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Photo via Geoff Burke/USA TODAY Sports Images Justify’s quest for the Triple Crown continues Saturday evening in Baltimore. The Kentucky Derby Winner will run for the second leg of the Triple Crown in the 143rd Preakness Stakes. Post time for the race is 6:48 p.m. ET, but NBC’s coverage begins at 5 p.m. Horses are …

Share this: Photo via Richard Mackson/USA TODAY Sports Images UPDATE (2:35 p.m. ET): Bill Russell took to Twitter on Saturday to announce he’d returned home from a Seattle hospital, where he was admitted Friday night with dehydration issues. The NBA legend apparently is in good spirits after the scare. Thank you everyone for the kind …

Share this: Photo via Bob DeChiara/USA TODAY Sports Images Mookie Betts is in some rare company with the start he’s had to his Major League Baseball career. The Boston Red Sox outfielder cranked a home run and two doubles Friday night in his team’s 7-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. With the performance, the 25-year-old …

Share this: Photo via Greg M. Cooper/USA TODAY Sports Images The New York Rangers’ search for a new head coach reportedly might end soon — at the expense of Boston University. Terriers head coach David Quinn is “Well down the road” to becoming the next head coach of the Rangers, TSN’s Bob McKenzie reported Friday. …

Share this: Things got a bit awkward Friday night in Houston. During the seventh inning of the Astros’ 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians, Houston second baseman Tony Kemp broke a 1-1 tie by lining a go-ahead double down the right field line with men on first and second. The hit scored one run, but …

Share this: Kyle Busch finished runner-up in Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but you wouldn’t have known it by listening to him after the race. Busch had to fight threw a pair of pit-road penalties, both of which resulted from crew members jumping over the wall too soon. Still, …

Share this: Photo via Ken Blaze/USA TODAY Sports Images Quarterback Johnny Manziel will not be signing with the New England Patriots, or any other NFL team, any time soon. Manziel announced Saturday via Barstool Sports’ Twitter account he’s signing with the CFL’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Made the decision today to sign my contract with the CFL …

Share this: Photo via Brian Spurlock/USA TODAY Sports Images It’s going to be an eventful weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Qualifying for the 2018 Indianapolis 500 begins Saturday morning at 11 a.m. ET and runs until 6 p.m. The top 33 drivers will advance to Sunday’s qualifying round, where drivers with the nine fastest times …

Share this: The front row in Saturday’s NASCAR All-Star Race will be all Roush Fenway Racing. Driving the No. 6 Ford Fusion for just the second time, Matt Kenseth bested the field Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway to win the pole for Saturday’s all-star exhibition. Fellow RFR driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will start alongside …

Share this: Photo via Brace Hemmelgarn/USA TODAY Sports Images For what feels like forever, Anthony Davis has been the apple of the Boston Celtics (or at least their fans’) eyes. But the rumors have quieted ever since Davis led his New Orleans Pelicans to the second round of the NBA playoffs, as many believe the …