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Thunder fans expecting to celebrate NBA title see hopes dashed as Indiana forces Game 7
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City fans who confidently flocked to the Paycom Center expecting to celebrate the Thunder’s first NBA championship on Thursday night went home facing the possibility that their team might not win the title. The Thunder took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series into Game 6 in Indianapolis, and Indiana’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pacers avoid 2nd straight home-court playoff exit, routing Thunder to force Game 7
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers did not let another home-court opportunity slip away Thursday night. Not with a raucous crowd on its feet almost from start to finish, not with Reggie Miller and nearly a dozen former Pacers cheering them on and certainly not with the first NBA title in franchise just two wins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cowser’s 3-run homer and Morton’s solid outing lead Orioles past Rays
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Colton Cowser hit a three-run homer and Charlie Morton allowed one run over six innings in his 400th major league game as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 on Thursday night at Steinbrenner Field. With two outs in the sixth, Cowser’s drive off Edwin Uceta broke a 1-all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Richards’ 2nd-half goal lifts US over Saudi Arabia 1-0 and into CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Defender Chris Richards scored with a flick of the ball off a second-half free kick to lift the United States to a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Thursday night, sending the Americans on to the CONCACAF Gold Cuo quarterfinals. Richards tracked the ball as it flew into the box on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thunder on the wrong end of 36-9 run, head home for Game 7 showdown against resilient Pacers
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The run lasted about 12 minutes, roughly the span of a full quarter. When it started, Oklahoma City was down by just one point. And when it ended, plans for Game 7 were being made. There was no championship celebration for the Thunder on Thursday night — and their first chance at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pacers roll past Thunder 108-91 to send the NBA Finals to a deciding Game 7
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Obi Toppin scored 20 points, Canadian Andrew Nembhard added 17 and the resilient Indiana Pacers sent the NBA Finals to a winner-take-all Game 7 by rolling past the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-91 on Thursday night. Pascal Siakam had 16 points and 13 rebounds for Indiana, while Tyrese Haliburton — playing through a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tyrese Haliburton helps spark Pacers’ Game 6 win over Thunder while playing with strained calf
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton jumped into the passing lane for a steal and tiptoed his way along the sideline before spinning and throwing a no-look pass to Pascal Siakam for a dunk over a pair of Oklahoma City defenders. And then he stopped to slap a few hands of well-wishers in the crowd. Not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Botafogo stuns Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in Club World Cup on Igor Jesus’ goal
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Botafogo stunned Champions League winner Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 on Thursday night in each club’s second match of the Club World Cup. Igor Jesus scored late in the first half, and the South American champions made it stand up through a tense second half while moving atop the group at 2-0-0. PSG ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kiner-Falefa has 2-run single in 10th as Pirates beat Tigers 8-4 to earn doubleheader split
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run single in a four-run 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers 8-4 for a split of a doubleheader Thursday. The Tigers won the first game 9-2 behind four RBIs from Riley Greene. Pinch-hitter Ke’Bryan Hayes led off the 10th with a single to right, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pirates reliever Dennis Santana involved in altercation with fan during game with Tigers
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Dennis Santana was involved in an altercation with a fan during the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers and at one point is seen leaping and swiping at the person. In videos posted to social media, Santana can be seen pointing out the fan to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rays pitcher carted off field after foul ball strikes him in dugout
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Hunter Bigge was carted off the field in a frightening scene Thursday night after he was struck by a foul ball in the dugout. In the top of the seventh inning, Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman fouled a pitch into the Rays’ dugout and it hit Bigge, ... Read More »
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