In brief: Keen Ice upsets American Pharoah

Horse racing: Triple Crown winner American Pharoah came up short in the $1.6 million Travers Stakes on Saturday, losing to Keen Ice by three-quarters of a length before a sold-out and stunned crowd at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

American Pharoah came into the race as the overwhelming favorite, but the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years lost the lead entering the far turn.

The upset solidified Saratoga’s reputation as the “Graveyard of Favorites.” Only one of 12 Triple Crown winners has been able to go on and win the Travers – Whirlaway in 1941.

Keen Ice, a three-time loser to American Pharoah entering the Travers, was ridden by Javier Castellano, who won a record-setting fifth “Mid-Summer Derby.”

American Pharoah had won eight consecutive races.

Bae, Day tied for lead at The Barclays

Golf: Bae Sang-moon matched shots with PGA champion Jason Day throughout the third round of The Barclays and both finished at 7-under 63 to share the lead going into the final round at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, New Jersey.

They were at 11-under 199, one shot ahead of Bubba Watson (67).

Two shots behind going into the final round was Ryan Palmer (65), playing for the first time since his father died last week in a traffic accident in West Texas.

• Spittle in front: Canadian Rod Spittle shot a 6-under 66 to take a one-shot lead after the second round of the Champions Tour’s Dick’s Sporting Goods Open in Endicott, New York.

The 60-year-old Spittle was at 10-under 134, a shot ahead of Scott McCarron (64) and John Huston (68).

• Ernst grabs lead: Austin Ernst took the lead at 10 under before darkness forced the suspension of third-round play in the weather-delayed Yokohama LPGA Classic in Prattville, Alabama.

• Daly hospitalized: John Daly collapsed near the end of a round of golf at a tournament near Jackson, Mississippi, and was taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Daly’s friend, Billy Allen, who was with Daly at the hospital, said the two-time major champion’s vital signs were good but doctors were checking on possible injuries to his ribs and fingers.

Pennsylvania takes U.S. Little League title

Baseball: Chayton Krauss hit a walk-off RBI single to right field to give Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, a 3-2 victory over Pearland, Texas, for a berth in the Little League World Series championship game in front of a record crowd of almost 46,000 fans in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Cole Wagner struck out 11 over 5 2/3 innings and hit a home run for the undefeated Red Land Little League team.

• Japan knocks off Mexico: Yugo Aoki singled for Tokyo’s first hit in the seventh inning, and then scored on a fielder’s choice to help Japan beat Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico 1-0 for a spot in the championship game of the Little League World Series.

The run came home when Mexico was unable to turn a double play on a bases-loaded ground ball up the middle by Koki Jo. It was the only offense during an impressive pitching performance for Japan’s Kabu Kikuchi and Mexico’s Armando Verdugo.

Anderson claims Winston-Salem Open

Tennis: Second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa won his first pro title in more than three years when he beat French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-5 in the Winston-Salem Open final in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

• Kvitova repeats: Second-seeded Petra Kvitova won her second straight Connecticut Open title, beating fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2 in the all-Czech Republic final in New Haven, Connecticut.

Lyon College makes return to football

Miscellany: Lyon College played its first football game in 64 years, falling to Tabor College 45-21 in Batesville, Arkansas.

The last time Lyon played football – in 1951 – it was known as Arkansas College. This year’s team has 94 players, including 54 true freshmen and only one senior.

• Crash mars race: Jesper Stuyven of Belgium won an accident-ravaged eighth stage of the Tour of Spain after a crash sent Kris Boeckmans to the hospital and forced three others, including American Tejay Van Garderen, to withdraw from the Grand Tour in Murcia, Spain.

The pileup happened 31 miles before the finish.

Colombian Esteban Chaves holds a 10-second lead.