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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kevin Krigger, the first black jockey in the Kentucky Derby since 2000, will be aboard Doug O’Neill’s Goldencents, considered a much stronger contender than last year’s winner, I’ll Have Another…

OPINION – Fifteen years ago today, He Got Game set a blueprint for how basketball films should be made. The player was Ray Allen. His father was Denzel Washington…

(AP) – The 34-year-old journeyman becomes a free agent on July 1 — meaning that he will first have to sign with an NBA team and wait until next season to see if teammates, coaches, opponents and fans will treat him any differently…

WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — Celtics coach Doc Rivers wishes Jason Collins had gotten more rebounds. Jeff Green liked the screens his former teammate set. Jason Terry would love to have Collins’ toughness in the playoffs…

NEW YORK (AP) – ESPN says that it regrets the ‘distraction’ caused by one of its reporters who described Jason Collins as a sinner after the NBA center publicly revealed that he was gay.

OPINION – There’s nothing like a public figure daring to declare his or her homosexuality to show how damningly self-centered everyone else can be….

OPINION – We’re making progress. But until we see an openly NFL gay player, and openly gay players in all of America’s major sports, there’s still considerable work to do…