The Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy is up for grabs. Will the Indiana Pacers win the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history? Or will the Oklahoma City Thunder reign victorious for the first…
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For the third straight season, ESPN will feature a different three-person broadcasting crew for the NBA Finals, as Richard Jefferson debuts alongside fellow analyst Doris Burke and play-by-play announcer Mike Breen. Jefferson replaces JJ Redick…
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If you want to understand just how insane some of the hype around Ashton Jeanty has gotten, go back just a little bit, to last month, and remember the noise around … his stance. His…
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Two-time Olympic boxing champion Vasiliy Lomachenko has announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 37. Lomachenko won gold for Ukraine in the featherweight division at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, and…
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Phil Mickelson has won just about everything during his career as a professional golfer. Everything except the U.S. Open. The six-time major champion has finished as the runner-up in his country’s national championship six different…
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USA Gymnastics president Li Li Leung, who restored the federation to respectability after it had lost the trust of its athletes, sponsors and the general public in the wake of a horrific sex abuse scandal…
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MLB commissioner Rob Manfred revealed Wednesday that support from President Donald Trump was indeed a factor in his stunning decision to end Pete Rose’s permanent banishment from the game. Speaking to MLB team owners at…
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The email hit my inbox with the subject line “Will viewers watch Pacers-Thunder?” The headline in the newsletter from Front Office Sports: “History shows Pacers vs. Thunder may draw record-low ratings.” It’s…
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The Boston Bruins hired Marco Sturm as their new head coach, the team announced Thursday. Sturm replaces Jim Montgomery, who was fired in November after the team got off to an 8-9-3 start. Assistant Joe…
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Messi and the World Cup champions will be on the road playing against Chile at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos in Santiago, Chile. It’s unclear whether Messi will start or come off the bench, Argentine…