Cricket fans from India and Pakistan flocked in thousands to New York for the ICC T20 World Cup match, offering a flavour of the subcontinent in territory unfamiliar to the sport. The temporary 34,000-seat Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, built at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow on Long Island, was packed to the brim with fans coming from far and wide for Sunday’s match. The United States is co-hosting the T20 World Cup with the West Indies, with Lauderhill in south Florida and Dallas also hosting games. This match is the most important one of the group stage of the…
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Boston — Jrue Holiday provided the scoring. Derrick White added a chase-down block. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown also contributed — with their passing and defense.The Mavericks should stop worrying about who Boston’s best player is. Every player the Celtics have in the game is helping them win an unprecedented 18th NBA championship.Holiday scored 26 points and 11 rebounds, and White ran down the court to capitalize on Dallas’ last chance on Sunday night that turned the game into a one-sided one, and Boston beat the Mavericks 105-98 to take a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.“I’m really tired of…
Florida baseball will face a familiar foe at the start of the 2024 College World Series.The Florida Gators (34-28) will begin CWS play on Saturday against No. 3 national seed Texas A&M (7 p.m., ESPN) in Omaha. TAMU won game two in its host Super Regional against Oregon, beating the Ducks 15-9 on Sunday night.Florida won 2 of 3 games in its SEC play opener against Texas A&M at Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville on March 15-17. UF beat the Aggies 8-6 on Friday night in the opener of the three-game series, lost 10-6 on Saturday and won 4-2 on…
The Super Regionals are coming to an end, so teams are locking up their spots in the NCAA baseball tournament. Florida State was the first team to clinch a spot. FSU beat UConn 24-4 and 10-8 over the weekend. This will mark the team’s 24th appearance in program history, though the Seminoles have never won. Guide to Omaha during the College World Series: Field info, where to eat, and what to do in town Virginia will bring head coach Brian O’Connor back home after beating Kansas State 7-4 and 10-4 in the Super Regional. The Council Bluffs native and Creighton…
Lexington, Kentucky – At 12:33 a.m. on a cool June night in Lexington, the Kentucky baseball program accomplished a goal that had been more than 100 years in the making, defeating Oregon State 3-2 in front of a record crowd at Kentucky Proud Park to secure a trip to the mecca of college baseball. The Wildcats are headed to Omaha. Reliever Johnny Hammel hit a perfect breaking ball that put the tying run 90 feet away and caused a dugout full of players dressed in blue to rush onto the field, and gloves and caps rained down. And in true…
Winning has become a habit for Scottie Scheffler, except there was nothing ordinary about his victory at the Memorial on Sunday.He made only one birdie. He finished with a 2-over 74, his highest final round in the past two years. And victory was far from assured until Scheffler showed the courage to hit a strong downhill putt from 5 feet from the hole to take a break.A one-shot win over Collin Morikawa and a handshake with tournament host Jack Nicklaus were heartwarming. Their exchange said it all.”You’re a survivor,” Nichols told her.“Thanks,” Scheffler said. “Yeah, you made this place brutal…
Good morning. You are reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe Click here to get it in your inbox, and Hear Visit the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s major news Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel’s war cabinet And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s longtime rival has resigned. Gantz gave Netanyahu an ultimatum three weeks ago to come up with a plan to replace Hamas or he would resign. His announcement came a day after Israel rescued four hostages held by Hamas on October 7. More than 270 Palestinians were killed and…
India’s pacer Jasprit Bumrah led India to victory against arch-rivals Pakistan. (Photo: AP) , Alex Davidson-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)ICC via Getty Images Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday lauded his bowlers for their match-winning performance against arch-rivals Pakistan in the T20 World Cup match and described Jasprit Bumrah as a “genius”. Batting first at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, India were bowled out for just 119 as seven of their players, including big-hitter Virat Kohli, fell for single-digit scores. For Pakistan, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf took three wickets each while Mohammad Aamir took two wickets.…
Photo by 20th Century Studios Getting co-signatures from both Ridley Scott and James Cameron, the directors who helmed the original film Foreigner Taking the franchise to iconic levels, director Fede Alvarez has released the full trailer for Alien: RomulusThere has been heightened excitement surrounding the theatrical release in August, as the film was initially set to be released exclusively on Hulu as a streaming release – however, the film’s prospects and its potential prompted the studio to reconsider their approach. For Alvarez, whose resume includes reimagining the 2013 Evil Dead franchise and his 2016 masterclass, don’t breatheThe eighth film in…
Yaron Weitzman Fox Sports NBA writer Heading into the NBA Finals, and after watching the Dallas Mavericks blow it out in the Western Conference Playoffs, the Boston Celtics made a bet. Instead of trying to take the ball out of the hands of the Mavericks’ two dynamic playmakers, they would force it into their hands. The premise of the bet was simple. For one thing, the Celtics believed the Mavs were more dangerous when the entire team was playing well, not just Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. They also believed their core group was strong enough defenders that the Celtics…