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The Murray State Racers are about to be embraced as the College World Series’ lovable underdogs by local fans looking to adopt a team for the week.

Kentucky Derby runner-up and Preakness winner Journalism has opened as the 8-5 favorite in the Belmont Stakes Saturday to close out the Triple Crown.

Runner Yared Nuguse, who grew up in Louisville, embraces the irony of having a tortoise as a pet. He serves as a reminder to take each step slow and steady, no matter how fast things speed up.

Hundreds of companies tied to the sports gambling industry in Indiana will no longer need to be licensed with the state after July 1.

At the 151st Kentucky Derby, a global spotlight will shine on equine athleticism. Studies show that a constellation of characteristics are behind the horses' athletic ability.

The judge overseeing the rewriting of college sports rules threw a potentially deal-wrecking roadblock into the mix Wednesday, insisting parties in the $2.8 billion suit redo the part of the proposed deal.

This week was more than tariffs! There were tortoises, genetically engineered animals, smart vacuums and a lot of other news!

Florida ends UConn's bid to repeat — again — in Sunday action that saw a memorable buzzer-beater. Meanwhile, South Carolina advances in the women's tournament, which rounds out its Sweet 16 on Monday.

Trying to prove the real inventor of the March Madness pool seems about as implausible as picking a perfect bracket. A Staten Island pub says it was the first in the late 1970s to design what would become the modern-day bracket. The family of a U.S. Postal Service worker out of Kentucky says he was the first one to create the bracket.

Former U of L, Milwaukee Bucks basketball star Junior Bridgeman was a fixture in Louisville after his playing days. Mayor Craig Greenberg said the city had “lost a kind, generous and groundbreaking legend.”