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Manchester United Posts £37.7M Nine-Month Operating Profit Despite £16.7M Amorim Severance

Manchester United's nine-month operating profit hit £37.7M ($52.2M) — versus a £3.2M loss a year ago — even after eating a £16.7M ($22.4M) charge for sacking Rúben Amorim in January. Michael Carrick's takeover delivered a third-place finish and Champions League qualification.

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Travis Kelce Buys Minority Stake in MLB's Cleveland Guardians

The Cleveland Heights native and Chiefs tight end joins the Dolan-Blitzer ownership group as a minority investor. Kelce becomes the latest active superstar — alongside LeBron James, Giannis, Cunningham, and Mahomes — to take a stake in an MLB club.

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Jalen Hurts on Possible A.J. Brown Trade: "We're Focused on Learning the Offense"

After Wednesday's OTAs, Hurts called his A.J. Brown relationship "really good" but acknowledged the "lingering" trade rumor, with the receiver widely reported as headed to New England post-June 1. The Eagles QB's focus: learning new OC Sean Mannion's under-center scheme.

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NY and NJ Attorneys General Subpoena FIFA Over 2026 World Cup Ticket Pricing

NY AG Letitia James and NJ AG Jennifer Davenport subpoenaed FIFA over MetLife World Cup ticket pricing — a 34% average price increase across 90+ matches Oct 2025–Apr 2026, July 19 final seats at $32,970, and fans assigned to inferior seats after FIFA added new front zones.

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Kirby Smart Says SEC "Not Afraid to Break Away" From NCAA at Spring Meetings

"If we can't find rules that everybody plays by, then we should play our own," Smart said at SEC spring meetings. The comments follow Georgia president Jere Morehead calling the current state of college football "anarchy."

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Saquon Barkley Consulted Todd Gurley on Eagles' Under-Center Shift Under New OC Sean Mannion

After Wednesday's OTAs, Barkley said he reached out to Todd Gurley — 2017 NFL Offensive Player of the Year under Sean McVay — to learn how to run in the McVay-tree outside zone scheme that new Eagles OC Sean Mannion is installing.

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Knicks to Donate 500 NBA Finals Tickets to NYC Youth via Garden of Dreams Foundation

MSG and the Garden of Dreams Foundation will distribute 250 tickets per home Finals game — 500 across Games 3 and 4, up to 750 if Game 6 returns to MSG — to underprivileged NYC youth, in the middle of a resale-market backlash.

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Games to Watch — Wednesday, May 27: Hurricanes try to grab the East

Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final goes to Montreal — Carolina leads 2-1 but consecutive OT wins have kept the Habs alive. Eighteen games on the board Wednesday: NHL, MLB, and a four-game WNBA card on USA Network.

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The Daily Roundup: Nike LeBron NXXT Gen by JuJu 'Silver Lining,' Thunder Take 3-2, Mandalorian & Grogu's $100M Memorial Day, Fireworks AI's $15B — May 27, 2026

JuJu Watkins becomes the first athlete to co-design a LeBron NXXT Gen colorway as the Silver Lining drops at $170. The Thunder took Game 5 127-114 to lead the Spurs 3-2 in the Western Conference Finals.

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Knicks Sweep Cavaliers 130-93 in Game 4 to Reach First NBA Finals Since 1999

New York wins Game 4 by 37, sweeps Cleveland 4-0, and ends a 27-year Finals drought. Brunson takes ECF MVP. The Knicks await Thunder or Spurs for a June 3 tipoff.

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Thunder Beat Spurs 127-114 in Game 5, Lead Western Conference Finals 3-2

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 32 points and nine assists as Oklahoma City moved one win away from a return to the NBA Finals. Game 6 is Thursday in San Antonio.

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Games to Watch — Tuesday, May 26: Spurs and Thunder tied 2-2, Game 5 in OKC

Wembanyama's Spurs evened the Western Conference Finals 2-2 and now face a hostile OKC crowd for Game 5 on Memorial Day. Vegas can eliminate a battered Colorado squad, and a full MLB holiday slate runs wall-to-wall.