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Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) drives past Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort (5) during the second half of Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips)
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Haliburton's status is a great unknown for Pacers going into Game 6 of NBA Finals

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The Indiana Pacers are preparing for the possibility of not having Tyrese Haliburton available to play in Thursday's Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

FILE - Atlantic Division's Brady Tkachuk, of the Ottawa Senators (7) and Matthew Tkachuk, of the Florida Panthers (19) watch the rerun of a goal by Matthew assisted by Brady during the NHL All Star hockey game, Feb. 4, 2023, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
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US hockey announces initial 6 players for 2026 Milan Olympics

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The U.S. named Brady and Matthew Tkachuk, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes and Charlie McAvoy as its first six players for the 2026 Olympics.

Kayla Harrison, left, talks to Amanda Nunes after her women's bantamweight bout against Julianna Pea at the UFC 316 mixed martial arts event Sunday, June 8, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Kayla Harrison survived sex abuse to win Olympic gold. She's now a UFC champ with a mega fight ahead

Read full article: Kayla Harrison survived sex abuse to win Olympic gold. She's now a UFC champ with a mega fight ahead

Around her neck or around her waist, Kayla Harrison has a knack for winning gold.

Georgia's Merab Dvalishvili, left, celebrates after winning his bantamweight title bout against Sean O'Malley at the UFC 316 mixed martial arts event Sunday, June 8, 2025 in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Harrison, Dvalishvili celebrate as 135-pound champions at UFC 316 with President Trump looking on

Read full article: Harrison, Dvalishvili celebrate as 135-pound champions at UFC 316 with President Trump looking on

Merab Dvalishvili retained his 135-pound championship when he tapped out Sean O’Malley in the third round in the main event of UFC 316 at the Prudential Center.

Casey Wasserman, LA28 chairperson and president, takes questions from the media during a news conference in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LA28 organizers confident Trump's latest travel ban won't affect Los Angeles Olympics

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Planning and preparation for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has made “significant progress” and organizers say they're confident that President Donald Trump’s latest travel ban won’t prevent games participants from entering the U.S. LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman says the federal government already recognizes that the Olympics require special consideration.

Algeria's Imane Khelif poses after defeating China's Yang Liu to win gold in their women's 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Olympic champ Imane Khelif skips Eindhoven event after World Boxing introduces mandatory sex testing

Read full article: Olympic champ Imane Khelif skips Eindhoven event after World Boxing introduces mandatory sex testing

Olympic champion Imane Khelif is skipping the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands less than a week after World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing for all athletes.

President Donald Trump gestures past Vice President JD Vance during a FIFA task force meeting on the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

What the Trump travel ban means for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games

Read full article: What the Trump travel ban means for the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympic Games

U.S. President Donald Trump often says the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are among the events he is most excited about in his second term.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver is seen on the court prior to Game 2 of an NBA basketball Western Conference Finals playoff series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Minnesota Timberwolves Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)

NBA working on plan for US-vs.-world format at All-Star Game next season, AP source says

Read full article: NBA working on plan for US-vs.-world format at All-Star Game next season, AP source says

The NBA is working on a plan to turn next season’s All-Star Game into a U.S.-vs.

FILE - Gold medalist Gabby Thomas stands on the podium after the women's 200-meter at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrade, File)

FanDuel bans bettor over heckling incident with Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas

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A sports bettor who heckled Olympic champion sprinter Gabby Thomas during a Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia has been banned by the betting site FanDuel Sportsbook.

Italy's Lorenzo Musetti celebrates as he won the quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open against Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

French Open: Lorenzo Musetti beats Frances Tiafoe and faces Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals

Read full article: French Open: Lorenzo Musetti beats Frances Tiafoe and faces Carlos Alcaraz in the semifinals

Lorenzo Musetti has reached his first semifinal at the French Open and second at a Grand Slam tournament.

Algeria's Imane Khelif poses after defeating China's Yang Liu to win gold in their women's 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policy

Read full article: World Boxing apologizes for naming Olympic champion Imane Khelif in sex test policy

The president of World Boxing has apologized after Olympic champion Imane Khelif was singled out in the governing body’s announcement to make sex testing mandatory.

Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates as she won the quarterfinal match of the French Tennis Open against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French Open: Iga Swiatek to face No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals. Alcaraz and Musetti win

Read full article: French Open: Iga Swiatek to face No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals. Alcaraz and Musetti win

Four-time champion Iga Swiatek has posted a 26th successive win at Roland-Garros and set up a French Open semifinal clash against top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.

FILE - United States defender Naomi Girma reacts after a goal by forward Jaedyn Shaw against Argentina during the first half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup women's soccer tournament match Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Carson, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)

US defender Naomi Girma returns to the USWNT after an eventful year

Read full article: US defender Naomi Girma returns to the USWNT after an eventful year

It’s been an eventful year for defender Naomi Girma, who not only moved to a new country but also dealt with an injury before winning a pair of trophies with Chelsea.

Algeria's Imane Khelif poses after defeating China's Yang Liu to win gold in their women's 66 kg final boxing match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to fight for new governing body

Read full article: Olympic boxing champ Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to fight for new governing body

Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif must undergo genetic sex screening to participate in upcoming events with the sport’s new governing body.

Norway's Casper Ruud looks down as he plays Portugal's Nuno Borges during their second round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

French Open 2025: Casper Ruud is bothered by a painful knee and loses to Nuno Borges

Read full article: French Open 2025: Casper Ruud is bothered by a painful knee and loses to Nuno Borges

Two-time French Open finalist Casper Ruud has dropped 13 of the last 14 games and lost 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 to Nuno Borges in the second round at Roland-Garros while bothered by a bad left knee.

Former player Salimata Sylla poses before a women's basketball tournament where players can wear a headscarf, in Aubervilliers near Paris, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France

Read full article: A headscarf ban is keeping basketball players off the court. A new bill could make it law in France

Thousands of young Muslim women in France are sidelined from competitive sport because of rules in several disciplines including basketball that ban uniforms and other clothing carrying a religious or political significance.

United States' Ben Shelton returns the ball to Lorenzo Sonego of Italy during their first round match of the French Tennis Open, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Shelton joins Musetti and Sabalenka in French Open second round, tournament honors Nadal

Read full article: Shelton joins Musetti and Sabalenka in French Open second round, tournament honors Nadal

Ben Shelton beat Lorenzo Sonego for the second straight time at a Grand Slam this year, winning 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 under floodlights to reach the second round of the French Open.

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers President and CEO Stan Kasten speaks during a news conference at Dodger Stadium, Jan. 15, 2021, in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

PWHL plans further expansion, and eyes 2026 Olympics to broaden reach in Europe, Kasten tells AP

Read full article: PWHL plans further expansion, and eyes 2026 Olympics to broaden reach in Europe, Kasten tells AP

PWHL advisory board member Stan Kasten is laying out an ambitious vision of the league's future that includes further expansion and broadening its reach to Europe.

Casey Wasserman, chairman of LA 2028, the organizing committee for the 2028 Summer Olympics, is interviewed at an NBCUniversal and U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee press preview event to promote the upcoming Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

After NFL approval, LA28's Wasserman is optimistic MLB players will also find a path to the Olympics

Read full article: After NFL approval, LA28's Wasserman is optimistic MLB players will also find a path to the Olympics

The organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics remain optimistic that Major League Baseball will find a way to join the NFL in sending the world’s best athletes in their respective sports to the 2028 Games.

FILE - Australia's James Magnussen smiles as he hold the gold medal he won in the Men's 100m freestyle final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs

Read full article: A new sports festival in Las Vegas is letting athletes use performance-enhancing drugs

The Enhanced Games is a sports festival that bills itself as better than the Olympics because it allows athletes to benefit from using performance-enhancing drugs.

FILE - AFC wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (7), of the Jacksonville Jaguars, runs away from NFC return specialist KaVontae Turpin, of the Dallas Cowboys, right, during the flag football event at the NFL Pro Bowl, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Orlando. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

NFL owners unanimously approve player participation in Olympic flag football for 2028

Read full article: NFL owners unanimously approve player participation in Olympic flag football for 2028

NFL owners unanimously approved player participation in flag football for the 2028 Olympics at their spring meetings on Tuesday.

FILE - United States' Kyle Snyder, right, celebrates after winning gold against Cuba's Arturo Silot, left, during the men's 97kg wrestling freestyle final bout at the Pan American Games Santiago, Chile, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Wrestling gold medalist Kyle Snyder pleads to lesser charge after arrest in prostitution sting

Read full article: Wrestling gold medalist Kyle Snyder pleads to lesser charge after arrest in prostitution sting

Former Olympic wresting gold medalist Kyle Snyder has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being arrested in a prostitution sting.

