These days, tennis fans can expect to see the Big Two, Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, in the finals of pretty much every Grand Slam. The two of them have combined to win each of the last nine Grand Slams and 11 of the past 14. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get … Read more
Forget the MVP finalists Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama. Everyone expected Jared McCain and Alex Caruso to shine in the Western Conference finals, right? Right?? Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Oklahoma City’s role players made all the difference last night in Game 5, and have … Read more
WASHINGTON — Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one “free” transfer over their careers and create a “Lane Kiffin Rule” to restrict coach movement during the season. Sens. Ted … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine initiative intended to limit transgender students’ ability to participate in sports has been removed from the ballot because of invalid signatures, the secretary of state ruled Tuesday. The proposal from parents’ group Protect Girls Sports in Maine was slated to go before voters in November. It would have asked voters … Read more
Are the New York Knicks the best team in the NBA? Over the past few weeks, they’ve sure looked like it. After falling behind the Atlanta Hawks 2-1 in the first round of the playoffs, New York has rattled off 11 straight wins, by a margin of about 24 points per game, to reach its … Read more
The New York Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers convincingly last night and are now two wins away from their first NBA finals since 1999. Yes, the New York Knicks. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Also, lots of soccer in today’s newsletter. Haiti’s Duckens Nazon is … Read more
Howard Fendrich, a national sports writer for The Associated Press whose persistent reporting and detail-rich prose brought readers inside dozens of taut Grand Slam tennis finals, record-breaking Olympic moments and harrowing trips down Alpine ski slopes, has died. He was 55. Fendrich died Thursday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, his wife Rosanna Maietta said. … Read more
We’re officially in the middle of an all-time great Western Conference Finals. We’ll recap that, plus look ahead to Formula 1’s Montreal Grand Prix. We also feature Iran soccer star Mehdi Taremi as today’s World Cup spotlight player. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. NBA Playoffs … Read more
The players won’t be the only ones looking to score when the World Cup kicks off on June 11 across 16 cities in three continents. Held this year in Canada, Mexico and the U.S., the quadrennial soccer tournament is expected to become one of the biggest gambling events of all time. Bookies.com predicts Americans will … Read more
The NAACP is calling on Black student athletes and fans to boycott public universities in several Southern states over voting rights. LZ Granderson, opinion columnist at the Los Angeles Times, joins to discuss. Source link