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Omar Artan, Turned Away by the US, Will Be the First African Referee of a UEFA Super Cup

NYON, June 12 -- Five days after an American border officer put him on a plane back to Istanbul, Omar Abdulkadir Artan was handed the biggest match of his life. UEFA announced Thursday that the Somali... Read More


Anunoby's Tip-In Crowns the Greatest Comeback in NBA Finals History as Knicks Go Up 3-1

NEW YORK, June 12 -- The shot that may end a 53-year wait was not really a shot at all. Jalen Brunson's three-pointer was short, clanging off the front rim, and OG Anunoby was already drifting up the ... Read More


Paxton Threatens Big 12 With $200 Million Bill as Sorsby's Lawyer Warns of Contempt

Paxton's letter, June 12 -- The Big 12 spent the week debating how to punish Texas Tech for obeying a court order. On Thursday the State of Texas answered with a number. Any sanction over Brendan Sors... Read More


Hwang In-beom Drags South Korea Back to Beat the Czechs and Open With a Statement

GUADALAJARA, June 12 -- For an hour South Korea did everything but score, and then Hwang In-beom decided the game would not get away. He cut inside off Lee Kang-in's pass in the 67th minute, faked the... Read More


LIV Golf Faces Its Saudi Funding Cliff With a Season to Run and a Decade to Profit

Scott O'Neil, June 10 -- The league that wrote the largest checks in golf history now has a chief executive who cannot promise its final four tournaments of the season will be played. they have been ... Read More


Knicks Watch Party Melee on 42nd Street Leaves Five Officers Hurt and Eight Charged

NEW YORK, June 10 -- The watch party ended when the game did. As the final buzzer sounded inside Madison Square Garden on Monday night and the Knicks' Game 3 loss became official, the crowd that had f... Read More


Staal's Diving Goal Evens the Stanley Cup Final as Hurricanes Beat Vegas in Game 4

LAS VEGAS, June 10 -- The goal that turned the Stanley Cup Final into a coin flip came from a 37-year-old captain stretched flat across the ice. With Game 4 tied in the third period, Jordan Staal lung... Read More


World Cup 2026 Opens as the Most Polluting Ever, and FIFA Never Set a Target

NEW YORK, June 10 -- The biggest World Cup ever staged kicks off Thursday night at the Azteca in Mexico City, and before a single ball is struck the tournament has already locked in one record its org... Read More


Brandon Aiyuk Goes Back at the 49ers: 'They Mad 'Cause They Stupid'

SANTA CLARA, June 10 -- The most dysfunctional standoff in the NFL produced another episode Tuesday night, delivered the way every chapter arrives now, through Brandon Aiyuk's Instagram account. The w... Read More


Bears Stadium: Pritzker Offers Special Session as Team Scouts Hammond Sites

New Delhi, June 10 -- The Chicago Bears have played in this city for more than a century, and they spent Tuesday being courted like a free agent. In Springfield, Governor J.B. Pritzker told reporters ... Read More