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Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies JENNA FRYER, AP Auto Racing Writer May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 6 1of6FILE - In this May 24, 1981, file photo, Bobby Unser holds three fingers aloft after winning his third Indianapolis 500 auto race ,in Indianapolis, Ind. Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has died. He died of natural causes at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Sunday, May 2, 2021. He was 87.Anonymous/APShow MoreShow Less 2of6FILE -...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby (all times...

Sumo wrestler dies month after falling on head during bout MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese sumo wrestler has died a month after falling on his head during a bout in a case that has raised questions about the sport’s response to medical emergencies. Hibikiryu, 28, died of acute respiratory failure on Wednesday, the Japan Sumo Association said. The wrestler, whose real name was Mitsuki Amano, was thrown by his opponent during a bout at a tourname...

S Carolina lawmakers again reject transgender athletes ban JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail Alabama Rep. Neil Rafferty speaks in support of transgender rights during a rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)Jake Crandall/AP COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A committee in the South Carolina House on Tuesday rejected for a second time a proposal that would have prevented transgender stude...

Brockton to name street in honor of the late Marvin Hagler April 28, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE—In this April 15, 1985 file photo, Marvin Hagler celebrates after knocking out Thomas Hearns in Las Vegas to win the world middleweight championship. Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor to be named "Marvin Hagler Drive." The Brockton City Council on Monday, April 26, 2021, approved a proposal by two councilors to name a currently under-const...

Carmouche to be 1st Black jockey in Kentucky Derby since 13 STEPHEN WHYNO, AP Sports Writer April 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Long before Kendrick Carmouche started riding horses growing up in Louisiana, Black jockeys were synonymous with the sport. Black riders were atop 13 of the 15 horses in the first Kentucky Derby in 1875 and won 15 of the first 28 editions of the race. Everything has changed since: Carmouche on Saturday will be the first Black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2013 an...

Central Michigan QB seriously injured in off campus shooting SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail CHICAGO (AP) — An off-campus shooting left two Central Michigan University students, including quarterback John Keller, hospitalized Sunday for gunshot wounds. Officers with the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday to an apartment complex near the Mount Pleasant campus for reports of a shooting. A fight had broken out in an apartment d...

Vocabulary, lightning round added to National Spelling Bee BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Friday, May 31, 2019 file photo,T he eight co-champions of the 2019 Scripps National Spelling Bee, from left, Shruthika Padhy, 13, of Cherry Hill, N.J., Erin Howard, 14, of Huntsville, Ala., Rishik Gandhasri, 13, of San Jose, Calif., Christopher Serrao, 13, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., Saketh Sundar, 13, of Clarksville, Md., Sohum Sukhatankar, 13, of Dallas, Texas, Rohan...

MLBs 2020 rookies debut all over again with fans in stands JAKE SEINER, AP Baseball Writer April 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8Chicago White Soxs Yermin Mercedes celebrates as he rounds the bases during the first inning of a baseball game after hitting a solo home run against the Kansas City Royals in Chicago, Thursday, April 8, 2021.Nam Y. Huh/APShow MoreShow Less 2of8Miami Marlins starting pitcher Trevor Rogers throws in the first inning of a baseball game against the New Y...

Abbott wont throw pitch, rebuffing MLB voting-rights stance ACACIA CORONADO, Report for America/Associated Press April 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Lockhart, Texas Feb. 1, 2021: Texas Governor Greg Abbott prepares to deliver his State of the State speech. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News/TNSShow MoreShow Less 2of3Fans fill the stands at Globe Life Field during the first inning of a baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Bl...