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Donato’s Saratoga selections for Saturday, July 31, 2021

Saturday’s card has a trio of graded stakes races, the highest of which is the eighth race, the Grade I… Read more »

A harness race begins in June 2020 at Saratoga Casino and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, where Warren DeSantis was a crucial figure from 1986 to 1996 as racing secretary and then general manager.

Saratoga Springs

Schenectady native, longtime Saratoga Raceway official DeSantis remembered for his contributions

Warren DeSantis had a magnetic personality, a charisma that shone through in any room he was in, which went a… Read more »

Whitmore and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. win the Breeders' Cup Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 7.

At 8, champion Whitmore takes another swing at Vanderbilt

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Eight apparently is not enough for Whitmore. The popular gelding is 8 now, but not nearly ready… Read more »

UAlbany women’s basketball player Fatima Lee during workouts at practice at UAlbany in Albany on Thursday, July 29, 2021. (Erica Miller/The Daily Gazette)

Albany

PHOTOS: UAlbany women’s basketball program’s summer workouts are underway

STORY: News, notes on the UAlbany women’s basketball program

Broadway couple Tony-nominated Jarrod Spector and Kelli Barrett perform at The Mansion of Saratoga Friday at 8 p.m.

Saratoga Springs

Today in Saratoga: What’s happening on Friday, July 30

Friday, July 30 in Saratoga Pick of the day JARROD SPECTOR AND KELLI BARRETT 8 p.m. The Mansion of Saratoga… Read more »

Amsterdam Mohawks catcher Jackson Phinney, center, applies a tag as Nick Schwartz of the Albany Dutchmen waits for the call on a play at the plate during Thursday's game at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam. Schwartz was called out on the play.

Amsterdam

After rainy end to regular season, Amsterdam Mohawks gear up for PGCBL championship chase

AMSTERDAM — Gearing up for a playoff run hasn’t been easy for the Amsterdam Mohawks, as they went through the… Read more »

Donato’s Saratoga selections for Friday, July 30, 2021

The Curlin Stakes will be the featured race Friday with a field of seven scheduled to run the ninth race… Read more »

Fatima Lee, left, encourages teammate Ellen Hane during a weight-lifting session for the UAlbany women's basketball team.

UAlbany women’s basketball excited to be back to work

ALBANY — It was only the team’s first on-court session together, and it’s easy to be eager and enthused right… Read more »

Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality is the 1-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday's Grade II Jim Dandy at Saratoga.

Big weekend for Travers hopefuls, led by Essential Quality in Jim Dandy

SARATOGA SPRINGS — We know how good Essential Quality is. This weekend at Saratoga Race Course provides an opportunity to… Read more »

The Siena men's basketball team's 2021-22 non-conference schedule is set. (Gazette file photo)

Albany County

Siena men’s basketball sets 2021-22 non-conference schedule

LOUDONVILLE — The full non-conference slate of nine games for the Siena men’s basketball program was unveiled Thursday. The Saints’… Read more »