NBA – National Basketball Association – 2025 NBA Finals (best of 7)
Last Night
Game 7
Oklahoma City Thunder 103, Indiana Pacers 91 OKC wins 4-3
Thunder 103, Pacers 91 – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 29 points and Thunder beat Pacers 103-91 for NBA title
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished off his MVP season with 29 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled away in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-91 and win the NBA championship. Jalen Williams scored 21 for the Thunder, who were pushed to a Game 7 brink in the NBA Finals — but finished off a season for the ages. Oklahoma City won 84 games between the regular season and the playoffs, tying the 1996-97 Chicago Bulls for third-most in any season. The Pacers lost star Tyrese Haliburton early in Game 7 to a torn Achilles.
Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) falls to the court with an injury during the first half of Game 7 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Nate Billings)
NBA – Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton suffers right Achilles injury in Game 7
Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton, who was playing with a strained right calf, went down with a lower right leg injury in the first quarter of the Pacers’ Game 7 loss in the NBA Finals to the Oklahoma City Thunder and immediately began punching the court in frustration. Haliburton was taken to the Pacers’ locker room for evaluation while putting no weight on the leg. Virtually the entire Indiana playing, coaching and medical staff surrounded him on the court once he got hurt. He was quickly ruled out for the rest of the game. Haliburton’s father, John, told ABC it was an Achilles tendon injury. The Thunder won 103-91.
NBA – MVP. Finals MVP. Scoring champ. NBA champ. OKC’s SGA now holds all those titles
He’s the most valuable player. The scoring champion. And now, an NBA champion along with NBA Finals MVP. All in one season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has entered one of the game’s most elite clubs. The 26-year-old Canadian is atop the basketball world now in almost every way imaginable. Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder captured the NBA title on Sunday night, beating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 to win the finals in a seven-game thriller.
MLB – Major League Baseball
Yesterday
Detroit Tigers 9, Tampa Bay Rays 3
Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2
Seattle Mariners 14, Chicago Cubs 6
Tigers 9, Rays 3 – Tigers end 3-game slide with 9-3 rout of the Rays
Riley Greene had three hits and Wenceel Pérez and Parker Meadows each homered and drove in three runs and Detroit snapped a three-game losing streak with a 9-3 win at Tampa Bay at Steinbrenner Field. Pérez broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run blast in the seventh inning off Garrett Cleavinger. Dillon Dingler added two hits and an RBI for Detroit, which maintained the best record in the majors (49-30).
White Sox 4. Blue Jays 2 – Vargas has tiebreaking hit in 8th inning as White Sox rally to beat Blue Jays 4-2
Miguel Vargas hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2. Vargas had two hits and drove in a pair as the White Sox won a series for the first time since taking two of three against Kansas City from June 6-8. Chicago had lost nine of 10 coming into Sunday’s game. The White Sox snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 7-1 win Friday.
Mariners 14, Cubs 6 – Donovan Solano hits 2 homers as the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago Cubs 14-6
Donovan Solano homered twice and drove in five runs, helping the Seattle Mariners outslug the Chicago Cubs for a 14-6 victory. Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 31st homer for Seattle on a hot and windy afternoon at Wrigley Field. Dominic Canzone went deep twice as the Mariners won the rubber game of a weekend set that featured a total of 21 homers for the two teams. Raleigh connected in the first inning against Colin Rea. The two-run drive to center field was his fourth homer of the series. Seiya Suzuki homered twice and drove in three runs for the Cubs in their third loss in four games.
Tonight
Arizona (Rodriguez 2-4) at Chicago White Sox (Smith 3-4), 7:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Brown 4-5) at St. Louis (Liberatore 4-6), 7:45 p.m.
