SAN DIEGO — Everyone in Southern California has driven on the dreadful Interstate 5 with its consistent traffic and it isn’t just the highway that connects the West Coast from America’s northern and southern borders: it’s where baseball’s hottest rivalry resides. Dodger Stadium and Petco Park are connected by the highway, and to the south is where one of the ...
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers played their best game of the NBA Finals in Game 3. Tyrese Haliburton delivered his best overall performance of the series, and Bennedict Mathurin emerged as the Pacers’ unexpected hero. Playing in front of their revved-up home crowd in a Finals game for the first time since 2000, the Pacers defeated Oklahoma City 116-107 Wednesday, ...
PITTSBURGH — A few hours after Aaron Rodgers signed the contract at team headquarters on Saturday that made it official, the new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback showed up at a backyard cookout. As Rodgers arrived, the host jumped out of his seat at the end of the driveway and greeted his high-profile visitor with a bro-hug. Rodgers, in turn, came bearing ...
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders addressed his health situation Wednesday on social media, saying that “everything is OKAY” and that he would provide a full update upon his return to campus in Boulder. Sanders, 57, has been at his estate in Texas for weeks while dealing with an unspecified health issue. Last week, CU’s annual slate of summer football camps ...
The Indiana Pacers are now up 2-1 in the 2025 NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, thanks to a monster performance by Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin. Mathurin scored a game-high 27 points off the bench in the Pacers’ 116-107 win over the Thunder in Game 3 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. He shot 9-of-12 from the field, 2-of-3 from 3 and ...
Ryan Garcia, the Mexican-American boxer who had been an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, created distance from the president amid protests in Los Angeles triggered by ICE raids. “I may have voted for Trump, but I can’t stay silent about what’s happening with ICE in LA,’’ Garcia, 26, wrote on X June 11. “These aren’t just ‘illegals’ or statistics ...
The massive expansion for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup required a new trophy, and the winner of this summer’s big tournament will get a cup drawing inspiration from the cosmos. The Club World Cup, which kicks off Saturday and will play out at stadiums throughout the United States, used to be an awkward event taking place in December and ...
Boxer Claressa Shields sounded off on social media June 10 after WNBA star Angel Reese topped her and seven others for Sportswoman of the Year honors at the 2025 BET Awards. ‘Still don’t know how I didn’t win the Sportswoman of the Year for the @BETAwards but Congrats to Angel Reese and all the other Nominees,’ Shields posted on X ...
The 2025 U.S. Open is less than a day away from the start of the first round, and the anticipation is building. The world’s top golfers are preparing to compete for the prestigious title at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, and this year they are joined by 17-year-old Mason Howell. Howell qualified for the tournament by posting an impressive 18-under ...
The New York Knicks moved swiftly in making the controversial decision to fire coach Tom Thibodeau after losing to the Indiana Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. Finding his replacement is proving to be more difficult, and perhaps harder than anybody inside Madison Square Garden thought. The Knicks have sought permission to speak with at least three sitting NBA head ...