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TEN FRENCH OPEN

DESCRIPTION: PARIS — The fourth round of the French Open concludes, with four U.S. women in action, including No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 7 Madison Keys. 500 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 5:00 a.m. EDT, Text, Photo

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BKN--SNAKEBIT PACERS

DESCRIPTION: INDIANAPOLIS — The Pacers have finally ended the franchise’s 25-year NBA Finals drought, achieving the unthinkable after starting 10-15 and looking like anything but a title contender. Now Indiana will try to exorcise the demons of its decades-long, snake-bitten history and actually win the title when the Pacers take on the Oklahoma City in the NBA Finals. By Michael Marot. UPCOMING: 875 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 6:00 a.m. EDT

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BBO--THIS WEEK IN BASEBALL

DESCRIPTION: The Houston Astros look vulnerable in the AL West, but like last year, it’s not clear if any of the division’s other teams has what it takes to dethrone them. By Baseball Writer Noah Trister. UPCOMING: 600 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 6:00 a.m. EDT, Text

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SOC--CHINA--POOR PLAY-EXPLAINER

DESCRIPTION: China is on the verge of missing another World Cup. The country piles on Olympic medals and has 1.4 billion people. But it can’t find 11 quality soccer players. It has qualified only once. That was 2002. It lost all three games and did not score a single goal. UPCOMING: 400 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 1:00 p.m. EDT, Text, Photo

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HKN--STANLEY CUP

DESCRIPTION: EDMONTON, Alberta — Before the Stanley Cup Final hype gets going with the Florida Panthers in town Tuesday, Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers have their final normal practice of what the reigning playoff MVP feels has been a much more normal run than a year ago. In the rematch, unlike the first time, they have home-ice advantage. By Hockey Writer Stephen Whyno. UPCOMING: 550 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 4:00 p.m. EDT

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HKN--STANLEY CUP-GOALIES

DESCRIPTION: The rematch of Edmonton and Florida in the Stanley Cup Final means a reunion of two goaltenders who couldn’t be more different. Among other things, the Panthers’ Sergei Bobrovsky is annually thought of as one of the best in the league while Stuart Skinner of the Oilers is ... not. Skinner was pulled earlier this postseason and bounced back with a shutout streak that anchored his team’s run to the final. They meet again. By Tim Reynolds. UPCOMING: 550 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 7:00 p.m. EDT

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CAR--NASCAR-IN-SEASON CHALLENGE

DESCRIPTION: LEBANON, Tenn. — Bubba Wallace sees NASCAR as having all the momentum possible right now with different media partners. Perfect timing then for NASCAR’s In-season Challenge to debut right? By Teresa M. Walker. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 5:00 p.m. EDT, Text, Photo

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GLF--US OPEN-QUALIFYING

DESCRIPTION: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rickie Fowler and Max Homa are among players at 36-hole U.S. Open qualifying that takes place at 10 sits in the U.S. and Canada to see who gets to play Oakmont. By Golf Writer Doug Ferguson. UPCOMING: 700 words.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 9:00 p.m. EDT, Text, Photo

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BBO--TIGERS-WHITE SOX

DESCRIPTION: CHICAGO — Riley Greene and the Detroit Tigers visit Luis Robert Jr. and the Chicago White Sox for the opener of a four-game series. By Baseball Writer Jay Cohen. UPCOMING: 300 words, photos. Game starts 7:40 p.m. EDT.

UPCOMING: By 06/02/2025 10:20 p.m. EDT, Text

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NEW AND DEVELOPING

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GLF--MEMORIAL

Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger Woods as only repeat winners at Memorial

SUMMARY: Scottie Scheffler is the Memorial winner for the second year in a row. The world’s No. 1 player delivered another relentless performance. He shot 70 in the final round and turned a decent duel into another runaway. He wound up winning by four shots over Ben Griffin. That makes Scheffler the first back-to-back winner at Memorial since Tiger Woods. Lately his game has looked a lot more like the tournament host Jack Nicklaus. Scheffler now has won three of his last four tournaments. Rickie Fowler had his first top 10 of the year. That got him into the British Open.

WORDS: 986 - MOVED: 06/02/2025 1:27 a.m. EDT

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SOC--CONCACAF CHAMPIONS CUP

Cruz Azul beats the Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 for the CONCACAF Champions Cup title

SUMMARY: Ángel Sepúlveda scored twice and Cruz Azul routed the Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 on Sunday to win its seventh CONCACAF Champions Cup. Sepúlveda finished with a tournament-best nine goals. Ignacio Rivero, Lorenzo Faravelli and Mateusz Bogusz also scored for Cruz Azul, which built a 4-0 lead by halftime. The Liga MX club tied crosstown rival Club America for most titles in the tournament. It was Cruz Azul’s first title since 2013-14 when La Máquina beat Tijuana. The Whitecaps were looking to make history as the first Canadian team to win the tournament, and the first winner from Major League Soccer since the Seattle Sounders in 2022.

