The latest episode of Kyrie Irving’s tenure with the Nets has reached a conclusion for the moment. Irving has decided to opt into the final year of his four-year contract with the Nets before Wednesday’s deadline, his stepmother and agent, Shetellia Riley Irving, told The New York Times. Irving will earn $ 36.5 million next … Read more
TAMPA, Fla. – The pain in Nazem Kadri’s thumb, operated on earlier this month, was so severe that he couldn’t lace up his skates for the last three games of the Stanley Cup finals. Just gripping his stick was a chore, but he did it well enough to score one of the defining goals of … Read more
REINEH, Israel – Jamil Bsoul is smiling. The mayor has clearly delivered this line before. But after all that his community’s soccer club has achieved, and in such a short time, that is what makes it fun. “Before the season started, everyone said we have no chance of staying in the second division,” Bsoul said. … Read more
Brooke Volza and the other girls who play in the top division of high school soccer in Albuquerque know all about the Metro Curse: The team that wins the city’s metro tournament at the start of the season is doomed to end the year without a state championship. So when Cibola High School defied that … Read more
The best two teams in the American League played a ballgame in the sunshine, bookended by home runs. Jose Altuve drove the first pitch over the left-field wall, and Aaron Judge did the same to the last pitch. More than 44,000 fans packed into Yankee Stadium for the fourth day in a row. Some even … Read more
HATBORO, Pa. – It’s the top of the ninth inning at Citizens Bank Park, and the Philadelphia Phillies’ relievers are at it again. They have already blown one lead, with Jeurys Familia and Seranthony Domínguez giving up homers in the seventh. Now after a comeback, the game has unraveled with closer Corey Knebel on the … Read more
When the Houston Rockets selected Auburn’s Jabari Smith Jr. With the third pick of the NBA draft on Thursday, it continued a tradition of basketball as a family inheritance. His father, also named Jabari Smith, played in the NBA in the early 2000s. “My dad just told me it was time to amp it up … Read more
Ever since Gareth Bale helped ensure that Wales would play in the World Cup for the first time since 1958, there has been only one question on the minds of his countrymen: For which club would he sign, and play, to prepare for the tournament? The answer arrived Saturday: After running out his contract with … Read more
DENVER – After the Tampa Bay Lightning lost a heartbreaker in overtime on Wednesday to fall behind three games to one in the Stanley Cup Finals, the easy money was on the Colorado Avalanche to close out the series at home on Friday. And why not? The Avalanche have been dominant in Denver all season … Read more
Last season, the Mets were in first place in their division for four months before collapsing. They finished with a 77-85 record, their 10th losing season in the past 15. One of the biggest culprits: an offense that was one of the worst in Major League Baseball. Only three teams scored fewer runs, and those … Read more
