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7/7/24 (Seattle, WA) One marquee series draws the most attention on the Seattle Mariners home slate every year. That series is when the Toronto Blue Jays come to Seattle and…

7/7/2024 (Auburn, WA) It was another warm day at the races on Sunday but a solid 8 race card highlighted by the 2nd 2 year-old Stakes race of the weekend,…

2024 Wimbledon Quarterfinal Preview: Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Singles Gentlemen’s Singles #1 Jannik Sinner vs #5 Daniil Medvedev A year ago, Medvedev held a record of 6-0 all time against Sinner.…

7/6/2024 (Auburn, WA) Saturday was certainly on the warm side and 8 races were on the card highlighted by the Angie C Stakes for 2 year-old fillies. A field 7…

Have you ever wanted to walk inside the ropes with major champions? You can have that opportunity on Friday, August 9th, at the Boeing Classic. The Boeing Classic is held…

Wimbledon Recap Day 4 & 5 Andy Murray farewell; Alcaraz survives Tiafoe test; Pegula bounced It was two days of Wimbledon that was marred by rain, which will lead to…

7/4/24 (Seattle, WA) When it rains it pours and the Seattle Mariners have been finding that out recently as late June was not so friendly to the AL West leading…

7/5/2024 (Auburn, WA) Our 9th Power Rankings of the season are out but a reminder there is no racing tonight due to the July 3rd race card on Wednesday. This…

7/3/2024 (Auburn, WA) More than 9,000 fans packed Emerald Downs on Wednesday night for the annual 3rd of July Fireworks Spectacular. Racing began at 5pm and had 8 races on…

Wimbledon Recap Day 3: Ruud loses early again; Gauff cruises again The second round ensued at Wimbledon today, where the finest players again were on full display. Gentlemen’s Singles Daniil…

7/3/2024 (Auburn, WA) This is a new weekly post that will run down many of the stats many race fans are interested in on an on-going basis. We have Jockey,…

7/10/2024 The Emerald Downs Top 10 Races of the Week are selected by the Eli crew and we rank the best races of the week on several factors such as…

Wimbledon Recap Day 2: Defending Champ Vondrousova crashes out; Djokovic steady win Day 2 on Wimbledon saw another mixed bag of results with many favorites prevailing and a few upsets.…

(7/1/2024) The Eli Sports Network (ESN) began a new tradition 2 years ago where at the end of the year we crown the “Champion of Champions”. This is a combined…

CFL Week 4 Recap BC Lions 24 Edmonton Elks 21 The BC Lions proved why the three-minute warning can lead to the most exciting few minutes of football, by sneaking…

6/30/2024 (Auburn, WA) Wrapping up the month of June with an 8 race card with 48 starters. The feature race was a field of 9 going 6 1/2 furlongs and…

Wimbledon Recap Day 1: Alcaraz begins title defense; Sabalenka and Azarenka withdraw The oldest tennis tournament in the world began Monday with its handful of storylines. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik…

6/30/24 (Seattle, WA) Finally, after an absolutely brutal nine-game road trip, the Seattle Mariners returned home as they began a nine-game homestand at T-Mobile Park on Friday night. Now, all…

6/29/2024 (Auburn, WA) Grandparents weekend began on Saturday with all Grandparents receiving free admission and setting up the Gramps and Granny races on Sunday. Meantime, Saturday had 8 races going…

6/28/2024 (Auburn, WA) Friday night 7 races were run to begin the final June weekend of racing with a total of 46 starters. Leading rider Alex Cruz came into the…