Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 on Sunday for a record-extending 10th Italian Open title, reestablishing himself as the overwhelming favorite for the French Open.
Emerging from his pandemic bubble, writer Tom Junod groaned and gasped in the company of strangers as Oklahoma lost its grip on perfection. But as fate would have it, sports delivered the kind of greatness that only sports can.
The Spurs played Saturday afternoon without their head coach after Gregg Popovich made the decision to fly to Connecticut to see Tim Duncan — with whom he won five NBA championships — officially go into the Hall of Fame.
Jaden Hardy, the nation’s top uncommitted prospect for the class of 2021, said Saturday he plans to play professionally with the G League Ignite team instead of heading to college in the fall.
The Tampa Bay Rays traded right-handed relief pitcher Hunter Strickland to the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday in exchange for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
With several scenarios still in play for their seeding in the play-in tournament, Steve Kerr said on Saturday that his Golden State Warriors need to treat Sunday’s regular-season finale as “a playoff game.”
