Sports News

3:53 PM on Thursday, June 25

Milwaukee Bucks lottery picks Brayden Burries and Nate Ament got their first bit of tough love from their new coach well before discovering they’d be playing for him

3:51 PM on Thursday, June 25

The rebuilding Toronto Maple Leafs hold the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft that opens on Friday night

3:15 PM on Thursday, June 25

Two days after taking the 6-foot-9 star out of BYU with the top pick in the NBA draft, the Washington Wizards introduced AJ Dybantsa at a hotel overlooking the Potomac River

2:57 PM on Thursday, June 25

Pope Leo XIV has received a special gift from former Chicago White Sox catcher A

2:24 PM on Thursday, June 25

Brandon Lowe hit his team-leading 19th home run of the season and Henry Davis had a two-run blast as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1

2:03 PM on Thursday, June 25

Junior Caminero hit three home runs and drove in six runs, Victor Mesa Jr. added a three-run homer and three pitchers combined for 8 1/3 no-hit innings to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 13-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals

1:58 PM on Thursday, June 25

The Athletics have placed infielder Zack Gelof on the 10-day injured list because of a contusion on his right hand

1:20 PM on Thursday, June 25

India has accounted for Bangladesh by five wickets in Manchester in the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup

1:17 PM on Thursday, June 25

The NFL has announced dates and details for the 2027 NFL draft to be held in Washington, D.C. The three-day draft will begin on Thursday, April 29, and continue through Saturday, May 1

12:55 PM on Thursday, June 25

The Colorado Rockies are showing grit and improvement this season, led by young players like Cole Carrigg, Jake McCarthy, and TJ Rumfield

12:49 PM on Thursday, June 25

Incoming recruits Tyran Stokes at Kansas, Caleb Holt at Arizona and Jordan Smith Jr. headline the list of potential lottery candidates when looking ahead at the 2027 NBA draft

12:48 PM on Thursday, June 25

The Tampa Bay Rays lost a combined no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals when Carter Jensen hit a two-run homer off Craig Kimbrel in the ninth inning

12:33 PM on Thursday, June 25

No, a storm didn’t roll through Sweden’s base camp at the World Cup

12:32 PM on Thursday, June 25

Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin revealed Thursday she played through a torn ACL and a torn meniscus in her right knee to help the team capture the PWHL championship and is expected to be out indefinitely after surgery set for late July

12:05 PM on Thursday, June 25

Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert says her ovarian cancer has returned and treatment will prevent her from attending Wimbledon this year

10:17 AM on Thursday, June 25

The X Games is out to show there are riskier moves in action sports than flying upside down above a halfpipe

9:07 AM on Thursday, June 25

A person familiar with the situation says the Charlotte Hornets have agreed to trade point guard LaMelo Ball and Josh Green to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid, a 2033 unprotected first-round draft pick, three first-round pick swaps and three future second-round picks

4:47 AM on Thursday, June 25

England has fought its way back into the match with a flurry of late wickets after Tom Latham and Devon Conway put on a mammoth 317 for New Zealand’s first wicket on Day 1 of the third and final test in Nottingham

10:01 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Mateo Chávez and Julián Quiñones scored goals in a six-minute span early in the second half, and Mexico beat the Czech Republic 3-0 to win all three of its World Cup group-stage matches for the first time

4:43 PM on Wednesday, June 24

The NCAA Division I Cabinet has approved changes to the college football calendar