- 17h ago
Knicks rally past Spurs in Game 1 of NBA Finals, extending playoff win streak to 12
Jalen Brunson scored 30 points as the New York Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to defeat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 on Wednesday, seizing a 1-0 lead in the NBA Finals.
- 2d ago
Spanish town cancels DR Congo World Cup friendly over Ebola fears, coach proposes closed-door alternative
The mayor of La Línea de la Concepción revoked authorisation for a 9 June World Cup warm-up match between DR Congo and Chile, citing insufficient health information about the Congolese delegation amid an Ebola outbreak in the central African nation.
- 2d ago
Hall of Famer Rick Adelman, who won 1,042 NBA games and defined an era of offensive innovation, dies at 79
Rick Adelman, the Hall of Fame coach with 1,042 career wins, passed away Monday at 79. He took the Trail Blazers to the 1990 and 1992 Finals and shaped stars from Clyde Drexler to Yao Ming.
- 2d ago
Switzerland departs for World Cup without Embolo after US travel document placed under review
Switzerland forward Breel Embolo was left stranded at Zurich airport on Tuesday when U.S. authorities placed his travel authorization under further review hours before the team's flight to a World Cup training camp in California.
- 5d ago
Four Hours Upside Down: Eight Students Rescued from Stalled Texas Rollercoaster 30 Metres Above the Sea
A school trip turned into a four-hour ordeal for eight teenagers left dangling upside down at the top of the Iron Shark rollercoaster in Galveston, Texas, after a malfunction triggered an emergency stop.
