Durant praised fans and the franchise for the victory during a post-game interview. Cleveland has now lost two of the three showdowns in this Finals trilogy. (AP ) - As confetti fell on the court, LeBron James gave Kevin Durant a long embrace and congratulatory words before walking off the court with his head held high despite a fifth career NBA Finals loss. Read More »

Dantonio also cited Staten's work in community outreach as a reason for why he was given an assistant head coach title. On Tuesday, it was reported that Vayante Copeland , expected to be a key contributor at cornerback in 2017, will not return to the Michigan State program . Read More »

Former Alonso High standout Alex Faedo was drafted 18th overall by the Detroit Tigers . Nearly as impressive: He reached base on free passes (40 walks, three hit by pitch) as often as he struck out, and he grounded into just one double play. Read More »

She is my friend.' The reporting player did not provide details of what occurred, when it occurred, where it occurred, or who was involved. "I'm pleased to see the process is moving along". Hollis and Dantonio received a vote of "full support" from Michigan State's board of trustees Monday after meeting with them to discuss the alleged assault and how it was handled by the football program. Read More »

Bell has not signed his franchise tender, so he is not obligated to attend. The 25-year-old elusive rusher is attempting to negotiate a long-term deal with the Steelers, but it is uncertain whether or not it will get done by the July 15 deadline. Read More »

Per the official release , the deal is one way in nature and will pay out $850,000 on the season. An injury sidelined him for 26 games in late December, though, cutting short what was hoped to be an effective breakout year. Now under contract, Dano must either be protected by the Jets or left available to possibly be picked by the Vegas Golden Knights in the upcoming expansion draft. Read More »

He further denied ever asking Comey for his "loyalty", contradicting Comey's detailed allegations. This week, during the highly anticipated Senate Intelligence Committee appearance by Comey, he said the USA president lied on several occasions, and he illustrated Trump's knack for self-sabotage. Read More »

I was jittery". "I'm proud of you, son", she said . "It's unfortunate that some of the guys on our team that haven't had the chance to lift the trophy didn't get to experience that", James said. "We prevailed, we are champions and it was fantastic to do it on our own floor". "I can't wait to celebrate for the rest of the night - well, maybe the rest of the summer". Read More »

They are heading back to Oakland again ahead 3-1 and they blew a 3-1 lead a year ago. "Our perspective, being blessed to play on this stage three years in a row, it's for these fans, for our organization, for these families". Steph Curry didn't make a field goal until 6:40 remained in the second quarter. Not to mention a healthy one after his 2016 injuries. Let's take a look at several reasons why the Cleveland Cavaliers fan can be happen following their Game 4 win. Read More »

We bowled a really good over and then we bowled a variation with our sixth ball and that's the ball that ended up going for a boundary. Pakistan , meanwhile, were fined for a slow over-rate after they were ruled to be one over short of the target when time allowances were taken into consideration. Read More »

The two-time US Olympic gold medallist scored more than 30 points in each of the five games - the first player since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000 for the LA Lakers - and averaged 35.2 per game across the series. "So for me personally, I have no reason to put my head down, I have no reason to look back on what I could have done or what I should have done or what I could have done better for the team ", he said . Read More »

Projections showed Macron continuing his centrist revolution, with his Republique en Marche (Republic on the Move, REM) party and its ally MoDem tipped to win between 400 and 445 seats in the 577-member National Assembly in next Sunday's second round. Read More »

Eighteen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer said that he wouldn't have stood a chance against Rafael Nadal in the French Open had he participated in the tournament. Nadal was unable to convert four break points in the fourth game. That's the second-fewest games lost at a Grand Slam best-of-five match. An emotional Toni Nadal reflected on the end of a remarkable French Open partnership as he celebrated his nephew's 10th Roland Garros title. Read More »

But when we're playing aggressive, we're in attack mode, playing with pace - that's when we're at our best". LeBron was incredible once again. Despite almost 45 minutes from Lebron and 77 points from him and Irving, the Cavaliers were unable to beat the Warriors. Read More »

The Warriors followed up their 2015 title by winning a record 73 regular-season games in the 2015-16 campaign, but stumbled with a 3-1 finals lead and fell victim to the greatest comeback in finals history by Cleveland. But Thompson said their second title in three seasons was built on plenty of sweat over the course of the season. Kerr joked after the game , "Actually we had very little talent, it was mostly coaching ". Read More »

Or, désormais, la concurrence s'est aiguisée après les prestations ternes de certains titulaires vendredi, notamment Dimitri Payet , Antoine Griezmann et Moussa Sissoko , décriés pour leur influence en berne. L'émotion extra-sportive sera aussi au rendez-vous. Lors du match Angleterre-France, qui avait eu lieu quatre jours après les attentats à Paris et à Saint-Denis en 2015, le mythique stade de Wembley s'était transformé en un lieu solennel, où le seul enjeu du match était de diffuser un ... Read More »

They have a mere point and a net run-rate of -1.740, due to the abandoned match against Australia and a defeat to England . As a result, Australia are struck with two points in two games with both ending in no result while Bangladesh have opened their account in the tournament after losing the opening game to England . Read More »

Warriors forward Kevin Durant , 28, was named the Most Valuable Player of the Finals . This isn't the first time Durant has sent some love Rihanna's way. He averaged 29.7 points, 11.3 rebounds and 8.9 assists in the Cavs seven-game series win over the Warriors in 2016, finishing it with three of the greatest games of his career in succession. Read More »

I don't know what people were expecting. I felt really touched and honored. "You make me cry", she continued. Serena is on maternity leave, Petra Kvitova is in the early stages of her return and Victoria Azarenka is likely to be underdone as she comes back from the birth of her first child. Read More »

It was a defeat all of the Lions own making as they failed to close out a game that had finally saw them score more than one try in a game, tries coming from Jonathan Joseph , Tommy Seymour and captain Sam Warburton on his comeback from an ankle injury. Read More »

Today's practice at Clark Hinkle Field begins at 11:30 am. With that group on an early vacation, the most veteran players expected at the minicamp will be left tackle David Bakhtiari and guard Lane Taylor (fifth year) and a group of eight fourth-year players that includes Pro Bowl safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, wide receiver Davante Adams and tight end Richard Rodgers. Read More »

Both the teams had unimpressive stars to their campaign, with Pakistan losing by 124 runs to India in a timid display. De Kock was bowled by Ravindra Jadeja for 56 but it still did not seem the innings was about to sink. India chased down the target in 38 overs with eight wickets to spare. India captain Virat Kohli on his side's bowling attack: "The pressure was built by the bowlers and that I think resulted in those breakthroughs we got in the field", he said. Read More »

Nevertheless, Murray might find it tougher beating Del Potro than Edmund will against Anderson. Murray, the 2016 runner-up, reached the third round with a bruising 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) win over Martin Klizan of Slovakia. 13 Kristina Mladenovic, who won on Friday. Anderson, who made the French Open fourth round in 2013 and 2014, twice recovered from a set down to advance 6-7 (6/8), 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 in just under four hours. Read More »

Last week's 3-2 home win over Saudi Arabia put Australia back in the driving seat to reach the 2018 World Cup in Russian Federation, where Cahill has his heart set on making a fourth appearance at the global tournament for the Asian champions. Read More »

Nadal received 2,000 Emirates ATP Rankings points and €2,100,000 in prize money after crushing Stan Wawrinka in the French Open Final on Sunday, to lift his tenth title in 12 years, since he made his debut at Roland Garros in 2005. And he stays flawless in French Open finals at 10-0 (20-0 when he makes the French semifinals). Roger Federer is still No. 5 after missing the French Open for the second year in a row. Read More »