Trainers Phil D'Amato and Michael McCarthy, who have horses in the Kentucky Derby (G1), will be represented by half the field in the Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita Park.
Some kids would be happy with a Fraggle stick car for Christmas. Other kids want the whole factory. Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com reports that the NFL will put the rights to its pair of 2024 Christmas games up for auction.
Six weeks before the Kentucky Derby (G1) May 4 at Churchill Downs, there are already those with "Derby Fever," caught up in the desire to run any eligible horse in the first leg of the Triple Crown.
Queen Goddess, a grade 1 winner for trainer Michael McCarthy, has been recently retired. Co-owner Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners announced the news the afternoon of March 4 over the social media platform known as X.
Amazon Prime Video is paying an estimated $120 million for exclusive rights to an NFL playoff game in the 2024 season, Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports reported Wednesday.
Southern California trainer Michael McCarthy—who sent eventual Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Rombauer north to take the El Camino Real Derby in 2021, one of his two wins in the race—runs Endlessly in the 1 1/8-mile El Camino Real Derby Feb.
Making her first start for trainer Michael McCarthy and returning from a third in the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1), Three Witches scored by 2 1/2 lengths over Chismosa in the Feb.
Trainer Michael McCarthy reported all was well with Sweet Azteca the morning after her eye-catching 12-length victory sprinting against allowance foes Friday, Feb.
Talla Racing's 2-year-old filly Julias Dream pressed the pace from second and withstood swift early fractions before grabbing the lead in the stretch and drawing off to win Saturday's $125,000 Gowell Stakes by 4 1/4 lengths at Turfway Park.
Winless through three starts, trainer Michael McCarthy's Lord Bullingdon stumbled leaving the gate and was relegated to last early in Friday's $150,000 Qatar Mile at Santa Anita Park, and that turned out to be a very good thing.
Given the success that Amazon has had with Thursday Night Football, the streaming giant wants to create an exclusive night of streaming NBA action, according to Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports. TNF is averaging 13.6 million viewers per week after Amazon agreed to pay $1 billion annually for the weekly game through 2033.
Trainer Michael McCarthy could have two runners in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Nov. 3 at Santa Anita after Endlessly and Ngannou ran one-two in Sunday's G3 Zuma Beach for 2-year-olds going a mile on turf.
Amerman Racing's homebred Endlessly was a smart 2 1/4-length winner under leading rider Juan Hernandez of the Grade 3 Del Mar Juvenile Turf on Del Mar's closing day card on Sunday.
Football is back, and people are back to watching football on TV and similar devices. Via Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com, Thursday night's regular-season opener between the Lions and Chiefs drew an average audience of 27 million viewers.
Stop the fight. In the battle of Stephen A. Smith's First Take against Skip Bayless's revamped (and much-hyped) Undisputed , it's a ratings TKO. Via Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com, First Take trounced Undisputed in viewership over the first three days of Bayless 2.0.
Shannon Sharpe is out as the co-host of FS1's Undisputed. So who's in? No one knows. According to Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com, Undisputed will be on hiatus on August 28, due to the struggles to find a replacement for Sharpe .
When last seen on the racetrack, John and Diane Fradkin's Rombauer followed up his sharp score in the 2021 Preakness Stakes (G1) with an even third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes (G1) three weeks later.
We know that Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe is out at FS1’s Undisputed. We don’t know who will replace him. Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com recently listed some candidates.
Queen Goddess will take aim at a second Grade 1 win for trainer Michael McCarthy when she takes on six rivals in Monday's Grade 1, $400,000 Gamely Stakes going 1 1/8 miles on turf.
Super Bowl LVII wasn’t the most-watched edition of the game. Until it was. And, officially, it is. Via Michael McCarthy of FrontOfficeSports.com, updated figures from Nielsen have moved the audience from 113 million to 115.1 million.
ESPN is bracing for a large round of layoffs, per Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports, and those involved with the network’s NBA coverage could be impacted, sources told Hoops Wire.
As the 5-2 morning-line favorite in Saturday's $100,000 Astra Stakes at Santa Anita Park, Australia Mia makes her U.S. bow with high expectations for owner-breeder Don Alberto Stable in the 1 ½-mile turf marathon.
Given its success with Thursday Night Football Amazon very well could make a bid to become a streaming partner to the NBA during the next round of media negotiations, according to Michael McCarthy of Market Watch.
The NBA is receiving interest from streaming services Amazon and Apple as it takes part in media rights negotiations, per Michael McCarthy of Front Office Sports.
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