8:17 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — As he prepares to face off against the Boston Celtics and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart in the NBA Finals, Draymond Green disagrees with NBA voters that there were five defenders better than him this season. The Golden State Warriors‘ defensive leader is vexed that he
6:33 PM ET The United States national team’s Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie said they’re excited to be reunited with former teammate Haji Wright. Pulisic and Wright played together at the 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup, and seven years later now are playing together with the full team ahead of a quartet of games over
3:29 AM BST Marika Koroibete has fired a warning to Eddie Jones’ England, saying he’s a superior player to the deadly winger who left Australia last year to ply his trade in Japan. Koroibete on Tuesday night pledged his commitment to the Wallabies for the July three-Test series, certain to be one of the three
Matthew Potts, the Durham seamer, has been preferred to Craig Overton and will make his England debut in the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s which starts on Thursday. Potts, 23, has been the standout bowler in county cricket this year, taking 35 Championship wickets at 18.57 for Durham. Ben Stokes, England’s new captain,
2:50 AM ET Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka’s valiant effort went in vain as American duo Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula prevailed in the women’s doubles third round of the French Open in Paris on Tuesday. Despite a combined age of 72 years, Mirza and Hradecka produced some high quality tennis but
12:11 AM ET DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche hung on to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 8-6 in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals Tuesday night, but the home team lost starting goaltender Darcy Kuemper to an upper-body injury in the process. Kuemper was late returning to the ice when the second period began, and
9:39 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than a dozen PGA Tour players, including two-time major champion Dustin Johnson, are included in the field for the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event, which will be played next month outside of London. The list of 42 players in the field was released by LIV Golf on
6:00 AM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Kolton Miller was more animated than usual, speaking with his hands in an exaggerated manner while describing the Las Vegas Raiders‘ fresh start with a new coaching staff and his status as a four-year NFL veteran. The youngsters on the offensive line, the Raiders left tackle said as he
10:14 PM ET Tim Tszyu is a step closer to a unified mega-fight with Jermell Charlo after the WBO ordered the American to defend his belt against the undefeated Australian. Tszyu has been the WBO’s No.1 mandatory challenger at super-welterweight for more than a year, prompting the sanctioning body to intervene following Charlo’s victory over
8:16 PM ET PARIS — Eventually Rafael Nadal will retire, just like he’s told us he will. But it won’t be today — or even yesterday — when this punch-for-punch quarterfinal started against Novak Djokovic. The two old, grizzled heavyweights of the sport have traded blows since they first met on this patch of clay