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So here came the Belmont Stakes, 10 horses and their owners and trainers and jockeys with a dream, allowing us to remember what it was like to fall in love with the romance of sports, even if the grandstand for this unprecedented Belmont Stakes was eerily empty because all the fans and bettors had to …

To the roar of nobody, Tiz the Law galloped to victory in the 152nd Belmont Stakes. In a race unlike any other, the New-York bred Tiz the Law captured the first jewel of the Triple Crown in a year when horse racing tradition was flipped on its head because of the coronavirus pandemic. With Manny …

If you listen close enough, even in the still of morning, you can hear the old thunderclaps of joy that have so often spilled out of this beautiful place, pouring out onto Hempstead Turnpike, surpassing the steady roar of the Cross Island Parkway. Listen close enough and it is June 6, 2015, and there are …

Many academics, business leaders, and governments are claiming that technology is a critical part of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. By utilizing the surveillance capabilities of modern data acquisition systems, it is believed, citizens can be provided with tools that will allow them to see if they have come into contact with someone infected …

Rick Schosberg begins his Mondays at 4:15 a.m., when he arrives at Belmont Park to train his horses and help the nearly 600 backstretch workers who call the track home to stay safe during the coronavirus era. Racing will finally return to Belmont on Wednesday, but the work of training and caring for horses never …

Formula One has put almost half its staff on furlough until the end of May due to the novel coronavirus with chairman Chase Carey and senior management also taking a pay cut, an F1 spokesman said on Tuesday. Sources said those on furlough were mainly employees whose work was race-weekend focused and who could not …