Along with the Derby as the main event, the Kentucky Oaks is America's longest-running continuous sporting contest.

At 20 inches wide, 116 inches long, and weighing about 20 pounds, the iconic lily garland drew crowds of horse racing fans ...

While this flower may have given a start to the "pink" theme of the Oaks, it has come to have a much deeper meaning.

That fire on the beam, they carried it throughout.” The beam was the source of OU’s major hiccup in Thursday’s semifinals, when freshman Lily Pederson slipped for a 9.275. Pederson hadn’t scored less ...