
Team USA lost to a team of WNBA All-Stars just a couple of days before.
Australia stuns US women 70-67 in pre-Olympic exhibition — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Team USA lost to a team of WNBA All-Stars just a couple of days before.
Australia stuns US women 70-67 in pre-Olympic exhibition — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns had designs on coming home with a chance to win their first championship. Khris Middleton’s shots and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s swat ended those thoughts. Now an NBA Finals that seemed very much in the Suns’ control when they left Phoenix a week ago returns to Arizona as a tossup. The Milwaukee […]
Back in Phoenix, back to even: Suns, Bucks ready for Game 5 — The Morning Sun

OAKLAND – Jed Lowrie made sure the A’s started the second half of the season with a bang. Lowrie hit a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning off Emmanuel Clase as the A’s beat the Cleveland Indians 5-4 before an announced crowd of 12,361 at the Coliseum. Elvis Andrus started…
Jed Lowrie stays hot as Oakland A’s earn walk-off win over Indians — Marin Independent Journal

Bradley Beal and Kevin Love won’t play for Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics.
Report: Keldon Johnson and JaVale McGee added to Team USA for Tokyo Olympics — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Salary-cap circumvention is a serious charge.
Report: Nets pay for houses for stars’ girlfriends — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

“We always do our due diligence. You have to. What else are you doing? What’s your job? It’s our job to try.”
Are Warriors checking trade status of other stars? “Absolutely. Why wouldn’t we?” — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Chris Sale’s first rehab start provided a strong foundation to build on as he eyes a return to the Red Sox later this summer.
Chris Sale throws three shutout innings in first Red Sox rehab start — Boston Herald

The second half of the 2021 Major League Baseball season officially kicks off Thursday night. The Boston Red Sox have their hands full right out of the gate beginning Thursday as they travel to New York to take on the Yankees. Boston will face the Yankees in eight of its first 11 games coming out […]
Red Sox To Begin Wild Stretch With Yankees As Second Half Kicks Off — NESN.com

By BRIAN MAHONEY Bradley Beal will miss the Olympics after being placed into health and safety protocols and the U.S. men’s basketball team said it will replace him on its roster at a later date. The Americans also announced Thursday that forward Jerami Grant has also been played in health and safety protocols “out of…
Bradley Beal out of Olympics for health and safety reasons — Lowell Sun

Giannis Antetokounmpo left both Game 3 and Game 4 of the NBA Finals just three-and-a-half minutes into each contest.
Giannis Antetokounmpo explains leaving game early: ‘I went to take a tinkle’ — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

Nuggets assistant Wes Unseld Jr. and Bucks assistant Darvin Ham were described as frontrunners to become the Wizards’ next head coach.
Report: Wizards likely to hire Wes Unseld Jr. as head coach — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports

MILWAUKEE (AP) — As remarkable as Giannis Antetokounmpo has been in delivering MVP-caliber performances during the NBA Finals while playing with an injured knee, there have been games in which he was good but not great.
Bucks get confidence boost in win without Giannis scoring 40 — Macomb Daily