Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
NEW YORK (AP) — American Pharoah has ended horse racing's Triple Crown drought with a convincing performance in the Belmont Stakes, finishing 5 ½ lengths ahead of Frosted. American Pharoah was slow to get out of the gate, yet managed to take the lead without ever relinquishing it to one of the other seven horses. The colt is the 12th Triple Crown winner and the first since Affirmed in 1978.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jason Garrison scored the game-winner and backup netminder Andrei Vasilevky stopped all five shots he faced in the third period as the Lightning downed the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 to even the Stanley Cup finals at a game apiece. Garrison and Nikita Kucherov (koo-CHEHR'-ahv) each finished with a goal and an assist to help the Lightning bounce back from a 2-1 loss in the opener. Lightning starting netminder Ben Bishop twice left the game in the final period, but the team immediately declined to say whether he was injured.
PARIS (AP) — Top seed Serena Williams has won her 20th Grand Slam crown and third French Open title by defeating No. 13 Lucie Safarova, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. Williams trailed 2-love in the third set after dropping the tiebreak 7-2, but she played near-perfect tennis in winning the last six games. She is the third woman to win at least 20 Grand Slam singles titles, joining Margaret Smith Court and Steffi Graff.
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Justin Rose is the leader after three rounds of the PGA's Memorial tournament in Dublin, Ohio. He shot a 6-under-66 to finish play at 15-under, three shots in front of second-round leader David Lingmerth and Francesco Molinari. Tiger Woods hit a new low with the highest score of his career in round three, an 85 that included back-to-back double bogeys on the front nine.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Scott Dixon dominated Saturday's IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, leading 97 of 248 laps and beating teammate Tony Kanaan by 7.8 seconds. Dixon's second win of the season came with an average speed of 191.940 mph, the fastest IndyCar Series race ever at the track. Team Penske drivers Helio Castroneves (EH'-lee-oh kas-troh-NEH'-vehs) and Juan Pablo Montoya finished third and fourth.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
