OKLAHOMA CITY — He’s the best player on the best team. And the voters say he’s the best player in the league, too. Again. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player on Sunday for the second consecutive year. He became ...
ROME — Jannik Sinner is the first Italian man to win the Italian Open since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago. The top-ranked Sinner’s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud in the final on the red clay of the Foro Italico on Sunday also made him only the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 events. With his only real rival Carlos Alcaraz currently sidelined due to a right wrist injury seemingly nobody can beat Sinner. Sinner extended his winning streak to 29 matches. And he’s now 17-0 on clay this year entering the French Open, which starts next Sunday. Woad wins ...
LAUREL, Md. — Napoleon Solo reemerged as a colt to watch with a victory in the Preakness Stakes. Now trainer Chad Summers wants a shot at Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo, whose absence left an underwhelming field at Laurel Park this weekend. “We wish he was here in the Preakness. We ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Scottie Scheffler had just made three bogeys on the first four holes of his second round at the PGA Championship when he stood on the tee at the par-3 14th hole at Aronimink and looked at a yellow flag that boggled his mind. The pin was tucked all the way back and to the ...
DOVER, Del. — Dystany Spurlock became the first Black woman to compete in one of NASCAR’s three national series in her debut in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Dover Motor Speedway on Friday, according to NASCAR.com. Spurlock, 34, raced in the No. 69 MBM Motorsports Ford at the track in Delaware. “It feels so amazing,” Spurlock said in a recent “Good Morning America” interview. “Being a first is never what I strived to be. I just so happened to be that. But being able to be that example for other little girls and little boys that look like me is amazing. I ...
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Alex Smalley’s performance in the second round of the PGA Championship defied his winless run on the PGA Tour. Smalley has zero wins in 140 starts on tour and was a major long shot to win the 108th PGA Championship. On Friday, Smalley instead grabbed his share of the ...
