The Indiana Pacers lost more than a game Monday night in a 120-109 defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. They lost the narrative. At least temporarily. The Pacers have been basketball’s equivalent of Jason from the movie “Friday the 13th.’’ You can’t kill them. Sure enough, down by as many as 18 points ...
When the U.S. Tennis Association made a bold announcement earlier this year that it would overhaul mixed doubles at the US Open, there was one objective: Attract star singles players to an event that had lost relevance with fans. Mission accomplished. The early entry list for the tournament, released June 17, includes nine of the world’s top-10 players in both ...
The WWE ‘Monday Night Raw’ fans roared and chanted ‘Goldberg’ like it was still 30 years ago when the familiar beats of his entrance music hit. Many in the pro wrestling world are speculating whether he was there for the retirement match he alluded to not long ago. Bill Goldberg was back in the WWE for the first time in ...
OMAHA, NE ― Day 4 of the 2025 Men’s College World Series brought a 19-strikeout no-hitter and a rain postponement. Arkansas defeated Murray State, 3-0, in an elimination game thanks to Gage Wood’s historic no-no. But the Razorbacks will have to wait to find out their opponent, as the winners’ bracket game between UCLA and LSU was suspended after three ...
Jalen Williams has arrived. No longer should he be considered a blossoming player full of potential. Williams propelled the Thunder in a crucial Game 5 victory Monday, June 16, putting them just one win from the franchise’s first NBA title since 1979 and its first since relocating from Seattle to Oklahoma City. And though NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ...
OMAHA, NE ― Day 4 in Omaha was the wildest one yet. The early game brought one of the best Men’s College World Series pitching performances ever with Gage Wood’s 19-strikeout no-hitter. Game 2 looked to finally bring some of the offense that had been lacking the entire time, but the game was suspended after three innings due to rain ...
There was no name-calling, finger-pointing or ugly accusations when the Boston Red Sox front office tried to explain why they traded their biggest star and face of the franchise a day earlier. Yet, Red Sox president Sam Kennedy and Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow made it clear during their 40-minute call with reporters that there was one, and ...
NBA historians, fill up the inkwell and prepare your quill pens. History is arriving as fast as Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander fills up a box score. A couple of teams from small markets are about to do something gigantic. Well, one of them anyway, as the NBA Finals shift back to Indianapolis. Game 6 is Thursday, June 19, with the ...
The Stanley Cup will be in the building in Sunrise, Florida, for Game 6 on Tuesday, June 17, as the Florida Panthers try to wrap up a second consecutive NHL championship. If the Edmonton Oilers win, the players, coaches and the trophy will make the trip to Alberta for winner-take-all Game 7. Once the championship is determined and the players ...
This was the first time in his postseason career that he was held without a single point in a first half. It also marked the first time Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton — who was slowed by a lower right leg injury, an issue that has lingered since the Eastern Conference finals — failed to make a single ...