MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — By late Sunday night in Baku, hours after Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, much of the equipment needed to host a Formula 1 race had been neatly packed and packed. Packed and hoisted on pallets. , ready to fly half way around the world.A chartered cargo plane did the heavy lifting from there, hauling a dismantled 1,700-pound race car (and just about anything imaginable) to Miami International Airport. By Monday the cargo had been offloaded onto trucks and delivered to pop-up racetracks around Heard. Rock Stadium hosts the Miami Grand Prix on…
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The 149th Kentucky Derby runners are listed in order of title, with comments from The New York Times’ Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert. Morning his line’s odds were set by Mike His Battaglia at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, where the race will be held.Practical Move, Lord Miles and Continuar were scratched on Thursday, allowing Cyclone Mischief, Mandarin Hero and King Russell to race. Skinner suffered an injury on Friday, reducing the field to 19 horses, and the last time four of his competitors were withdrawn from the Derby was in 2015. More than half the horses in the field…
“I have friends,” he said. These friends include natural wine bar owners, painters, and opera puppeteers. “I get to live a different life”Of course, there’s the complicated reality that the loss of empire, the most traumatic event that happened to his family, gave him what was dearest: his freedom.”My grandfather, he was the last crown prince. My father had to grow up as an emperor and my mother as an empress,” Habsburg said. “As a child, he had to go through all his training and learn 10 languages. Being royalty was a tough job. It’s all the events and openings…
PORTLAND, Oregon — The soccer coach saw the 20 or so players and felt the tension rip through him. His heart was pounding and his voice was unsteady.Kaig Leitner (pronounced “cage,” the phonetic contraction of his initials K and J) has been thinking about this moment since he founded the Portland Community Football Club in the summer of 2013. A generation of immigrant youth who lived in the most miserable part of his city.Over the next four years, Kaig was a friend, ally, and even a father figure to some players.How would they react if he said he was raised…
After nearly a decade of training in San Diego, Saul Alvarez chose to prepare for his next match in Guadalajara, Mexico.A sentimental part of the Guadalajara native Alvarez, nicknamed Canelo, welcomed his return home in Saturday’s prize fight with John Ryder. Before starting boxing, Alvarez, a grade school student, sold popsicles in place of change on the city streets. At 32, he came back as the undisputed champion at his 168 pounds. He said he cherishes the opportunity to perform for people who have watched him grow up.The Alvarez player also liked the move. Guadalajara is nearly a mile above…
st. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays had just won again Tuesday night, but their architects were freaking out over a small crack in the foundation. The pitchers had forearm problems, some could have used the break, and none of the minors were suitable substitutes.Eric Neander, president of the Rays’ baseball division, wondered if there were any veterans available lined up to start in the minors the next day. I flagged the email for .Anderson pitched for a month in the Rays’ farm system last summer. And most importantly, I was lined up to start the morning game in…
It’s been less than eight years since Osasuna encountered what team chief executive Franc Canal described as “the worst moment in its history.” The team was a single loss from the disgrace of relegation to the third tier of Spanish football. Bankruptcy was imminent. He said the club was on a precipice “in terms of social, economic and credibility”.On Saturday, Osasuna will face Real Madrid in the final of the Spanish Cup, the Copa del Rey. Its hometown, Pamplona, is decked out in the team’s colors. Tens of thousands of fans are expected to flock to Plaza de Castillo to…
On an overcast day, a team of players in light blue played against a dark blue team on six courts before dozens gathered at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.This is where the college tennis team had some of the best moments in its history. And where will you die?For the first time, the St. Francis, Brooklyn men’s team has qualified for the NCAA Tournament. However, the program came to an end after the first round match ended on Friday and St. Francis lost his 4–0 loss to Colombia. St. Francis suspends all sports at the end of the…