Belmont Park Raceway

BOATING—TOM D'EATH, driving Miss Budweiser, won the Gold Cup, unlimited hydroplane racing's oldest and most prestigious trophy, by completing six laps of the 2½-mile Mission Bay course off San Diego at an average...

BOATING—JIM KROPFELD, 46, of Cincinnati earned 825 points in the Las Vegas Silver Cup event on Lake Mead to win his second consecutive national unlimited hydroplane racing championship.

BOXING—MICHAEL SPINKS retained his IBF heavyweight title by stopping challenger Steffen Tangstad of Norway, the European heavyweight champ, at 58 seconds of the fourth round, in Las Vegas. On the undercard, BOBBY...

BOXING—Undefeated JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ of Mexico retained his WBC junior lightweight championship with a second-round knockout of Roger Mayweather in Las Vegas.

Devil's Bag just might be the finest 2-year-old colt since Secretariat