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Fan fests extend the fun experience beyond games

If those expensive tickets to World Cup matches are out of reach, there are still options to commune with fellow fans while watching the games. From a floating pitch to Motley Crue, the World Cup fan festivals have something for everyone in addition to the soccer. As is the custom for the World Cup, the 16 cities across Canada, Mexico and the United States that are hosting games will all have fanfests, or fan zones. The Associated Press counted some 78 fan fests sanctioned by the FIFA host city organizing committees. But there are many more. Some 20 Major League Soccer teams are ...

French Open champ Zverev receives muted reception

PARIS — Alexander Zverev’s victory at the French Open did not dominate the headlines in France on Monday as is normally expected for the men’s singles champion. Most noticeably, his win was reduced to a minor mention on the front page of sports daily L’Equipe, the country’s main sports newspaper, which published an editorial highlighting accusations of domestic violence that the German player has faced. Zverev won his first major title on Sunday in Paris when he defeated Flavio Cobolli in five sets. L’Equipe instead dedicated its front page to the handball team of Metz, ...

Brendan Sorsby gets injunction vs. NCAA

LUBBOCK, Texas — Brendan Sorsby has been granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA that could clear the way for him to play for Texas Tech this fall, even after the transfer quarterback was declared ineligible for wagering on college sports. Some of the bets were made on his own team ...

All of New York caught up in hoopla, except the Knicks

NEW YORK — Madison Square Garden has seen just about everything in sports and entertainment, from the first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight to the first Wrestlemania. It just hasn’t seen much of the NBA Finals. The New York Knicks have brought the finals back to their home court for the ...

Slam victory emotional for Zverev

PARIS — It all came rushing back to Alexander Zverev when he was lying on his back on the French Open’s center court, his hands covering his face, and sobbing on Sunday as he realized that he had — finally — become a Grand Slam champion. It was the same court where he twisted his ...