The Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets are Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant‘s preferred trade destinations, sources told ESPN on Saturday night. People across the NBA have been made aware in recent days that those are the three teams Durant would commit to with a long-term extension. Durant is on an expiring $54.7…
OAKMONT, Pa. — Some major championships are exquisite exhibitions of athletic grace and mental tenacity, symphonies conducted on fairways. You watch them, and you feel thrilled, energized, even inspired by the generational talent on display. The 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont was none of that. J.J. Spaun won the tournament with a score of even…
Jun 15, 2025, 07:15 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Shane van Gisbergen once again mastered a new track — this one the iconic Mexico City road course — to win NASCAR’s first Cup Series points-paying race outside the United States in the modern era. The New Zealander led 60 of 100 laps Sunday at Autódromo…
Jun 15, 2025, 02:10 PM ET The NBA Finals may be in full swing and the draft is on the horizon on June 25-26, but the NBA offseason has already started stealing the headlines. Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant has been the source of trade rumblings throughout the spring. The MVP could be the biggest…
Sunday marks the first full day of action at the new-look Club World Cup, one that will feature several European heavyweights and a handful of intriguing matchups. The day’s action began with one of the group stage’s most mismatched games, with six-time UEFA Champions League winners Bayern Munich facing off against the competition’s only semi-pro…
Jun 15, 2025, 03:47 PM ET Even before the FIFA Club World Cup started, the revamped competition had generated its share of doubts — over ticket sales, security measures, lack of player rest, and more. But once the games kicked off, the focus was supposed to shift away from the controversies to the action on…
Getty Images After a grueling club soccer season, it was tough to know how some of the biggest European teams would approach the Club World Cup but Bayern Munich delivered an answer in their first group stage game, dismantling amateur Auckland City FC 10-0. It’s a record win for a team taking part in the…
An interesting national anthem was performed at Dodger Stadium at Saturday, and not because the team wanted it. Rather than sing the traditional “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Vanessa Hernández, who performs under the name Nezza, sang “El Pendón Estrellado,” the official Spanish version of the anthem commissioned by they U.S. government under Franklin D. Roosevelt in…
Kevin PeltonJun 15, 2025, 05:11 PM ET Close Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus series Formerly a consultant with the Indiana Pacers Developed WARP rating and SCHOENE system The NBA offseason is still at least two Finals games away, but the trade season is already upon us. On Sunday, the Memphis Grizzlies agreed to trade guard Desmond…
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami were held to a scoreless draw against Egypt’s Al Ahly in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Saturday night. Fans showed up en masse for the Group A clash at Hard Rock Stadium, home to the Miami Dolphins, but Messi could not fully deliver, his best chance…
