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(AP Photo/Eric Gay)  New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, left, and New York Knicks guard Mikal Bridges,  right, pressure San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama Friday  during  the first half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals basketball series in San Antonio. Spurs aren’t conceding anything 7 Jun 2026 - Texarkana Gazette TIM REYNOLDS - AP BASKETBALL WRITER The New York Knicks are up 2-0. They say they’re unfazed. The San Antonio Spurs are down 0-2. They say they’re unfazed. Such is the state of things in the NBA Finals, where both teams were taking a travel day on Saturday. Practices resume Sunday and Game 3 of the title series is Monday night at Madison Square Garden, where President Donald Trump will be watching alongside fans who are willing to pay nearly $10,000 for seats so far from the court that 7-foot-4 Spurs center Victor Wembanyama will look tiny. The Knicks insist they’re not celebrating yet. The Spurs insist they’re not defeated yet. “Every single da...

En trébuchant contre New York vendredi, San Antonio est déjà mal en point dans sa finale. Aucune équipe n’a jamais remonté deux défaites à la maison pour s’imposer. Invisible en première période, Victor Wembanyama a réagi après la pause et espère enfin la «Wembanyama est choqué en ce moment.  Ça doit faire pas mal de temps qu’il ne s’est pas fait botter les fesses comme ça.  “KAT” est en train de lui faire mal  »    - CHARLES BARKLE'Y, HALL OF FAMERS       DÉSORMAIS CONSULTANT POUR ESPN 7 Jun 2026 - L'Équipe SAMI SADIK SAN ANTONIO (USA) – Au coeur des couloirs du Frost Bank Center, dignes d’un labyrinthe antique, un vestiaire silencieux et clairsemé ouvre ses portes aux médias. Éparpillés entre les douches, les conférences de presse, dans une autre salle ou en pleine méditation, les Spurs encaissent chacun dans leur coin l’uppercut asséné pleine mâchoire par New York quelques instants plus tôt (104105). Dylan Harper et Stephon Castl...

PA Images / Alamy - King Kenny: Dalglish, pictured here with Bob Paisley,  replaced Kevin Keegan  as Liverpool No 7 and won six league titles and three European Cups as a player at the club. 7 Jun 2026 - THE OBSERVER / Sport Paul Hayward Support for Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan , who have cancer, is a given at Anfield, where the bright new head coach Andoni Iraola will soon discover a special bond that connects a club and its community ‘He’s a Liverpool supporter, so I knew I wouldn’t be walking alone, if you know what I mean’ Kevin Keegan meets his specialist Last week The Times led its back page with a cancer diagnosis for a 75-year-old man who stopped playing football in 1990 and left management 14 years ago. But this was no ordinary illness bulletin. The patient’s name was Kenny Dalglish. The previous day, the Liverpool No 7 Dalglish was bought to replace in 1977 revealed he has stage four cancer. Kevin Keegan, also 75, said of the specialist who’s treating him: “He was...

La corruzione onnipresente, le infiltrazioni jihadiste, la povertà angosciante... Eppure un giorno capita da queste parti un marchigiano diplomato in un Istituto nautico, pioniere delle radio libere, direttore di macchina sulle rotte di mezzo mondo... e qui Giandomenico Massari inventa il ciclismo professionistico 7 Jun 2026 - Corriere della Sera / La Lettura Da Abuja e Port Harcourt (Nigeria) ANGELO FERRACUTI Fuori dall’aeroporto di Port Harcourt ci aspettano l’autista Sunday, pizzetto sul mento e cappellino grigio in testa, e Bitrus, un silenzioso agente federale. L’aria calda e umida è pesante, toglie il respiro. Dopo che il giovane documentarista Francesco Tavoloni ed io abbiamo sistemato le valigie e gli zaini nel bagagliaio, il fuoristrada comincia a viaggiare lungo uno stradone con uno spartitraffico nel mezzo: incrociamo i posti di blocco dei militari dagli sguardi torvi, tronchi di alberi distesi sull’asfalto, badili ammaccati ai lati della carreggiata. I soldati indossano pes...