography)

The Indiana Derby Brings You Sophomores Across the Class Spectrum

As you’re trying to fit the fluid and shifting 3-year-old colt/gelding class into their places, consider Saturday’s Grade 3 Indiana Derby as one of those bridge events between the Triple Crown season and the higher-profile sophomore races later this summer. Nobody’s confusing the Indiana Derby, or its junior-varsity derby counterparts […]

The sons of some of baseball's finest are now playing for this little known league. (Image: Joon Lee/ESPN)

This Little Known Team Features the Sons of Baseball Superstars

Tickets to watch this Futures Collegiate Baseball League team have never been hotter. That’s because the Brockton Rox features the sons of baseball legends like David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Pedro Martinez, Garry Sheffield, and Keith Foulke. Scouts travel far and wide to size up potential talent for MLB. But they […]

Interstatedaydream won the Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan comfortably. She is the favorite for the Indiana Oaks, Leg 4 of this week's Cross Country Pick 5. (Image: Jerry Dzierwinski/Maryland Jockey Club)

Sophomores Take Center Stage in All-Stakes Cross Country Pick 5

Belmont Park’s two Grade 1s share the stage with the biggest day on Horseshoe Indianapolis’ schedule to create this week’s all-stakes Cross Country Pick 5. The New York Racing Association starts this week’s Cross Country Pick 5 at home with the Grade 1 Belmont Oaks Invitational. The 10-filly field of […]