His Triple Crown bid depends on not only knowing but also relishing the track in order to win the grueling Belmont Stakes. Horsemen call it Big Sandy because of its wide sweeping turns and distinct footing. The last three horses to sweep horse racing’s holy grail — Secretariat (1973), Seattle

That home run was his 12th, moving him into a tie for second in the American League. Perhaps more important, it was also one more than his total from last season, a nightmarish campaign that qualified as one of the worst in baseball history.

“I’ve put that out of my

From a controversy standpoint, it was off the charts.

Two episodes turned around Munoz’s 2-and-1 morning semifinal victory over Morgan Pressel. But Pressel defused the controversy with a pep talk to Munoz before the final and a congratulatory hug after it.

“It means a lot,” the 19th-seeded Munoz said, referring

Cueto was the first to falter in the bottom of the sixth, but it was Sabathia’s losing the strike zone in the seventh that cost the Yankees in a 5-2 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.

Losers of five of six games, the Yankees are one game ahead of the Boston Red Sox,

After Jesus Flores’s first homer since Aug. 18 broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth inning, Strasburg (4-1) sent an 0-2 pitch from Wei-Yin Chen into the Baltimore bullpen. Strasburg, who had singled and scored in the third, responded to a curtain call by waving to the crowd of 41,918.

The 2012 London Games mark the 20th anniversary of my first Olympics.

Those Barcelona Games were romantic and historic: South Africa was readmitted to the Olympic family, and Cuban boxers put on a demonstration for the ages.

For the United States, the London Games will mark a more vexing anniversary:

Whitney Houston 's daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown , didn't speak long at tonight's BIllboard Music Awards -- but she described herself as being "blessed to have been in such an incredible woman's life."

Bobbi Kristina -- in her first major public appearance since her mother's passing -- took the stage to accept