To McKeen, the Boston University professor, there were two huge influences on a young Thompson’s life in Louisville: the ...

It also lends itself to hyperbole and, especially in Thompson’s case, blending fact and fiction. Simultaneously, Thompson’s story had very little and very much to do with the Kentucky Derby.

With July Fourth falling on a Friday this year, celebrants can find fun events on two weekends and several days in between.

Flickr/Darin Barry From Hotdogs to Lobster Races Most Americans spend Independence Day watching fireworks, grilling burgers, ...

The Fourth of July holiday is expected to draw huge travel numbers across Texas this year. Over 5.7 million Texans are ...

The patio seating offers views that would cost extra anywhere else, and their fish tacos have been known to cause spontaneous happiness. For a more elevated experience, Addison at the Fairmont Grand ...

Painkillers, politics and a disqualified champion — horse racing’s biggest mystery still intrigues ...

And on Saturday, Sovereignty turned on the afterburners in the stretch of the 151st Derby, passing race favorite Journalism and bending Mott’s time-space continuum in more than one way.

Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas has died. He was 89. His family says Lukas died at his home Saturday night. Lukas had been hospitalized with a severe MRSA blood infection that ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The history of Black jockeys in America is one that dates back to the first Kentucky Derby in 1875. Oliver Lewis rode that winning horse, Aristides, crossing the one-and-a-half ...