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Celtics win 18th NBA championship with 106-88 Game 5 victory over Dallas Mavericks
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum put his hands behind his head, with TD Garden fans standing on their feet cheering around him, and took it all in. Walking to the bench, he wrapped both arms around Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. The journey was complete. The...
Doncic and Irving can't deliver for Dallas in NBA Finals clincher as Celtics win 18th championship
BOSTON (AP) — Short jumpers rolled off the rim and 3-pointers went in and out. Even free throws were a challenge for Luka Doncic in the clinching game of the NBA Finals. Dallas needed Doncic and Kyrie Irving to be at their best in Game 5 against the Celtics on Monday night....
It's already next season in the NBA, where the offseason is almost nonexistent
In the NBA, it’s already next season. The offseason, technically, might have lasted for only about an hour. The Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals on Monday night, and when the clock rolled over to Tuesday morning, teams — in many cases — could start talking to their own free...
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defends 'Sunday Ticket' package as a premium product
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated during testimony in federal court Monday that the league's “Sunday Ticket” package, the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is a premium product while also defending the league's broadcast model. Goodell was called as...
WNBA to interview Las Vegas tourism leader Tuesday regarding sponsorship offer to Aces players
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas tourism chief Steve Hill said he will interview Tuesday with the lead investigator who is examining whether WNBA rules were broken when sponsorship deals were offered last month to Las Vegas Aces players. Hill announced to the players on May 18 they would...
Ralph Lauren goes with basic blue jeans for Team USA's opening Olympic ceremony uniforms
NEW YORK (AP) — When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes at the Paris Olympics'opening ceremony, they’ll be doing so in snappy tailored navy blazers from Ralph Lauren — and blue jeans. Just regular, everyday denim blue jeans. Ralph Lauren, which unveiled...
Panthers ready for their 2nd chance at clinching Cup, while Oilers seeking to force Game 6
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice made the short trip from his home to the Florida Panthers' practice facility on Monday morning in a pretty good mood and rightly so. The sunshine was bright, the temperature was warm and his team was one win away from claiming the Stanley Cup. ...
Kylian Mbappé sustained a broken nose at Euro 2024, but France gets 'positive' news
DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé suffered a broken nose during France’s opening game at the European Championship and will have to wear a face mask if he plays on at the tournament. The French Football Federation said Tuesday it had received “positive” news about...
Mookie Betts put on IL by Dodgers with broken left hand after getting hit by fastball
DENVER (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts went on the injured list Monday for the first time this season with a broken left hand. The 2018 AL MVP is expected to miss roughly six to eight weeks, manager Dave Roberts told reporters before Monday night's game against...
Les Miles sues LSU, NCAA and College Football Hall of Fame over 37 vacated victories
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Les Miles, who coached the LSU Tigers to a 2007 national championship, is suing the university over its decision to vacate 37 of his teams' victories between 2012 and 2015. The lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Baton Rouge alleges that LSU never gave...
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Ralph Lauren goes with basic blue jeans for Team USA's opening Olympic ceremony uniforms
NEW YORK (AP) — When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes at the Paris Olympics'opening ceremony, they’ll be doing so in snappy tailored navy blazers from Ralph Lauren — and blue jeans. Just regular, everyday denim blue jeans. Ralph Lauren, which unveiled...
It's already next season in the NBA, where the offseason is almost nonexistent
In the NBA, it’s already next season. The offseason, technically, might have lasted for only about an hour. The Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals on Monday night, and when the clock rolled over to Tuesday morning, teams — in many cases — could start talking to their own free...
McLaughlin-Levrone to focus on her best event, the 400 hurdles, at Olympic trials
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone plans on defending her title in the 400-meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics, and has scratched from the 200 and 400-meter flat races that she had originally signed up for. The world-record holder had been entered in all three races for...
Kylian Mbappé sustained a broken nose at Euro 2024, but France gets 'positive' news
DUSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé suffered a broken nose during France’s opening game at the European Championship and will have to wear a face mask if he plays on at the tournament. The French Football Federation said Tuesday it had received “positive” news about...
Celtics win 18th NBA championship with 106-88 Game 5 victory over Dallas Mavericks
BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum put his hands behind his head, with TD Garden fans standing on their feet cheering around him, and took it all in. Walking to the bench, he wrapped both arms around Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla. The journey was complete. The...
Cal Raleigh gets a trim as Mariners celebrate 30th anniversary of "Buhner Buzz Cut" night
SEATTLE (AP) — When manager Scott Servais was told one of his Seattle Mariners players was going to shave his head to help celebrate one of the most popular promotions in franchise history, he wasn’t shocked to learn it was catcher Cal Raleigh. “Cal is all in. He’s a Mariner...
The Florida Panthers have a chance to win the Stanley Cup at home. Edmonton will try to thwart it
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — It used to be a running joke in Florida: If you wanted tickets to a Panthers game, just ask. Freebies weren’t hard to find. Those days are long gone. Especially now. The Panthers, for the first time in their history, are set to play a home game...
Minnesota youth hockey camp creates Adam Johnson Memorial Scholarship to honor the late alum
A Minnesota youth hockey camp has announced the creation of the Adam Johnson Memorial Scholarship, honoring the 29-year-old player who died in October from a skate cut to the neck while playing in a game in England. Johnson grew up participating in the Bulldog Hockey Camp in Duluth,...
'I trusted him. He trusted me.' Brown and Tatum answered critics while leading Celtics to 18th title
BOSTON (AP) — In 2008, the Celtics ended a 22-year championship drought led by a Big 3. Sixteen years later, they did it again following the play of a dynamic duo. When Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum were drafted third overall in back-to-back years in 2016 and 2017,...
Analysis: It takes time to win, and that's a lesson Luka Doncic is dealing with
Michael Jordan needed seven seasons to win his first title. LeBron James needed nine seasons and two futile trips to the NBA Finals before he became a champion. Shaquille O’Neal got swept in his first finals. And the newly crowned champion Boston Celtics lost the finals in 2022 and lost in the...
