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    Three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker has announced she's retiring after 16 seasons. Parker wrote in a social media post on Sunday that she refuses to cheat the game and has decided to call it a career at 38 years old.

      Fierceness was named the 5-2 morning line favorite for the upcoming 150th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and will look to make history in next Saturday's milestone race as the first entrant to win in 45 attempts from the No. 17 post position. The Todd Pletcher-trained colt enters the 1 1/4-mile opening leg of the Triple Crown races on May 4 off a dominating 13 1/2-length win in last month's Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park and has a third-place finish as a 3-year-old. Also, Brad Cox-trained filly Tarifa is the 7-2 morning line favorite for Friday's Kentucky Oaks after drawing the No. 8 post.

        Some teams see an immediate impact from a draft class. Others have to wait on a return. The Houston Texans went from worst to first in their division last season after selecting quarterback C.J. Stroud and edge Will Anderson Jr. back to back with the second and third overall picks. 

          DETROIT — The shakeup in college football is having an impact on the NFL draft. Now that college players can make money on their name, image and likeness, without losing their eligibility, there isn't the same urgency to leave for the pros. Many NFL evaluators say that has impacted the draft, which wrapped up Saturday, in some cases diluting the caliber of players available in the later ...

          DETROIT — The shakeup in college football is having an impact on the NFL draft. Now that college players can make money on their name, image and likeness, without losing their eligibility, there isn't the same urgency to leave for the pros. Many NFL evaluators say that has impacted the draft, which wrapped up Saturday, in some cases diluting the caliber of players available in the later ...

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          Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff. Trainer pushed a 6-foot par putt to the right of the cup to end it, with Lowry and McIlroy sharing a smiling embrace on the green. 

          Denny Hamlin held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson over the final, thrilling laps and wiggled through lapped traffic to win the NASCAR Cup race by about a quarter of a second Sunday at Dover Motor Speedway.

          Scott McLaughlin won his second straight race at Barber Motorsports Park, giving Team Penske a much-needed triumph just days after IndyCar erased Josef Newgarden's victory and also disqualified McLaughlin from the season opener.

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