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Bradley Beal being traded to Phoenix by Washington
Bradley Beal will soon be part of the NBA’s newest Big 3, after agreeing Sunday to be traded to the Phoenix Suns and team up with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker in a trio with [Read More…]
Meet the inspiring US athletes in Berlin for the Special Olympics World Games
Andreas Gora/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Olympic torch was lit in Athens and arrived in Berlin for the nation’s first-ever hosting of the Special Olympics World Games where exceptional, inspiring athletes [Read More…]
How the Ukrainian Special Olympics team found hope through training
Andreas Gora/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the war rages around them, the Ukrainian Special Olympics team is showcasing their indomitable spirit, staying incredibly focused on the opportunity to compete at the [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/15/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE LA Dodgers 5, Chi White Sox 4 (11) Washington 4, Houston 1 Cleveland 8, San Diego 6 AMERICAN LEAGUE [Read More…]
US Olympic athlete who competed in 2022 Beijing Games dies in motorcycle accident
Wang Song/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 24-year-old United States Olympic athlete who competed in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has died after being involved in a motorcycle accident, police say. Authorities [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/14/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Chi White Sox 8, LA Dodgers 4 Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 10, Detroit 7 Atlanta 6, Detroit 5 [Read More…]
Golden Knights blast Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 to capture first Stanley Cup title
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Golden Knights games have always been as flashy as any show on the Las Vegas Strip, the sword-fighting mascot taking the ice before what seems like a legion of players marching [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/13/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Colorado 7, Boston 6 NY Yankees 7, NY Mets 6 Minnesota 7, Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati 5, Kansas City 4 [Read More…]
Denver Nuggets beat Miami Heat to win first NBA title
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (DENVER) — The Denver Nuggets defeated the Miami Heat Monday night to claim their first NBA title. The 94-89 win came on Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Nuggets center [Read More…]
Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis recounts ‘scariest point’ saving his son and niece from rip current
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis, who saved his son and niece from a rip current while swimming at a Florida beach earlier this year, says “it is 100% a [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/12/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit 6, Atlanta 5 Colorado 4, Boston 3 Cincinnati 5, Kansas City 4 Seattle 8, Miami 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE [Read More…]
10 wounded in Denver mass shooting after Nuggets win and suspect taken into custody, police say
DENVER (AP) — Ten people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was [Read More…]
Denver’s Nikola Jokic adds missing piece to impressive resume with NBA title
DENVER (AP) — There are no more holes in Nikola Jokic’s impressive resume. Denver’s do-it-all center commandeered these playoffs, smashing a 56-year-old playoff record with 10 triple-doubles, and he completed a transcendent two-month stretch by [Read More…]
Nuggets take home 1st NBA title in rugged 94-89 win over Heat
DENVER (AP) — Confetti flying in Denver. The Nuggets sharing hugs while passing around the NBA championship trophy. Those scenes that, for almost a half-century, seemed impossible, then more recently started feeling inevitable, finally turned [Read More…]
Oral Roberts claims surprise College World Series bid; Wake Forest, LSU, Virginia also win supers
No. 1 national seed Wake Forest was expected to make it to the College World Series. Oral Roberts? Not so much. Yet it’s on to Omaha for the Golden Eagles, who certainly look the part [Read More…]
Nuggets try to avoid letdown with 1 win to go for team’s first title
DENVER (AP) — Everything from the history books to the way they’ve played through most of the postseason suggests the Denver Nuggets are on the verge of capturing their first NBA title in 47 years [Read More…]
Novak Djokovic returns to ATP No. 1 with his 23rd Slam title; Iga Swiatek stays at WTA No. 1
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic returned to No. 1 in the ATP rankings on Monday, replacing Carlos Alcaraz there, after winning the French Open for a men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam title. Djokovic now will add to the record [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/11/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Arizona 7, Detroit 5 Miami 6, Chi White Sox 5 Oakland 8, Milwaukee 6 AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 5, Houston [Read More…]
Serena Williams announces Los Angeles Golf Club ownership
Laurence Mouton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tennis superstar Serena Williams made a big announcement on Instagram Thursday about a new venture in the sports world. Along with her husband Alexis Ohanian — the founder of [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 6/8/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE LA Angels 3, Chi Cubs 1 Baltimore 6, Milwaukee 3 Philadelphia 3, Detroit 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 4, [Read More…]