Monday 03 June - 03:38 EDT
History is being made during the NBA Finals. The Golden State Warriors are playing in their fifth straight final series, joining the Boston Celtics, who played in 10 successive finals from 1957-66, as the only NBA teams to appear in the finals in that many years in a row. But their opponents, the Toronto Raptors, are also a history-making squad. They are the first team from Canada to ever play in the NBA Finals.
Thursday 23 May - 04:04 EDT
Last year, Gareth Bale brought about Liverpool's demise, scoring twice in Real Madrid's 3-1 victory over the Reds in the 2018 UEFA Champions League final. This year, it will be Bale's old team that looks to get the better of Liverpool. Tottenham Hotspur will face Liverpool in the final on June 1 at Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium. It's the first all-England final since Manchester United beat Chelsea in 2007-08.
Monday 20 May - 03:55 EDT
The story of the French Open is Rafael Nadal. The Spanish star is a clay-court legend. He owns a record 81 straight match wins on clay and 57 clay-court titles during his career, a tennis mark for tournament wins on a single surface. Included in that total are a record 11 French Open men's singles titles. Nadal has won the last two French Opens and is 11-0 in men's singles final matches at Roland-Garros.
Thursday 16 May - 03:38 EDT
After the weirdest and wildest finish in Kentucky Derby history, one fact is certain - there will not be a Triple Crown winner in 2019. Country House, winner of the Derby following the disqualification of Maximum Security, won’t be racing in the May 18 Preakness Stakes, the second jewel of the Triple Crown. It will be the first time in 23 years that the Derby winner did not race in the Preakness.
Monday 06 May - 04:20 EDT
Brazil will be the setting for UFC 237, as they take their show to Jeunesse Arena in Rio do Janeiro. Naturally, the main event bouts will feature prominent Brazilian fighters, including the legendary Anderson Silva, who holds the record for the longest reign as world champ in a UFC weight class. Jessica Andrade will challenge for the women's world strawweight belt and three-time UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo is also on the card.
Friday 03 May - 03:07 EDT
March has its madness and April is all about the dawning of the baseball season, but May is reserved for the Run for the Roses, the Kentucky Derby. Contested on the first Saturday in May, the one and a quarter mile race at Churchill Downs has been held every year since 1875 and is the first leg of thoroughbred horse racing's Triple Crown. A record 170,513 attended the Derby in 2015.
Monday 15 April - 04:45 EDT
The Columbus Blue Jackets have never won a Stanley Cup series in franchise history. The New York Islanders have one playoff series win since 1993. Yet both of these teams are on the brink of advancing to the second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. The Blue Jackets lead the Presidents' Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0, and the Isles are up 3-0 on the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Wednesday 10 April - 03:45 EDT
The official name of the race is the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas, but in point of reality over the years it has proven to be the Mark Marquez Invitiational. They've held six MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas since 2013 and the Spanish rider has captured every one of them on his Honda. Last year, Marquez also won the pole position and turned the race's fastest lap.
Tuesday 02 April - 02:00 EDT
If there's one thing
we're learned about UFC over the years is that things can change in an instant. It can be a brutal and sometimes babaric sport and staying on top is as big a challenge as getting there. Two interim world titles are up for grabs at
UFC 236 - one because of an ailment to middleweight champ
Robert Whittaker and the other thanks to the suspension of lightweight champ
Khabib Nurmagomedov.
