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6:14 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks’ 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs to capture their first NBA title in 53 years averaged 24.5 million viewers on ABC and ESPN, making it the most watched Game 5 since 1998

6:13 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Scottie Scheffler is on the cusp of a career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open

6:12 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Dawson Montesa held Troy to two hits while pitching into the sixth inning, West Virginia’s bullpen worked out of two bases-loaded situations and Gavin Kelly hit a three-run homer as the Mountaineers ended the Trojans’ first College World Series appearance with a 12-0 victory

6:09 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Lawrence Tanter is retiring as public address announcer of the Los Angeles Lakers

6:00 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Scott Satterfield has fielded plenty of questions from NFL teams about Brendan Sorsby, especially after his former quarterback transferred to Texas Tech and information about Sorsby’s gambling addiction became well known

5:59 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz is expected to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday and could return to Cincinnati’s lineup early next week if all goes well

5:52 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The decision by beleaguered quarterback Brendan Sorsby to declare for the NFL supplemental draft has put the spotlight on the rarely used offseason process for making prospects who weren’t eligible for the primary draft available to the league at large

5:51 PM on Tuesday, June 16

New Nashville front-office executive Chris MacFarland didn’t take long to strike a deal with his former team in trading for Colorado forward Ross Colton on Tuesday

5:37 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Trump administration is pushing back on complaints from Iran’s national team that it was forced to leave the U.S. immediately after its first World Cup match instead of having a day to recover in a hotel, saying that was the plan for the team all along

5:21 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Guardians All-Star third baseman José Ramírez has undergone surgery to remove the hook of the broken hamate bone in his left hand

5:18 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Friends and family are remembering the skydivers killed in a Missouri plane crash for their love of life and the thrills and peace jumping gave them

5:13 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Kylian Mbappé scored twice to move past Pelé and Lionel Messi with 14 World Cup goals, Bradley Barcola added another and France rebounded from a surprisingly poor first half to beat Senegal 3-1

5:10 PM on Tuesday, June 16

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4:43 PM on Tuesday, June 16

France striker Kylian Mbappé has scored the 13 and 14th World Cup goals of his career to move past Pelé, Lionel Messi and countryman Just Fontaine and into a tie for the third most in tournament history

4:42 PM on Tuesday, June 16

The Denver Broncos kicked off their mandatory minicamp with quarterback Bo Nix returning to practice

3:53 PM on Tuesday, June 16

1:49 PM on Tuesday, June 16

Sri Lanka has crippled New Zealand’s title defense at the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup after a comeback victory in Southampton

1:29 PM on Tuesday, June 16

George Pickens is back with the Dallas Cowboys for mandatory minicamp after the Pro Bowl receiver skipped the voluntary portion of the offseason

11:42 AM on Tuesday, June 16

A Canadian federal judge has rejected Ghana’s bid to get Thomas Partey into the country for the team’s first World Cup match while the midfielder awaits trial on rape charges

11:32 AM on Tuesday, June 16

The PWHL draft is being held in Detroit on Wednesday, and the event is essentially doubling as a reunion for five members of the Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. team