(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Toronto 124, Sacramento 101
Cleveland 105, Miami 94
Golden State 102, Indiana 100
Boston 117, Milwaukee 103
Houston 132, Atlanta 126
Memphis 126, Philadelphia 91
Dallas 120, Charlotte 96
Denver 113, Washington 107
LA Clippers 111, Phoenix 95
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Calgary at Chicago (Postponed)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
LA Rams 30, Arizona 23
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Milwaukee 112, New York 97
Brooklyn 116, Detroit 104
Dallas 103, Oklahoma City 84
San Antonio 112, New Orleans 97
Minnesota 116, Portland 111
LA Lakers 106, Orlando 94
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Nashville 1, NY Rangers 0
Anaheim 3, St. Louis 2 (OT)
Colorado 3, Florida 2
Vegas 6, Minnesota 4
Vancouver 2, Carolina 1
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Atlanta 29, Carolina 21
Cleveland 24, Baltimore 22
Dallas 27, Washington 20
Kansas City 48, Las Vegas 9
New Orleans 30, NY Jets 9
Seattle 33, Houston 13
Tennessee 20, Jacksonville 0
Denver 38, Detroit 10
LA Chargers 37, NY Giants 21
San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 23 (OT)
Tampa Bay 33, Buffalo 27 (OT)
Green Bay 45, Chicago 30
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Purdue 82, NC State 72
Baylor 57, Villanova 36
Southern Cal 73, Long Beach St. 62
Iowa St. 47, Jackson St. 37
Maryland 70, Florida 68
Seton Hall 77, Rutgers 63
Washington at Gonzaga (Postponed)
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(NEW YORK) — Thousands of Formula One fans will pack Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit on Sunday to watch the highly anticipated conclusion of this year’s nail-biter season.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton could win his eighth world championship, a feat no other F1 driver has accomplished in the sport’s 70-year history. Hamilton and his No. 1 rival, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, are tied in the standings.
The glitz and glamour of F1, the world’s premier motor racing series, are constantly on display: the podium champagne sprays, elephantine yachts anchored in the French Riviera for the Monaco Grand Prix, globe-trotting teams that travel to far-flung destinations for races closely followed by 1.9 billon spectators.
With the hit Netflix F1 docuseries “Drive to Survive” helping to grow the fanbase, the sport’s sustainability efforts and commitments are drawing attention, too. Hamilton, the winningest F1 driver, and Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel, a four-time world champion, have been calling on F1’s governing body to actively change its practices.
Lewis, who has banned plastic from his home and office, sold his private jet and is an investor in U.K. vegan burger chain Neat Burger, said the sport can harness new, synthetic fuels to reduce its carbon footprint.
“I’m having conversations, trying to hold people in the sport more accountable,” Hamilton told Wired magazine. “I’m constantly sending emails, I’m constantly on Zoom calls with Formula One and challenging them.”
Jennie Gow, an F1 presenter for the BBC who is featured on “Drive to Survive,” said Vettel has the “biggest agenda in terms of influencing the green movement.”
“He has a clear idea of where he stands with regards to our impact on the environment and how he would like to make a bigger contribution,” she told ABC News.
In July, Vettel joined 300 volunteers to pick up trash and debris left behind at the track after the British Grand Prix. He also helped build a bee hotel in the shape of an F1 race car with students to highlight the world’s dwindling bee population and toured Iceland’s Climeworks Orca plant, the largest direct air capture and storage plant that permanently removes CO2 from the air.
“If you look at the bigger picture, there’s a certain responsibility we have as Formula 1 when we go to different places in the world and we set up these huge events which bring massive excitement,” Vettel told The New York Times earlier this year. “We cannot just go there, do our show, and then leave everything else behind. To ensure that nothing is left behind, we need to be ready to take a little bit of our margin off and invest into those things because they do come at a cost.”
It’s not just the drivers who are taking sustainability seriously. Pirelli, F1’s exclusive supplier of tires, recycles the teams’ used tires — more than 1,600 per race — at the company’s seven factories. But the Italian manufacturer wants to do even more to lower its carbon footprint.
“We are investigating many areas to be more green — from the production process to raw materials to water usage and sustainable energy in factories and transportation,” Mario Isola, head of F1 and car racing at Pirelli, told ABC News. “The process is constantly under revision. We’re discussing if we can reduce the number of tires we transport.”
Moreover, the company has increased its use of renewable materials, eliminated single-use plastics from its trackside operations and has successfully complied with a number of sustainability audits that focus on carbon emissions. Pirelli also set a company-wide target of reducing overall CO2 emissions by 25% (compared to 2015 levels) by 2025 and purchasing 100% of its electricity from renewable sources.
“Sustainability is a must for Pirelli,” Isola said.
