Patrick Andres

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8 hours agoWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “very famous.” But on this year’s Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about …

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Five takeaways from Game 6 of the NBA Finals: Pacers live up to their reputationFor the first time since 2016, there will be a Game 7 in the NBA Finals. The Indiana Pacers dismantled the Oklahoma City Thunder, 108-91, to even the …

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After Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams was on top of the world—having scored 40 points to move the Thunder to the brink of their first title in the Sooner State. How quickly things change this time of year. The Indiana Pacers dominated Oklahoma City 108–91 Thursday to force Game 7, and Williams was one of a bevy of Thunder contributors thrown into neutral. He finished with 16 points, three rebounds and one assist in a game where he made unwanted NBA history.

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Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan may have bowed out in the quarterfinals of the French Open on June 4, but he solidifed his status as one of professional tennis's funniest quotes. "I almost got him guys," Bublik wrote on Instagram then after being steamrolled in straight sets by Italian superstar Jannik Sinner. Fast forward to Thursday at the Halle Open in Germany. In the Round of 16, Bublik dropped the opening set 3-6 to Sinner before rallying and winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

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In hockey, for the unfamiliar, the fourth line is the perennially unloved cleanup crew of the team-the enforcers and grinders who fill the minutes between the superstars' shifts. On the ever-classy Florida Panthers, things seem to work a little differently. As the Panthers polished off their Stanley Cup-clinching 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, Florida coach Paul Maurice pulled the group aside on the bench and gave them their due. "I'm going to get you out there.