The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Iran’s World Cup team, allowing the squad to travel into the country two days before its next match, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday. The team will still be required to leave after Friday’s match in Seattle, a department ...
NEW YORK — The NHL is exploring expansion to Texas, focusing on Houston or Austin, with a framework agreed upon with billionaire Dan Friedkin and his family. Commissioner Gary Bettman said Tuesday that the Board of Governors executive committee endorsed the plan for the next six months. The total investment, including an expansion fee and building a new arena, would be $3.5 billion. Discussions initially centered on Houston before Austin joined the conversation. This move could make the NHL the largest professional sports league in North America. The league last expanded with the ...
WASHINGTON — Major league home runs leader Kyle Schwarber was scratched with lower back tightness before the Philadelphia Phillies’ game against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. The Phillies won the game, 14-9. The announcement that the team’s designated hitter would be out ...
This is the real deal now. After initially returning in doubles, Serena Williams is ramping up her tennis return with singles, too. At Wimbledon, of all places. All eyes will be on the 44-year-old Williams when she competes in the first round of the grass-court Grand Slam, which starts ...
IRVINE, Calif. — Christian Pulisic returned to training with his U.S. teammates on Monday after missing their most recent match of the World Cup with a calf injury. Pulisic participated in warmups and ball drills during the 15 minutes of practice open to the media in Orange County. The team ...
NEW YORK — For anyone seeking clues in the final hours before the NBA draft, AJ Dybantsa’s Father’s Day message to his dad apparently wasn’t one. In the first of two pictures that went along with the posting on X, Anicet Dybantsa Sr. (“Ace”) is holding young AJ in front of the ...