Stefano Domenicali, F1’s chief executive, said the sport’s mission is to achieve a net zero carbon footprint by 2030 and transition to 100% renewable electricity at all F1 and team facilities. Solar panels have been installed at the French and Canadian circuits, with the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain 100% renewably powered. Approximately 256,000 CO2 equivalent tonnes are generated in an entire race season, according to F1.
In 2025, sport officials plan to unveil a new, second-generation hybrid power unit that will be carbon neutral and powered by a drop-in advanced sustainable fuel, a top priority for the series. A global fan survey, conducted this year by Nielsen Sports, Motorsport Network and F1, found that two-thirds of respondents from 187 countries “are aware of F1’s drive towards introducing sustainable fuels by mid 2020s.”
Williams Racing, a storied team in the F1 series, announced in October that it has committed to becoming climate positive by 2030. The team is a signatory of the UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action Framework and recently gained FIA Three-star environmental accreditation.
“Formula One has the ability to create technical solutions to help tackle the challenges we face as a planet. As we progress towards our goal to be climate positive in the years ahead, my hope is that Williams Racing can inspire all those connected with our sport and beyond, using motorsport as a catalyst for significant and long-lasting change,” Jost Capito, CEO of Williams Racing, said in a statement.
Fred Smith, a contributing editor at Road & Track, said F1 has been slow to enact sustainable policies and programs. He pointed to the extreme race schedules that require the 10 teams and support staff to crisscross various continents week after week.
“It’s the weight of a circus,” Smith told ABC News of the teams’ air travel. “Heavy carbon offsets are needed.”
He added, “F1 is less interested in sustainability than the drivers. It’s not too concerned about local or environmental issues.”
Smith would like to see F1 take a similar approach to Extreme E, a new concept in motorsports where drivers compete in electric SUVs in five remote landscapes that are “already damaged or severely under threat of climate change from a range of serious issues including melting ice caps, deforestation, desertification and rising sea levels,” according to the racing series.
Scientists voyage with the five Extreme E teams aboard RMS St Helena, a former British Royal Mail cargo ship that has been refurbished and transformed into a “floating paddock” and scientific base. Fans are not allowed to attend the off-road races and each team is limited to eight people (two drivers, one engineer and five mechanics).
Extreme E has even appointed an independent scientific committee to advise on the series’ education and research programs, event logistics and impact as well as recommending initiatives that support local communities in each race location. F1’s Hamilton is the founder of team X44.
The constant travel will likely not change in F1, according to Gow, and untapped markets like Africa could be added to the demanding racing schedule in coming years.
“Races will continue to happen all over the world. F1 is a global sport and appeals to many different markets,” she said, adding, “F1 is taking a lot of steps when it comes to reducing its carbon footprint. It has a real sustainability agenda.”
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Utah 118, Philadelphia 96
Memphis 108, L.A. Lakers 95
San Antonio 123, Denver 111
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Chicago 2, Montreal 0
Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3
Anaheim 2, Columbus 1 (SO)
Nashville 4, NY Islanders 3
St. Louis 6, Detroit 2
Carolina 2, Calgary 1 (OT)
Boston 3, Edmonton 2
Winnipeg 3, Seattle 0
Minnesota 5, San Jose 2
Los Angeles 4, Dallas 0
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Minnesota 36, Pittsburgh 28
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Rutgers 70, Purdue 68
Gonzaga 80, Merrimack 55
Seton Hall 64, Texas 60
Iowa St. 73, Iowa 53
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Indiana 122, New York 102
Cleveland 115, Chicago 92
Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 106
Oklahoma City 110, Toronto 109
Washington 119, Detroit 116 (OT)
Miami 113, Milwaukee 104
Utah 136, Minnesota 104
Final Dallas 104 Memphis 96
Houston 114, Brooklyn 104
Denver 120, New Orleans 114 (OT)
Sacramento 142, Orlando 130
Golden State 104, Portland 94
LA Clippers 114, Boston 111
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Colorado 7, NY Rangers 3
New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 0
Vancouver 2, Boston 1 (SO)
Vegas 5, Dallas 4
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Arizona 94, Wyoming 65
West Virginia 56, UConn 53
Michigan St. 75, Minnesota 67
Florida 85, North Florida 55
Ohio St. 85, Towson 74
Wisconsin 64, Indiana 59
BYU 82, Utah St. 71
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Brooklyn 102, Dallas 99
New York 121, San Antonio 109
LA Lakers 117, Boston 102
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 2
NY Islanders 5, Ottawa 3
Nashville 5, Detroit 2
Toronto 5, Columbus 4
Anaheim 2, Buffalo 0
Carolina 4, Winnipeg 2
St. Louis 4, Florida 3 (OT)
NY Rangers 6, Chicago 2
Minnesota 4, Edmonton 1
San Jose 5, Calgary 3
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Villanova 67, Syracuse 53
Kansas 78, UTEP 52
Kentucky 76, Southern U. 64
Arkansas 86, Charlotte 66
Texas Tech 57, Tennessee 52
Southern Cal 80, East Kentucky 68
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Indiana 116, Washington 110
Oklahoma City 114, Detroit 103
Philadelphia 127, Charlotte 124 (OT)
Memphis 105, Miami 90
Atlanta 121, Minnesota 110
Chicago 109, Denver 97
Milwaukee 112, Cleveland 104
Phoenix 108, San Antonio 104
Golden State 126, Orlando 95
LA Clippers 102, Portland 90
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Colorado 7, Philadelphia 5
Ottawa 3, New Jersey 2 (SO)
Washington 4, Anaheim 3 (SO)
Dallas 4, Arizona 1
Vancouver 4, Los Angeles 0
Pittsburgh 6, Seattle 1
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
New England 14, Buffalo 10
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Houston 77, Alcorn St. 45
Texas Southern 69, Florida 54
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(NEW YORK) — Medina Spirit, the winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby, died of a heart attack following a workout at California’s Santa Anita Park, the horse’s trainer announced Monday.
