The Los Angeles Rams are rewarding wide receiver Robert Woods with a bump in pay after a career-year helped carry the team to the Super Bowl last season. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN.com, the Rams are giving Woods a raise of $3 million in total over the next two seasons. Woods will receive an [
Saturday at Saratoga, Tax held off favorite Tacitus by 3/4 of a length to win the Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) with Global Campaign third. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Also at Saratoga, Imperial Hint set a new track record for 6 furlongs winning the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1) and Channel Cat won the Bowling Green Stakes (G2) on the turf. Get the results, charts, and photos here.
Andrew Hines raced to his third NHRA Mickey Thompson Pro Bike Battle victory Saturday at the NHRA Sonoma Nationals.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is focused on football, not contract discussions, during training camp this summer.
RENO, Nev. — Troy Merritt scored five points with a 53-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th on Saturday to take a two-point lead in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA TOUR’s only modified Stableford scoring event. Merritt had an 18-point round for a 37-point total at Montreaux Golf and Country Club. The scoring system awards eight points for albatross, five for eagle, two for birdie and zero for par, and subtracts a point for bogey and three for double bogey or worse. A two-time winner on the PGA TOUR, Merritt made a 21-foot birdie putt on the par-4 17th. Robert Streb, the leader Saturday morning after the completion of the storm-delayed second round, was two points back. He had 10 points in the third round, closing with three straight pars. Collin Morikawa was third at 33 after a 13-point round. John Chin followed at 31 with an 11-point round.
Jeremy Lin played pretty well for Atlanta last season. He was on the court for 51 games as a backup to and mentor for Trae Young, scoring 10.7 points per game, shooting 34.7 percent from three, and generally being a solid NBA rotation player. That’s not what everyone remembers, however. Lin was waived
“It’s my responsibility to get it right,” pitching coach Larry Rothschild said after the Yankees’ 9-5 loss to the Red Sox on Saturday. Since June 29, New York’s rotation has posted a 7.09 ERA, the second-worst ERA in the majors across that span.
Dak Prescott pulled a Jerry Jones and pretended he didn’t hear the question about whether the Cowboys quarterback would table contract talks if he doesn’t have a new deal by the season opener. “One more time,” Prescott said before pausing. “What did Jerry do yesterday? I didn’t
Juwan Howard’s Michigan basketball team is making inroads with several of the nation’s top recruits. Big man Hunter
