Sports News

2:48 PM on Thursday, June 25

Serena Williams keeps on commenting half-jokingly about how “it’s summer” and “the kids aren’t in school” as the reasoning for her tennis comeback at age 44

2:13 PM on Thursday, June 25

The Special Olympics have been a bastion of inclusion since the first Games in 1968

1:53 PM on Thursday, June 25

Milwaukee Bucks lottery picks Brayden Burries and Nate Ament got their first bit of tough love from their new coach well before discovering they’d be playing for him

1:51 PM on Thursday, June 25

The rebuilding Toronto Maple Leafs hold the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft that opens on Friday night

1:15 PM on Thursday, June 25

Two days after taking the 6-foot-9 star out of BYU with the top pick in the NBA draft, the Washington Wizards introduced AJ Dybantsa at a hotel overlooking the Potomac River

12:57 PM on Thursday, June 25

Pope Leo XIV has received a special gift from former Chicago White Sox catcher A

12:24 PM on Thursday, June 25

Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1

12:08 PM on Thursday, June 25

The WNBA has suspended Phoenix’s Alyssa Thomas for one game after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark’s throat in Wednesday night’s matchup against Indiana

12:03 PM on Thursday, June 25

Junior Caminero hit three home runs and drove in six runs, Victor Mesa Jr. added a three-run homer and three pitchers combined for 8 1/3 no-hit innings to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 13-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals

11:58 AM on Thursday, June 25

The Athletics have placed infielder Zack Gelof on the 10-day injured list because of a contusion on his right hand

11:20 AM on Thursday, June 25

India has accounted for Bangladesh by five wickets in Manchester in the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup

11:17 AM on Thursday, June 25

The NFL has announced dates and details for the 2027 NFL draft to be held in Washington, D.C. The three-day draft will begin on Thursday, April 29, and continue through Saturday, May 1

10:55 AM on Thursday, June 25

The Colorado Rockies are showing grit and improvement this season, led by young players like Cole Carrigg, Jake McCarthy, and TJ Rumfield

10:48 AM on Thursday, June 25

The Tampa Bay Rays lost a combined no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals when Carter Jensen hit a two-run homer off Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning

10:33 AM on Thursday, June 25

No, a storm didn’t roll through Sweden’s base camp at the World Cup

7:07 AM on Thursday, June 25

A person familiar with the situation says the Charlotte Hornets have agreed to trade point guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round draft pick, three first-round pick swaps and three future second-round picks

2:47 AM on Thursday, June 25

England has fought its way back into the match with a flurry of late wickets after Tom Latham and Devon Conway put on a mammoth 317 for New Zealand’s first wicket on Day 1 of the third and final test in Nottingham

9:33 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold has been charged in Tampa, Florida, with leading a plot to detain and pistol-whip three people whom he believed had stolen from him

8:01 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Mateo Chávez and Julián Quiñones scored goals in a six-minute span early in the second half, and Mexico beat the Czech Republic 3-0 to win all three of its World Cup group-stage matches for the first time

2:43 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The NCAA Division I Cabinet has approved changes to the college football calendar