Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. It will take a lot more than one N.B.A. draft for the Knicks to climb their way back to respectability. They have proven as much in recent years. An abridged history: They used the fourth pick of the 2015 draft on Kristaps Porzingis, and he […]

Carson Wentz got paid this summer, but he won’t be the only one. With the NFL season just a little fewer than three months away from kicking off, some teams will likely soon look to lock up players who are facing expiring contracts. Texans edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney and Falcons defensive tackle Grady Jarrett are separate cases after they were […]

SUN reader Kyle Flucker has played his cards right and won his way to a seat in the most phenomenal poker tournament on the planet. Now the 26-year-old law student will be joining the globe’s greatest Texas Hold ’Em professionals in the 888 Poker sponsored World Series Of Poker $10,000 (£7,900) Main Event in Las Vegas, starting on July 3. […]

THE Coronation Stakes looks a one-horse race on the face of it – but this is Royal Ascot, and anything can happen. Hermosa will bid to carry all before her as he bids to complete follow up her victories in the English and Irish Guineas. 1. Castle Lady – H-A Pantall/Castle Lady (15-2) French Guineas winner just lasted home at Longchamp, […]

But manager Unai Emery has only £40m to spend after missing out on Champions League football. Follow all of the latest Gunners transfer news, gossip and updates below… Joe Brophy4 minutes agoJune 21, 2019 ARSENAL target Yannick Carrasco has been suspended by current club Dalian Yifang and banned from their training ground. The Gunners had made the former Atletico Madrid […]

AMERICAN trainer Wesley Ward has the favourite for this year's Albany in the shape of the exciting Nayibeth. She is the narrow favourite ahead of Roger Varian's Daahyeh who also has plenty of potential. Full field for the 2019 Albany Stakes: How can I watch the race? The race will be shown live on ITV at 2.30pm this Friday. The […]

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer furious with Jesse Lingard over crude Snapchat video which shows his friend simulating sex and will warn player about future conduct Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will issue a warning to Jesse Lingard for crude video The midfielder shared a video of the group saying goodbye to their hotel room  His friend, Jamal Branker, pretended to […]

Gary Sanchez, Gleyber Torres and D. J. LeMahieu homered in a hurry, connecting in a six-run fourth inning that powered the host Yankees past the Houston Astros, 10-6, on Thursday night for their sixth straight win. Edwin Encarnacion hit his 23rd home run, which leads the American League, as the Yankees handed Houston its season-worst fifth loss in a row. […]

CHASKA, Minn. — Arthritic wrists kept Michelle Wie out of competition for two months ahead of the Women’s P.G.A. Championship. She resumed hitting golf balls only a week before tackling the host course, Hazeltine National Golf Club, preparation that she acknowledged was far from ideal. But after struggling to a 12-over-par 84 in the first round on Thursday, Wie, one […]

By the time Rui Hachimura came to Gonzaga University for an official visit in October 2015, he had already been on the cover of Slam Magazine — the basketball and hip-hop culture bible — back home in Japan. The son of a Japanese mother and a father from the West African nation of Benin, Hachimura became the first Japanese player […]