WORDS: 525 - MOVED: 06/02/2025 12:56 a.m. EDT

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BBO--YANKEES-DODGERS

Yarbrough shines as Yankees avoid sweep with 7-3 win over Dodgers. Judge and Ohtani go hitless

SUMMARY: Ryan Yarbrough limited baseball’s best offense to four hits over six innings, Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 to avoid getting swept for the first time this season. Yarbrough improved to 3-0 while allowing one run and striking out five against his former team. Yoshinobu Yamamoto fell to 6-4 after giving up a season-high seven hits and striking out two in 3 2/3 innings. Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani each went hitless with a combined three strikeouts. The Dodgers got homers from Tommy Edman, Andy Pages and Max Muncy.

WORDS: 505 - MOVED: 06/02/2025 12:53 a.m. EDT

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BBO--YANKEES-YARBROUGH’S RETURN

Yarbrough’s revenge: How a World Series ring inspired his win for the Yankees over the Dodgers

SUMMARY: Ryan Yarbrough picked up a dazzling World Series ring from his time with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season. Then he went out and beat them. The New York Yankees starter pitched one-run ball over six innings, struck out a season-high five and blanked the Dodgers’ top four hitters in a 7-3 win. The 33-year-old left-hander made 44 relief appearances between the Dodgers and Blue Jays last season. The Dodgers designated him for assignment on July 29 and the next day traded him to Toronto. So even though he wasn’t around for their World Series victory over the Yankees last fall, Yarbrough earned a ring. He signed with New York in March and is 3-0 with a 2.83 ERA this season.

WORDS: 541 - MOVED: 06/02/2025 12:50 a.m. EDT

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CAR--NASCAR-NASHVILLE

Ryan Blaney races to first NASCAR Cup Series victory of the year at Nashville

SUMMARY: Ryan Blaney kicked off the second half of the NASCAR season by running away down the stretch for his first Cup Series victory of the year Sunday night at Nashville Superspeedway. The 2023 Cup champ had been racing well with five top-five finishes over the first half of this season. He finally got to victory lane in the No. 12 Ford Mustang for Team Penske for his 14th career victory and first since Martinsville in November. He became the ninth different winner this season and the fifth driver to win in as many races at Nashville.

WORDS: 819 - MOVED: 06/02/2025 12:22 a.m. EDT

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GLF--U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN

Sweden’s Maja Stark wins the U.S. Women’s Open for her first major championship

SUMMARY: Maja Stark of Sweden continued the steady play she demonstrated all week to win the U.S. Women’s Open on Sunday at Erin Hills for her first major championship. Stark shot an even-par 72 to finish at 7-under 281, two strokes ahead of top-ranked Nelly Korda and Japan’s Rio Takeda. Stark earned $2.4 million in the biggest event of the women’s golf season. The 25-year-old Stark became the sixth Swede to win a women’s major, and the first since Anna Nordqvist in the 2021 Women’s British Open. The former Oklahoma State player is the first Swede to win a U.S. Women’s Open since Annika Sorenstam in 2006. Korda closed with a 71, and Takeda had a 72.

WORDS: 869 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 10:49 p.m. EDT

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BBO--REDS-GRIEVING ELLY

Reds star Elly De La Cruz homers after learning of the death of his sister

SUMMARY: Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz played with a heavy heart. That’s what he wanted to do after learning of the death of his sister, Genelis. De La Cruz hit a two-run homer and scored two runs in Cincinnati’s 7-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Manager Terry Francona said the 23-year-old shortstop insisted he wanted to play in the finale of the weekend series, and the team was going to support him. Z101 Digital in the Dominican Republic reported that Genelis died Saturday after dealing with health problems for some time. De La Cruz declined to speak with the media.

WORDS: 311 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 7:19 p.m. EDT

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TEN--FRENCH OPEN-AMERICAN MEN

French Open: Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul put 2 US men in quarterfinals for 1st time since 1996

SUMMARY: Frances Tiafoe has defeated Daniel Altmaier 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) to reach the French Open quarterfinals for the first time. The 15th-seeded Tiafoe joined 12th-seeded Tommy Paul to put a pair of American men in the round of eight. It’s the first time the country placed more than one man in the quarterfinals in Paris since 1996, when Jim Courier and Pete Sampras did it together. Zero men from the United States had made it this far in any year since Andre Agassi in 2003. And Tiafoe has done it without dropping a set. Tiafoe now plays Lorenzo Musetti. Paul faces Carlos Alcaraz.

