Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY

Joel Embiid has put up big numbers despite a meniscus tear in his right knee, and it’s clear the Sixers’ title hopes rest on him continuing to do so.

Naomi Osaka’s well-being is more important than any tennis match, but the way this has played out has done no favors for anyone involved.

Horse racing avoids more controversy as Medina Spirit finishes third in the Preakness Stakes to end its Triple Crown bid.

George Kliavkoff – whose name sent people throughout college sports straight to a Google search when it first surfaced – has ideal background for job.

Days after revelation of positive test for Medina Spirit, the will of horse racing to hold Bob Baffert accountable already looks like it’s teetering.

Medina Spirit saga shows how out-of-step horse racing is with other sports, where there are attempts to find those who are doping and punish them.

Baffert won his record-breaking seventh Kentucky Derby with Medina Spirit, a horse that drew a single bid for $1,000 at a yearling auction.

Although Tommy Tuberville was a college football coach before becoming a U.S. Senator, he says athletes should avoid getting involved in politics.

Sheikh Mohammed and his two late brothers have spent more on horse racing over the past 40 years than anyone and still haven’t won the Kentucky Derby.

If the NCAA president’s job is to be the piñata through crises, Mark Emmert has served his purpose. Actual leadership? That’s not really his thing.