From The Sports Desk: Game 7 incoming

Watson keen to start again, downplays Haslam jab

BEREA, Ohio -- Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson said Wednesday it is "very important" to get an opportunity to start again after a pair of Achilles surgeries that have sidelined him since October 2024. Watson spoke to local reporters after Cleveland's second day of mandatory minicamp, marking his first comments since he ruptured his right Achilles tendon on Oct. 20, 2024. "I think each and every person that walks into the locker room should have that mindset that you want to start...

Papers: Mourinho eyes Gvardiol and Fernandes for Real Madrid

Dolphins, C Brewer reach 3-year, $52.5M deal

Center Aaron Brewer and the Miami Dolphins reached agreement Wednesday on a three-year, $52.5 million extension that includes $37 million guaranteed, his agent, Kyle McCarthy of Athletes First, told ESPN's Adam Schefter. With an average annual salary of $17.5 million, the deal makes Brewer the third-highest paid center in the NFL, behind the Las Vegas Raiders' Tyler Linderbaum ($27 million) and the Kansas City Chiefs' Creed Humphrey ($18 million). Brewer, who was undrafted out of Texas State...

NYPD bans gatherings at MSG; watch party off

NEW YORK -- Throughout the Knicks playoff run, thousands of deliriously happy fans have flooded the streets outside Madison Square Garden, often invoking a two-word rallying cry: "We outside." But for a pivotal Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday, spontaneous outdoor gatherings won't be allowed in front of the team's famed arena. A security plan released by the New York Police Department will bar fans from gathering around the Manhattan arena unless they are going to the game or have...