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Steve Kerr spent two separate school years in Cairo. There were summers in Beirut and Tunisia, another year in France, and road trips circling the Mediterranean in a Volkswagen van. Steve “was not always thrilled,” he admitted, to leave friends and the comfort of California. He hated to miss sports camps and football and basketball…

It serves as a reminder for Tchouaméni in his young footballing career to “get up every day and be better than yesterday.” And as reports continue to circulate about which club he will be playing for next season, it helps the AS Monaco star to stay focused on his own development. “I’m an ambitious person….

PARIS : Highlights of the fourth day at the French Open, the second Grand Slam of the year, on Wednesday (times GMT): 1706 SCHWARTZMAN SEALS COMEBACK WIN OVER MUNAR Argentine 15th seed Diego Schwartzman bounced back from two sets down to defeat Spain’s Jaume Munar 2-6 6-7(3) 6-2 6-2 6-2 in three hours and 45…

PARIS – Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez have both advanced to the third round of the French Open following straight-set victories on Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime made quick work of Argentine qualifier Camilo Ugo Carabelli, winning 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 to move on to the third round of the Paris major for the first time…

But the West in “Winning Time” doesn’t square with the real Jerry West’s recollections, or with the recollections of many others who were part of the Lakers organization at the time. When West recently asked HBO for a retraction and an apology, several figures from the show, including Abdul-Jabbar (who also objected to his own…

Kerr refused to speak about basketball ahead of Game 4 of the Warriors’ series against the Dallas Mavericks, instead raising his voice as he railed against gun violence in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting. “In the last 10 days, we’ve had elderly Black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, we’ve had Asian churchgoers killed…

LIVERPOOL, England : Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara’s injury is not as bad as feared, manager Juergen Klopp said on Wednesday, raising the propect that he could feature in the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday. Thiago appeared to pull a muscle during Sunday’s final Premier League game against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Klopp initially…

Brittney Griner’s wife Cherelle wants U.S. President Joe Biden to secure her partner’s release, doing whatever is necessary to get the WNBA star home from Russia where she has been detained for more than three months. “I just keep hearing that, you know, he has the power. She’s a political pawn, ” said…

SAN FRANCISCO — Joc Pederson turned a pair of pregame chats with home run king Barry Bonds into the best night of his career. Pederson homered three times and drove in a career-high eight runs, including a tying single with two outs in the ninth inning, and the San Francisco Giants outslugged the Mets, 13-12,…

Ahead of Game 4, a moment of silence was held for “those who lost their lives in multiple tragedies in our home state,” referencing a fatal accident from Sunday and Tuesday’s shooting of an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. On Tuesday, a gunman clad in body armor rushed his way into the school and opened…