WORDS: 671 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 6:20 p.m. EDT

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SOC--FRANCE-PSG CELEBRATIONS

PSG fans raise the roof as triumphant players hold aloft Champions League trophy

SUMMARY: Paris Saint-Germain players walked into a wall of noise at their home stadium and brandished aloft the Champions League trophy that their fans have waited so long to see. The night after a 5-0 destruction of Inter Milan in the final, PSG coach Luis Enrique and players received a huge ovation at Parc des Princes. Captain Marquinhos walked out with club president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi alongside him and with the biggest trophy in European club soccer between them. Earlier, PSG put on an open-top bus parade on Paris’ Champs-Élysées for its fans amid joyous scenes. Thousands of police were deployed to keep order with similar tactics to those used Saturday night when overnight violence marred celebrations and led to two fatalities.

WORDS: 1017 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 5:15 p.m. EDT

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TEN--FRENCH OPEN-ALCARAZ

French Open: Carlos Alcaraz shows sportsmanship by conceding a point in win over Ben Shelton

SUMMARY: Carlos Alcaraz has called himself for breaking the rules at the French Open and conceded a point during his four-set victory over Ben Shelton. Shelton whipped a passing shot well out of Alcaraz’s reach up at the net Sunday. So Alcaraz, flung his racket, and as his equipment flipped through the air, its strings made contact with the ball and sent it back over the net. Initially, defending champion Alcaraz was awarded the point. But he immediately went over to the chair umpire to admit that he wasn’t holding his racket when it touched the ball. Alcaraz wound up winning 7-6 (8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

WORDS: 708 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 4:39 p.m. EDT

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BKN--NBA FINALS

Different paths, same destination for the Thunder and Pacers, who will face off in the NBA Finals

SUMMARY: Oklahoma City spent most of the regular season alone atop the Western Conference standings and just kept adding to its lead. Indiana didn’t spend a single day atop the Eastern Conference standings and was still under the .500 mark in early January. Different paths, same destination. It will be the Thunder and the Pacers squaring off when the NBA Finals start in Oklahoma City on Thursday night, a matchup of two clubs that weren’t exactly on similar paths this season.

WORDS: 582 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 4:27 p.m. EDT

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HKN--STANLEY CUP-PANTHERS-MAURICE

Florida coach Paul Maurice has Panthers back in Cup final, fueled by his mix of laughs and hard work

SUMMARY: Florida coach Paul Maurice keeps the day-to-day routine simple. Show up for work early and have copious amounts of coffee. Trust assistant coaches to do their jobs. Sit in on meetings when needed. Hammer home a consistent message with players. Swear a little bit sometimes, swear profusely at other times. Hey, it works. In the Stanley Cup Final for a third consecutive season with the Panthers, Maurice’s style continues to deliver results for Florida. He was 41-51 in his playoff career before coming to Florida. He is 41-21 in his playoff career with Florida.

WORDS: 887 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 4:03 p.m. EDT

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CYC--GIRO D’ITALIA-VATICAN-POPE

Pope Leo XIV blesses cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia as final stage enters Vatican gardens

SUMMARY: Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica. Overall race leader Simon Yates and some other riders got off their bikes and walked forward to shake hands with the pope. The pope was presented with a replica of the leader’s pink jersey. He told riders “you are role models for young people all over the world” and “may God bless all of you on this last part of the Giro d’Italia.” Yates, who later wrapped up the title, called the meeting “an unforgettable moment.”

WORDS: 460 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 3:39 p.m. EDT

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CYC--GIRO D’ITALIA

British rider Simon Yates wins elusive Giro d’Italia title

SUMMARY: British rider Simon Yates has cruised to overall victory in the Giro d’Italia, finally winning the race that had eluded him so often. After attacking on the gravel-road climb to take the pink jersey in the penultimate stage on Saturday, Yates finished nearly four minutes ahead of runner-up Isaac Del Toro, the 21-year-old Mexican who wore pink for 10 days before Yates took control. It’s the second Grand Tour title for Yates after he won the Spanish Vuelta in 2018.

WORDS: 515 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 2:53 p.m. EDT

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CAR--F1-SPANISH GP

Piastri and Norris score McLaren 1-2 at Spanish GP to extend F1 lead. Verstappen 10th after penalty

SUMMARY: Oscar Piastri has won the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris as McLaren continued its early dominance of the Formula 1 championship. Piastri flew away from his pole position and executed a flawless race to extend his lead in the driver standings. Norris crossed behind him after he recovered from a bad start. Max Verstappen crossed fifth but was dropped to 10th after he was given a 10-second penalty for colliding with George Russell late.

WORDS: 870 - MOVED: 06/01/2025 2:33 p.m. EDT

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