The 3-year-old colt collapsed on the track after completing a routine morning workout and died “suddenly,” the on-site veterinary team who attended to him determined, according to a statement from Santa Anita Park.
The veterinary team took blood, hair and urine samples from the horse and sent them to the California Horse Racing Board, according to Santa Anita.
A full necropsy, as per protocol in California, will be performed at the University of California-Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine to try and ascertain the exact cause of this sudden death. The results will be released by the California Horse Racing Board, according to the Park.
Medina Spirit’s first-place finish at the Kentucky Derby was dampened by a positive drug test for betamethasone, a joint injection/anti-inflammatory medication, following the race on May 1.
The horse was found to have 21 picograms of the steroid in his system, twice the legal limit. The medication is legal but not on race day in Kentucky, Maryland and New York, the states that host the Triple Crown series.
In June, Churchill Downs suspended Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert for two years after the positive test was confirmed.
Baffert maintained his innocence, describing the positive test as a “complete injustice” and maintaining that the steroid was used to treat a skin rash.
A topical ointment, and not an injection, led to the failed test, an attorney for trainer Bob Baffert announced on Friday, The Associated Press reported. The determination was made through urine samples tested by a lab in New York.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission will determine whether the test proving the drug was given via ointment and not injection could get Medina Spirit’s positive test tossed out, the AP reported.
Medina Spirit has not been stripped of his victory. He also came in third in the Preakness Stakes.
Baffert said in a statement, “My entire barn is devastated by this news.”
“Medina Spirit was a great champion, a member of our family who was loved by all, and we are deeply mourning his loss,” Baffert said. “I will always cherish the proud and personal memories of Medina Spirit and his tremendous spirit.”
Baffert also said his “thoughts and prayers” are with Zedan Racing Stables, the owners of Medina Spirit.
“Medina Spirit will be missed by all those who worked with and cared for him,” Santa Anita said.
Churchill Downs and the California Horse Racing Board are expected to release statements on Monday.
Santa Anita Park made national headlines in 2019, after dozens of horses died at the racing facility in a single season — the majority on the main track.
The deaths prompted a task force investigation by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office and calls from Gov. Gavin Newsrom to shut down after it did not heed the California Horse Racing Board’s recommendation to suspend racing when the death toll was at 29.
More than 40 horses died that season.
Despite the highly publicized deaths, the facility boasts a high rate of safety and considers itself the largest training facility in the U.S.
In 2019, horses raced or trained at the facility more than 420,000 times at a safety rate of 99.99%, according to the park.
ABC News’ Henderson Hewes, Cheryl Gendron and Bonnie Mclean contributed to this report.
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Utah 109, Cleveland 108
Charlotte 130. Atlanta 127
Toronto 102, Washington 90
Houston 118, New Orleans 108
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Columbus 6, San Jose 4
Tampa Bay 7, Philadelphia 1
Chicago 3, NY Islanders 2 (SO)
Los Angeles 5, Edmonton 1
Winnipeg 6, Toronto 3
Vegas 3, Calgary 2
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Arizona 33, Chicago 22
Detroit 29, Minnesota 27
Indianapolis 31, Houston 0
LA Chargers 41, Cincinnati 22
Miami 20, NY Giants 9
Philadelphia 33, NY Jets 18
Tampa Bay 30, Atlanta 17
LA Rams 37, Jacksonville 7
Washington 17, Las Vegas 15
Pittsburgh 20, Baltimore 19
Seattle 30, San Francisco 23
Kansas City 22, Denver 9
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
UCLA 2, Washington 0
Arizona 90, Oregon St. 65
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
New York City FC 2, Philadelphia 1
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(ATLANTA) — It’s a big weekend for college football. Conference championships this weekend will set the stage for the playoffs.
Watch the full report from ABC’s Good Morning America for a preview of this weekend’s conference championship games:
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