Sports

Liverpool Part Ways With Arne Slot After Fifth-Place Finish

Liverpool parted ways with manager Arne Slot on May 30, 2026 after a fifth-place finish, two years after he arrived from Feyenoord and won the title in his debut season. Andoni Iraola is the frontrunner to replace him.

Sports

WNBA Approves $300M Connecticut Sun Sale to Tilman Fertitta, Team Becomes Houston Comets

The WNBA approved a record $300 million sale of the Connecticut Sun to Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta, who will move the team to Houston in 2027 and revive the Comets name.

Sports

Games to Watch — Friday, May 29: Carolina can close it out

Carolina is 8-0 at home this postseason — the best playoff start by any team since the 1985 Oilers — and can close out the Eastern Conference Final tonight against Montreal in Game 5 on TNT. The rest of Friday fills with Phillies-Dodgers on Apple TV+ and a four-game WNBA slate.

Sports

Derwin James Signs 3-Year, $75.6 Million Extension With Chargers

Derwin James' new 3-year, $75.6 million Chargers extension makes him the NFL's highest-paid safety at $25.2M per year, nudging him past Baltimore's Kyle Hamilton by $100K — the second time James has reset the market at the position.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Travis Scott's Air Jordan 1 Low 'Pink Pack,' Spurs-Thunder Game 7, 'Michael' Nears $800M, and OpenAI's $852B Valuation — May 29, 2026

The Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low "Pink Pack" drops today at $155, the Spurs blew out the Thunder 118-91 to force a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday, the Michael Jackson biopic hits $788M worldwide, and OpenAI files toward a Q4 IPO at an $852B valuation.

Sports

Spurs Beat Thunder 118-91 to Force Game 7 in Western Conference Finals

San Antonio routed Oklahoma City 118-91 at Frost Bank Center to extend the Western Conference Finals to a winner-take-all Game 7 Saturday in OKC. Victor Wembanyama posted 28 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 steals on 4-of-9 from three; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished 15 on 6-of-18.

Sports

Knicks Center Mitchell Robinson Breaks Right Pinky, Status for NBA Finals Unclear

Knicks center Mitchell Robinson has a broken right pinky finger and no timetable for return, ESPN's Shams Charania reported Thursday. The team has not announced when the injury occurred or whether surgery will be needed. NBA Finals Game 1 is six days out.

Sports

Games to Watch — Thursday, May 28: West Finals Game 6 has Spurs facing elimination

Victor Wembanyama averages 37 points and 16 rebounds in the Spurs' two wins this series but just one first-half rebound in Game 5 — the split screen that defines tonight's Western Conference Finals Game 6, with San Antonio a 3.5-point home favorite at 8:30 PM ET on NBC.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Nike Book 2 "Haven & Hector," Thunder–Spurs Game 6, Mandalorian's $163M Opening, and KPMG's 276K Claude Rollout — May 28, 2026

Devin Booker's Nike Book 2 "Haven & Hector" — named after his two Cane Corsos, with both dogs printed inside the shoe — drops today at $150, the Spurs host the Thunder in a must-win Game 6, and KPMG deploys Claude to all 276,000 employees across 138 countries.

Sports

NBA Warns Wembanyama for Skipping Postgame Media After Spurs' Game 5 Loss

The league issued a warning — no fine — after Wembanyama declined postgame media following Tuesday's 127-114 Game 5 loss in Oklahoma City. The warning lands six weeks after he won the press-bestowed Magic Johnson Award for media cooperation.

Sports

Andersen Sets Hurricanes Playoff Shutout Record in 4-0 Game 4 Win Over Canadiens

Frederik Andersen made 18 saves for his fifth career playoff shutout as a Hurricane — breaking Cam Ward's franchise record — as Carolina took a 3-1 series lead and moved one win from its first Stanley Cup Final since 2006.

Culture

Naomi Osaka Defends "Black Party" Dinner for Tennis Players Ahead of French Open

Osaka and Taylor Townsend co-hosted a Roland Garros-week dinner for Black tennis players including Coco Gauff and Gaël Monfils. Osaka's response to the online backlash: "celebrating being Black and appreciating who we are will never be something I would consider saying sorry for."