LeBron James is prone to saying that “Game Seven” are the two best words in sports, a time when the lines dividing success from failure are at their thinnest. It’s when the weight and pressure help create unforgettable moments, when the stakes help define legacies. It’s when stars, like James,…
If Canelo Alvarez doesn’t already know, someone should inform him: His reputation is in a state of disrepair. Whatever the reality, the common perception is that he lost to middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin last September and his recent failed drug test for a performance-enhancing drug has…
With another Game 7 victory at stake, LeBron James would not miss. He would not sit out. And he would not be denied an eighth straight trip to the NBA Finals. The four-time league MVP scored 35 points with 15 rebounds and nine assists on Sunday night, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to an 87-79…
Police arrested a flight school instructor and his assistant after they allegedly kidnapped a student pilot in Redding and tried to send him back to China, authorities said. Two IASCO Flight Training employees — Jonathan McConkey and his assistant, Kelsi Hoser — showed up to the trainee’s apartment…
Kyle Busch led 377 of 400 laps in a dominating Coca-Cola 600 run at Charlotte Motor Speedway to finally break through with a points-race victory at the only NASCAR Cup track that had eluded him. Busch started on the pole, won every stage in the circuit’s longest race and left everyone else in the…
Marta Martinez was in her bedroom about a mile from the border in south Texas on Wednesday, preparing to attend her son’s end-of-year award ceremony at school, when she heard a gunshot. She told her children to stay inside and rushed out to see a Border Patrol agent with a gun in his hand. It
Klay Thompson hit nine 3-pointers and scored 35 points, the Warriors held James Harden down in the second half, and Golden State rallied from an early 17-point deficit to stave off elimination with a 115-86 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night to force a deciding Game 7 in the Western…
'Phony' source derided by Trump turns out to be a White House official briefing a group of reporters
President Trump accused the New York Times on Saturday of inventing a source for a story who, in fact, was a White House official conducting a briefing for reporters under the condition that the official not be named. Trump said on Twitter that the Times quoted an official “who doesn’t exist,”…
Mike Trout homered and doubled three times during his first five-hit game in the majors, and the Los Angeles Angels quickly erased an early deficit in beating the New York Yankees 11-4 on Saturday night. Playing not far from his southern New Jersey hometown, Trout went deep for the third straight…