Brooklyn “has emerged as a serious contender” to ink Irving to a deal this summer, according to a report from ESPN. The team is also hoping to be an attractive destination for the “biggest free agents in the marketplace.” Brooklyn was, at one point, the betting favorites to sign Irving. He was a Nets fan while growing up in New Jersey, according to the New York Post. The Nets may have improved their chances of landing Irving by acquiring Taurean Prince from the Hawks in exchange for the No....

On Monday, Kyrie Irving chose to opt in to the final year of his deal. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Irving will pick up his $37 million player option “bypassing on multiple opt-in and trade scenarios to fulfill his four-year commitment to the Nets and Kevin Durant.” The saga may not be over, though. This may be the first act of a very long, chaotic play. The Nets can still facilitate a trade for Irving, as ESPN’s Bobby Marks noted....

The pair, who both fought against President Joe Biden’s proposed $3.5 trillion social spending bill, have now given their backing to the plan unveiled by Senators Elizabeth Warren and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, and Angus King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats. According to a joint statement from the senators, the Corporate Profits Minimum Tax would create a 15 percent minimum tax on the profits of major companies that report over $1 billion in profits....

Appearing at a meet-and-greet event celebrating the grand opening of a new WSS retail location in Anaheim, California, Toscano-Anderson was taking photos and signing autographs when one fan—decked out in a yellow, #6 LeBron James jersey—caught his attention. After snapping a photo and exchanging a quick fist bump, Toscano-Anderson learned the boy’s birthday is just around the corner and set the wheels in motion for a memory that will last a lifetime....

In August, he was being lauded as the answer to Arsenal’s search for a prolific No.9 after marking his Premier League debut with a goal. Now, he faces a fight to prolong his Emirates career. In the past month alone, the striker has lost his starting spot to club-record signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, blown two excellent chances to salvage a draw for his side in the north London derby against Tottenham and been ruled out for up to six weeks after undergoing minor surgery on his knee....

The superstar country trio had some . . . difficulty with the words to the “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Game 5 of the Jets-Predators Stanley Cup playoff series Saturday in Nashville. One of them sang one line while another was singing a different line. Crash! STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS: Scores, schedule, live updates And, yes, the internet is a tough crowd: The Pred-faced trio responded with this tweeted apology during the game:...

According to Billboard, the singer’s father, restaurant owner Joe Germanotta, showed his support for the president’s re-election campaign in a few since-deleted tweets. One simply included Trump’s Twitter handle and “2020,” while another appeared to respond to a fan upset about the restauranteur supporting Trump. “You may have noticed my political and spiritual beliefs are different. liberty and freedom of choice would not be political,” he wrote, Billboard reported....

Back then, David Beckham had not yet prompted the concept of big-money “designated players” that revamped how clubs built their rosters. Flagship franchises like the Seattle Sounders, Portland Timbers and Atlanta United didn’t exist in MLS. Chivas USA did — and was a Western Conference contender under Bradley, to boot. Joao Moutinho, the No. 1 overall pick to Bradley’s Los Angeles FC in the MLS draft Friday, was 8 years old....

“We’re going to win,” Trump said Monday in a call his campaign invited reporters to join. “I wouldn’t have told you that maybe two or three weeks ago.” But experts aren’t so sure and say enthusiasm may not be enough to treat Trump’s campaign wounds. Ben Berger, a political science professor at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, said it makes sense that Trump wants to portray his supporters being more enthusiastic for his candidacy than Biden’s supporters are for the former vice president....

The body, which was found near Callville Bay on May 7, was identified by the Clark County Medical Examiner via DNA analysis as that of Thomas Erndt, who drowned in Lake Mead on August 2, 2002, at age 42. Tom Erndt, who was 10 at the time, said he thought his father was playing a prank on the family. The family had taken their boat to Callville Bay to camp on the shore and swim in the lake’s midnight waters....

Lake Mead is the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., spread between Nevada and California on the Colorado River. It made national headlines in 2022 as its water levels hit the lowest they have ever been due to the ongoing megadrought gripping the western United States. Water levels were the highest they have ever been in the 1980s, reaching 1,225 feet, but since then they have steadily fallen. After the drought hit, the decline got steeper and in 2015, it hit 1,074 feet, before dropping further....

Kanter, who has been vocal about a number of social issues, has recently dedicated his Twitter feed to speaking out against the Chinese government and Nike, including major endorsers like James and Michael Jordan. MORE: How did LeBron look in his return from injury? This season, Kanter has also spoken out via imagery and messages on custom sneakers worn during games. His latest custom shoes took aim at James specifically....

Their first attempt at a late-game inbounds play went awry. After a timeout, Jodie Meeks found Steve Blake off a screen, who summoned his inner Kobe Bryant — yes, Steve Blake has an inner Kobe Bryant — and hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left. The 2013 Los Angeles Lakers: Where Steve Blake game-winners happen. (H/T SB Nation)

Collison, who had been reconsidering his time away from basketball, decided this weekend he wasn’t ready to return to the game. Los Angeles, then, is left with few options to improve ahead of the postseason, where it will likely need to overcome the Clippers to reach the NBA Finals. One player the Lakers are reportedly now considering is Dion Waiters, who was exiled by the Heat earlier this season for his off-court conduct, traded to the Grizzlies and then waived on Sunday....

In this case, the ‘original gangster’ Jackson is referring to is Cam Newton. The duo faced off for the first time as starters in the NFL on Week 10’s “Sunday Night Football” on NBC when the Patriots host the Ravens. Jackson started watching Newton at Auburn and wanted to be like him. As far as dual-threat quarterbacks go, Newton has set a high bar in the NFL. He’s lived up to his “Superman” moniker that Jackson repeated multiple times in Week 10....

Jackson, the reigning NFL MVP, entered the concussion protocol and eventually was ruled out of Saturday night’s AFC divisional round playoff game after Bills defenders sent him crashing to the turf in the closing seconds of the third quarter. Jackson was sent scrambling to retrieve an errant snap, eventually managing to throw the ball away, but ate a pretty nasty hit in the process. Jackson jogged to the locker room following the hit, which ruled out any kind of leg injury....

Speaking to NFL Network’s NFL Now crew, Jackson admitted the recent talk of him playing wide receiver led to him not wanting to run. “I didn’t want to show it out here, they’ve been talking about receiver and stuff like that so I didn’t feel I should do it,” Jackson said. “At first I was going to run, as a quarterback, but then they said wide receiver and I had to let them know I was just going to throw today....

The team held its first practice of training camp on Wednesday as well, but it did so without Jackson. Harbaugh said the team received the positive test result Tuesday. He also noted Jackson had tested negative multiple times in recent days before being flagged for the positive result. While speaking with reporters, Harbaugh also confirmed that running back Gus Edwards had tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the start of training camp....

The reigning league MVP, who is also on the cover of this season’s game, had his rating revealed during an interview Monday night with ESPN’s Sage Steele on “SportsCenter.” ‘MADDEN 21’ QB RATINGS: The best quarterbacks by overall, speed, throw power & more “A 94?!” Jackson said while he sighed and rolled his eyes. “I wish it was better. But, hey, it’s better than it was last year. So I guess we can roll with it till the season starts....

In an interview with Newsweek at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering, Federico Foschini, Lamborghini’s chief marketing and sales manager, detailed the growth opportunities that have presented themselves and the obstacles that the company has had to overcome in recent memory in order to get to the position it is in today. A large part of that equation are business opportunities in the U.S. Foschini called the U.S. an “incredible platform” commenting that the company is “very interested in growing here” because their brand’s products “fit in perfectly with the U....