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Rombauer blew past Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and other co-favorite Midnight Bourbon to win the 146th Preakness Stakes.      

After opening his Masters final round with a bogey, Hideki Matsuyama birdied three of his next eight holes, then survived a nervous finish.       

USA TODAY Sports breaks down the East Region bracket in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, with team-by-team capsule previews.       

USA TODAY Sports breaks down the South Region bracket in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, with team-by-team capsule previews.       

USA TODAY Sports breaks down the Midwest Region bracket in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, with team-by-team capsule previews.       

The night was historic for Alabama as Nick Saban won his seventh national title in a defeat of Ohio State in the College Football Playoff title game.        

Tommy Lasorda, the charismatic manager, led the Dodgers to eight division championships, four NL pennants and two World Series titles from 1976-1996.        

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday.

The Dodgers' World Series win was spoiled when Justin Turner, who tested positive for COVID-19, returned to the field to celebrate with his teammates.       

Gibson spent his entire 17-season career with the Cardinals and was enshrined in Cooperstown in 1981.        

Gale Sayers played from 1965-71 and became one of the sport's most electrifying players. He had been battling dementia since 2013.        

Authentic gave Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert his sixth career victory at the Kentucky Derby. Jockey John Velazquez won for the third time.       

The decision comes after an emotional week in which players struggled with the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.       

By Jace EvansUSA TODAYWith the 2020 college football season seemingly on the brink due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, players flocked to social media with a simple message: #WeWantToPlay. Later Sunday, some of the biggest names in the sport — among them Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence, Ohio State QB Justin Fields, Alabama RB Najee Harris, Oklahoma State RB Chuba Hubbard and Oklahoma QB Spencer Rattler — took to Twitter to reiterate their stance on the 2020 season, calling on the Power Five conferences to take certain actions to help make that happen.

Financial concerns caused by COVID-19 force the MAC to cancel its fall football season, becoming the first FBS conference to do so.