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BOSTON — After three blowout games, the N.B.A. finals finally got a nail-biter.Golden State has won each game it has played after a loss in this year’s playoffs, and did it again...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Last Saturday, like many days here in early June, was a softball fiesta. The 13,100-seat stadium — burnished and bulked up by a $27.5 million renovation that added a...

Chile’s bid to have its South American rival Ecuador thrown out of soccer’s World Cup failed on Friday when a disciplinary panel at soccer’s global governing body rejected a claim that Ecuador...

Mikhail Sergachev scored his second goal of the game with 1 minute 50 seconds remaining to break a tie and push the Lightning to a 3-1 victory over the Rangers on Thursday...

Britain’s Ian Poulter insisted that he and the others in the field had not done anything wrong, despite participating without the PGA Tour’s waiver. “Of course I’m going to appeal,” Poulter told...

SAN DIEGO — The Mets were leading the majors in an assortment of categories through Wednesday, including runs scored (299), hits (525), on-base percentage (.334) and batting average (.263).Much to their dismay,...

The actor Michael Fassbender, known for films such as “X-Men,” “Inglourious Basterds” and “12 Years a Slave,” has also been carving out a career as a racecar driver with the goal of...

Given the potential price for the team, the list of legitimate bidders dwindled to around a half dozen. Robert Smith, who grew up in Denver and is considered one of the wealthiest...

WASHINGTON — More than 90 women who say they were sexually assaulted by Lawrence G. Nassar, the former doctor for U.S.A. Gymnastics who was convicted on state sexual abuse charges, filed lawsuits...

Other than “commanding three-games-to-none lead,” there is perhaps no more overwrought phrase in playoff hockey than “pivotal Game 5.”After all, every postseason game, especially when teams get as far as the Eastern...