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The NBA Finals are set: It’ll be Thunder vs. Pacers, starting Thursday night
The seeds for the 2025 NBA Finals began getting planted unknowingly in 2017, when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was about to enroll at Kentucky and Tyrese Haliburton was getting ready for his senior year of high school. That was the year when the Indiana Pacers traded Paul George to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pacers landed Domantas Sabonis out of that deal. The Thunder would trade George in 2019 to the Los Angeles Clippers for a package that included Gilgeous-Alexander. The Pacers would trade Sabonis in 2022 to Sacramento for a package that included Haliburton. And here we are. It’s Pacers vs. Thunder in the NBA Finals, starting Thursday.
The Knicks’ all-in moves didn’t get them all the way there. But they are getting close
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks went further than they’d gone in 25 years, just not as far as they hoped. They signaled they were serious about making a run at the NBA title when they traded for Mikal Bridges in the summer and then Karl-Anthony Towns in a preseason blockbuster. Their all-in moves just couldn’t get them all the way there. The Knicks were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers on Saturday, leaving them without a championship since 1973. But after advancing to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2000 following consecutive second-round exits, they could at least feel that they are getting closer.
French Open: Iga Swiatek beats Elena Rybakina and extends her bid for a 4th title in a row
PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek turned things around at Roland-Garros after dropping eight of the first nine games against 12th-seeded Elena Rybakina in the fourth round and put together a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory to extend her bid for a record fourth consecutive French Open championship. Rybakina got off to a stunning start Sunday and led 5-0 after less than 20 minutes. Then she went up a set and a break at 2-0 in the second. But Swiatek began playing better and now has won 25 matches in a row at the French Open. She meets Elina Svitolina in the quarterfinals.
French Open: Carlos Alcaraz shows sportsmanship by conceding a point in win over Ben Shelton
PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has called himself for breaking the rules at the French Open and conceded a point during his four-set victory over Ben Shelton. Shelton whipped a passing shot well out of Alcaraz’s reach up at the net Sunday. So Alcaraz, flung his racket, and as his equipment flipped through the air, its strings made contact with the ball and sent it back over the net. Initially, defending champion Alcaraz was awarded the point. But he immediately went over to the chair umpire to admit that he wasn’t holding his racket when it touched the ball. Alcaraz wound up winning 7-6 (8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
PSG holds victory parade in Paris with Champions League trophy after overnight violence
PARIS (AP) — European champion Paris Saint-Germain had an open-top bus parade through Paris on Sunday for roaring fans, an outburst of joy overshadowed by unrest in overnight celebrations. The winners of European club soccer’s biggest prize arrived in Paris on Sunday after their 5-0 win over Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday night and headed to France’s Champs-Elysees. The overnight fatalities marred a night of exuberance after PSG clinched its first — and long-awaited — Champions League title. The Eiffel Tower glowed in team colors and fans partied through the night. The team met later Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron and first lady Brigitte Macron at the Élysée Palace.
Piastri and Norris score McLaren 1-2 at Spanish GP to extend F1 lead. Verstappen 10th after penalty
MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — Oscar Piastri has won the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris as McLaren continued its early dominance of the Formula 1 championship. Piastri flew away from his pole position and executed a flawless race to extend his lead in the driver standings. Norris crossed behind him after he recovered from a bad start. Max Verstappen crossed fifth but was dropped to 10th after he was given a 10-second penalty for colliding with George Russell late.
British rider Simon Yates wins elusive Giro d’Italia title
ROME (AP) — British rider Simon Yates has cruised to overall victory in the Giro d’Italia, finally winning the race that had eluded him so often. After attacking on the gravel-road climb to take the pink jersey in the penultimate stage on Saturday, Yates finished nearly four minutes ahead of runner-up Isaac Del Toro, the 21-year-old Mexican who wore pink for 10 days before Yates took control. It’s the second Grand Tour title for Yates after he won the Spanish Vuelta in 2018.
PSG set a new benchmark in the Champions League, but can it stay at the top of European soccer?
MUNICH (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain’s ascent to the top of European soccer is complete. Staying there is another matter entirely. Saturday’s Champions League triumph confirmed what many observers had suspected for some time – that PSG’s moment had finally come. Years of frustration in European club soccer’s elite competition was blown away in one glorious and historic night in Munich. Not only did PSG end its long wait for the trophy it prized most of all but it produced a statement performance and set a new benchmark for what it is to win the Champions League title.
Muncy powers Dodgers with 7 RBIs in 18-2 rout of Yankees, LA’s most runs ever vs New York
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Muncy hit two three-run homers and tied his career high with seven RBIs, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers rout Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees 18-2 on Saturday. The Dodgers pounded out 21 hits and their runs were their most ever scored against the Yankees. The runs set a record for most by a National League team against the Yankees. New York’s only runs came on Judge’s 20th and 21st homers. Dodgers rookie Hyeseong Kim had a two-run homer and Andy Pages added a solo shot. Rookie catcher Dalton Rushing had his first big-league homer, a three-run shot against position player Pablo Reyes, who pitched the eighth.
And with that, an era ends: ‘Thanks for watching us. It’s the NBA on TNT’
Ernie Johnson could barely get the words out. The run of “Inside the NBA” on TNT came to an end on Saturday night after nearly four decades as a fixture of the league. The show will move to ESPN and ABC next season — and keep Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley together — but the final TNT sign-off was an emotional one.
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