Tigers are off
Weather – Sports play through another dangerously hot day in parts of the US
Several major league teams played through a second straight day of muggy conditions as dangerously hot temperatures dominated parts of the United States during a June heat wave. The PGA Tour was in a sweltering Connecticut for the Travelers Championship, and the LPGA played the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in the heat of Texas. The gametime temperature was 92 degrees for the series finale between the Mariners and Cubs in Chicago. Kids played in the fountains outside Wrigley before going into the ballpark, and the Cubs encouraged fans to take precautions in a message on the videoboard in left field.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Yesterday
Atlanta Dream 93, Chicago Sky 80
Las Vegas Aces 89, Indiana Fever 81
Dream 93, Sky 80 – Rhyne Howard scores 22, Allisha Gray adds 19 to help Dream beat Sky 93-80
Rhyne Howard scored 22 points, Allisha Gray added 19 and Brionna Jones had 13 points and 11 rebounds on Sunday to help the Atlanta Dream beat the Chicago Sky 93-80. Rookie Te-Hina Paopao hit a career-high five 3-pointers and tied her season high with 16 points for Atlanta and Naz Hillmon scored 12. Angel Reese had 10 points, 19 rebounds, four assists and three steals for the Sky, a day after finishing with nine points and a career-low two rebounds in a 107-86 loss to Phoenix . Ariel Atkins scored a season-high 29 points and Elizabeth Williams had a season-best 16.
Aces 89, Fever 81 – A’ja Wilson scores 24 as Aces beat cold-shooting Caitlin Clark and Fever 89-81
A’ja Wilson scored 24 points in a battle with cold-shooting Caitlin Clark to lead the Aces to an 89-81 victory over the Indiana Fever and stop a three-game Las Vegas skid. Wilson, the reigning MVP, was one of five Aces in double figures. Jackie Young scored 19 points and Chelsea Gray finished with 18. Aliyah Boston scored 26 points for the Fever, including 18 in the first half. Clark, last season’s Rookie of the Year, had 19 points and 11 assists but shot just 1 of 10 from 3-point range. She’s 1 for 17 from deep over her last two games.
NASCAR – Chase Briscoe holds off teammate Denny Hamlin to win at Pocono
Chase Briscoe returned to victory lane Sunday at Pocono Raceway, conserving fuel down the stretch to hold off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin for his first win with his new race team. Briscoe raced his way into an automatic spot in NASCAR’s playoffs and gave the No. 19 Toyota its first victory since 2023 when Martin Truex Jr. had the ride.
Golf – Bradley pulls a stunner to deny Fleetwood and win the Travelers Championship
Keegan Bradley has won the Travelers Championship for the second time in three years. This one was a stunner. He was trailing Tommy Fleetwood by three shots with four to play at the TPC River Highlands. He was still one shot behind playing the 18th. Bradley hit his approach to just under 6 feet for birdie. Fleetwood came up 50 feet short and took three putts for bogey. Bradley now moves to No. 9 in the Ryder Cup and he’ll have some decisions to make whether he should give up his role as U.S. captain to play at Bethpage Black.
Golf – Minjee Lee wins the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for her 3rd major title
Minjee Lee closed with a 2-over 74 but never gave up the lead Sunday in the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship to win her third major title. While Lee had three bogeys in a four-hole stretch on the front nine, she had started the day with a four-stroke lead over Jeeno Thitikul. And the world’s No. 2-ranked player, also in that final group, bogeyed both par 5s that are among the first three holes on Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco. Lee, ranked 24th, finished at 4-under 284, three strokes ahead of Auston Kim and Chanettee Wannasaen, the only other players to under par.
FIFA – Tillman and Agyemang goals overcome Freese gaffe, US beats Haiti 2-1 to win group
Patrick Agyemang scored a tiebreaking goal in the 75th minute, and the United States overcame Matt Freese’s goalkeeping gaffe to beat Haiti 2-1 and win its CONCACAF Gold Cup group with a 3-0 record.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday
West Michigan Whitecaps 5, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 3
Lake County Captains 10, South Bend Cubs 5
Great Lakes Loons 6, Peoria Chiefs 5
Lansing Lugnuts 10, Quad Cities River Bandits 3