Sporting

Photographer Nerissa Sparkman captured these spectacular styles at the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks over the weekend, proving again that sometimes the best action is off the track

Anglers capture incredible photos of the massive animal off the coast of South Carolina

Cash the K-9 tracked a toddler who rambled from his South Carolina home

Adorable alert: These new Thoroughbred foals at a Lexington horse farm might be tomorrow’s Run for the Roses racers

A Florida photographer captures a rare circle-of-life moment

Since the early 1800s, something strange has haunted the waters of Georgia’s Altamaha River

Raptors care for their newborn on Skidaway Island, Georgia

A selection of images from the book People Fishing: A Century of Photographs, co-written by Levine and Paige Ramey.

The joys and pains of trying to bag a gobbler

Competitors captain skiffs on a grueling circuit around Florida to benefit coastal conservation

A family’s yellow Lab plunged into frigid water to save a boater outside Savannah

A high-strung mutt learns to relax, with a little help from a friend

A Georgia quail hunter keeps a family legacy alive

Two raptors—and their eggs—maintain a mesmerizing perch on the Georgia coast

The Hallmark Channel gives lovable—and adoptable—mutts and mixed breeds a chance to shine in the cutest competition on cable

Conventional wisdom declared the big cats extinct long ago. But a number of recent sightings in Tennessee reveals they may be returning—or never left

Far from the TV cameras and multinational corporate sponsors, a North Carolina writer finds racing’s mud-splattered heart amid spray paint, smashups, and retooled junkers on a dirt track in the middle of a soybean field

The life story of one author could be stitched together by the boats that he’s owned—nearly seventy in as many years. But one sailboat in particular has led the fleet all along