FILE - Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts, center, and teammates run the tush push play during the NFL championship playoff football game against the Washington Commanders, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, FIle)

NFL owners set to discuss tush push again, along with playoff and flag football proposals

Read full article: NFL owners set to discuss tush push again, along with playoff and flag football proposals

The fate of the tush push will be up for discussion again along with the NFL’s history of giving division champions with mediocre records home field in the playoffs.

FILE - AFC wide receiver Brian Thomas Jr. (7), of the Jacksonville Jaguars, runs away from NFC return specialist KaVontae Turpin, of the Dallas Cowboys, right, during the flag football event at the NFL Pro Bowl, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Orlando. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

NFL owners to consider resolution allowing players to participate in flag football at the Olympics

Read full article: NFL owners to consider resolution allowing players to participate in flag football at the Olympics

NFL owners will discuss a proposal to allow players under contract to participate in flag football when the sport makes its Olympic debut in 2028 in Los Angeles.

Stanford's Rintaro Sasaki (3) waits to bat against Wake Forest during the fifth inning of an NCAA college baseball game Friday, April 25, 2025, in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard)

'Hands tied': Athletes left in dark as NCAA settlement leaves murky future for nonrevenue sports

Read full article: 'Hands tied': Athletes left in dark as NCAA settlement leaves murky future for nonrevenue sports

Pending approval, the $2.8 billion House settlement will allow schools to share revenue with athletes directly for use of their name, image and likeness.

FILE - United States' Mikaela Shiffrin reacts on the podium after winning the women's slalom at the World Cup Finals, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin joins NWSL Denver's ownership group

Read full article: Champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin joins NWSL Denver's ownership group

Olympic gold medal-winning skier Mikaela Shiffrin has joined the ownership group of the National Women’s Soccer League expansion team in Denver, set to launch next year.

FILE - This Aug. 4, 2012 file photo shows Serena Williams posed with her 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal during the podium ceremony of the women's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Serena, Allyson Felix, Coach K among US Olympic Paralympic 2025 HoF class

Read full article: Serena, Allyson Felix, Coach K among US Olympic Paralympic 2025 HoF class

Seven-time gold-medal sprinter Allyson Felix, four-time Olympic tennis champion Serena Williams and Mike Krzyzewski, who coached the U.S. to three basketball gold medals, are part of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame’s class of 2025.

FILE - U.S. swimmers Anthony Ervin, left, and Gary Hall Jr., center, who tied for the gold medal in the men's 50m freestyle, stand with Dutch swimmer Pieter van den Hoogenband, right, who won the bronze medal, Sept. 22, 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Center during the Summer Olympics in Sydney. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, file)

Olympic swim great Gary Hall Jr awarded 10 medals to replace those destroyed in LA fires

Read full article: Olympic swim great Gary Hall Jr awarded 10 medals to replace those destroyed in LA fires

After all of swimming great Gary Hall Jr.'s Olympic medals were destroyed in the Los Angeles fires he set an unexpected record replacing them at IOC headquarters.

FILE - Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the United States perform during the ice dance, free dance figure skating final in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

US ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani return to competition with an eye on 2026 Olympics

Read full article: US ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani return to competition with an eye on 2026 Olympics

Alex and Maia Shibutani are making a comeback with an eye on competing for the U.S. figure skating team at next year's Milan-Cortina Olympics.

FILE - In this combination of images, Ray Romano attends SNL50: The Homecoming Concert on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, in New York, left, and Sebastian Maniscalco attends the "About My Father" premiere on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Ray Romano and Sebastian Maniscalco share banter while atop Italian Alps in Winter Olympics promo

Read full article: Ray Romano and Sebastian Maniscalco share banter while atop Italian Alps in Winter Olympics promo

NBC is continuing its strategy of infusing the Olympics with pop culture and celebrity appeal to generate momentum ahead of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games in Italy next year.

FILE - Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) plays against the Dallas Wings in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese's return to college for WNBA preseason games to be shown on national TV

Read full article: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese's return to college for WNBA preseason games to be shown on national TV

Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese’s return to college for WNBA preseason games will be two of a record four exhibition games shown on national TV.