5 h. ago NBA finals MVP reportedly agrees record $285m contract extension

The deal could see Shai Gilgeous-Alexander earn the highest single-season average salary in NBA history

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56 h. ago Wimbledon 2025: Monday's matchups, how to watch on TV, betting odds and more to know

Play in the year’s third Grand Slam tennis tournament is scheduled to begin at Wimbledon on the grass courts of the All England Club on Monday

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3 d. ago UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira start time, schedule, fight card, how to watch and latest odds today

Huge battle for vacant lightweight title headlines huge event in Las Vegas

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4 d. ago Jake Paul vs Chavez Jr: Date, fight time, how to watch, undercard, prediction, ring walks and odds

The Problem Child returns after win over Mike Tyson as he takes on former middleweight world champion

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5 d. ago UFC 317: Topuria vs Oliveira start time, schedule, fight card, how to watch and latest odds

Huge battle for vacant lightweight title headlines eagerly-anticipated event in Las Vegas

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5 d. ago Jake Paul vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: Date, fight time, how to watch, undercard, prediction, ring walks and odds

The Problem Child returns after win over Mike Tyson as he takes on former middleweight world champion

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5 d. ago Wilder vs Herndon: Date, fight time, how to watch, undercard, latest odds, prediction and ring walks

Bronze Bomber still wants to set up Anthony Joshua fight as he makes latest heavyweight comeback

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6 d. ago NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, in ESPN interview, says league taking serious look at Achilles tears

The NBA had already convened a panel of experts to study Achilles tendon injuries even before Indiana star Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night

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6 d. ago NBA players seem to tear their Achilles more frequently nowadays. Why is that?

Kevin Durant and Tyrese Haliburton entered their respective NBA Finals elimination games with strained right calves

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7 d. ago NBA hits 5 billion social views during Finals. OKC's Game 7 win draws top finals audience in 6 years

The NBA generated more than 5 billion views across social media platforms during this season’s NBA Finals, up 215% from last season’s title series

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8 d. ago Next season in doubt for Haliburton as sources say star tore achilles in NBA finals Game 7

All-Star guard injured during Pacers’ loss to ThunderHow Haliburton excelled in this year’s playoffsIndiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton sustained a torn achilles tendon in Sunday night’s NBA finals Game 7 loss to Oklahoma City, ESPN reported on Monday. The recovery time for a basketball player with a torn achilles tendon typically ranges from eight to 10 months.With five minutes left of the first quarter on Sunday, Haliburton pushed off his right foot to initiate a drive to the basket. But instead of maneuvering past Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, he fell to the floor in agony. As the Thunder went the other way for a dunk, Haliburton pounded the floor with his fist and was unable to put weight on his injured leg while being escorted to the locker room. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Thunder’s thrilling nerd juggernaut ushers in NBA’s nice guy era

Polite, considerate, and brilliant to watch, Oklahoma City’s team of champions helped produce one of the most absorbing postseasons in yearsThese were supposed to be the boring finals, a contest between two small-city teams with none of the media pull of Boston or New York or even Denver for that matter, featuring the (allegedly) most overrated guard in the NBA, no personalities, relentless fouling, and a Canadian MVP whose ascendancy seemed to indicate nothing more than the terminal decline of America as a stable of elite basketballing talent. Instead we were treated to the most thrilling and unpredictable finals since LeBron James came through with his famous rejection in 2016 – a bustling, punishing, seven-game exhibition of physical basketball whose outcome was genuinely unclear until the final quarter of the season. Denigrated and dismissed by a basketballing commentariat who’ve spent much of this season ruing the modern NBA’s dearth of charisma, Oklahoma City and Indiana playe...

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8 d. ago Thunder beat Pacers in Game 7 to win franchise’s first NBA title in Oklahoma City

As it happened: Pacers 91–103 ThunderFranchise claim first title since move from SeattlePacers lose star Tyrese Haliburton to injury in first-halfShai Gilgeous-Alexander named finals MVPThe Thunder became NBA champions on Sunday evening, topping the Indiana Pacers 103-91 to capture Oklahoma City’s first major pro sports title.Oklahoma City’s Game 7 answer, as during their dominant regular season, was youth. NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and dished 12 assists to lead his team, supported by strong efforts from forward Jalen Williams (20 points) and Chet Holmgren (18 points, eight rebounds). The game was won amid decibel counts above 100, with thousands of Thunder fans stamping in unison as the team’s trio of young stars pushed the club toward the franchise’s first title since moving from Seattle in 2008. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago NBA finals 2025 Game 7: Thunder beat Pacers to claim title – live updates

Thunder best Pacers in winner-take-all deciderTyrese Haliburton goes down with apparent achilles injurySend David an email at david.lengel@theguardian.comPacers 5-2 Thunder, 10:15 1st quarterGame 7 of the NBA Finals is underway! A 14 foot jumper by Nembhard and a block of Williams by Nesmith gets the pensive OKC crowd just a bit stiffer. Great start by Indy! Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton suffers lower right leg injury in Game 7 of NBA Finals

Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton, who was playing with a strained right calf, went down with a lower right leg injury in the first quarter of Game 7 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder and immediately began punching the court in frustration

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9 d. ago Indiana Pacers v Oklahoma City Thunder: NBA finals Game 7 – live updates

Thunder host Pacers in winner-take-all Game 7Send David an email at david.lengel@theguardian.comThey said this series would suck. They said this series would be short. But I am here to say now, hello and welcome to our live coverage of Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Seven games, that’s as long as it can go. You don’t get bad seven game series, it doesn’t happen. The Thunder and Pacers match-up is no exception.For those of you new to basketball and wanted to see what all the fuss was about, the season ends tonight, and we’re guaranteed to have a new champion. So yeah, it’s kind of a big deal, which is why you’re here. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago NBA Finals 2025: Who has won the most NBA Championships in history? Pacers, OKC, Celtic, Lakers wins

Here is a complete list of every NBA Championship winner since 1950 to 2024, how many times OKC and Indiana Pacers have won it.

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9 d. ago Oklahoma native Kristin Chenoweth to perform national anthem before Game 7 of NBA Finals

At 4-foot-11, Kristin Chenoweth is still making it to the NBA Finals

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9 d. ago NBA Final winners: Where to watch NBA finals UK, what is the NBA Championship trophy made out of?

Oklahoma City Thunder and the Indiana Pacers face each other in game seven of the NBA Finals on Sunday evening.

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1 week ago For Pacers and Thunder, there's no looking back now. All eyes are only on Game 7 in the NBA Finals

Game 6 of the NBA Finals had been over for only about 10 or 15 minutes, and the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder were turning the page

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