Kevin Durant received plenty of congratulatory calls and texts after helping his Golden State Warriors win the NBA Championship, but one particular text stood out from the rest. In an interview with The Ringer’s Bill Simmons on Wednesday, the Maryland native said the most surprising message came from the 44th President of the United States. […]

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Unlike the 2016 NFL champions, the New England Patriots, where individual players decided not to go to the White House, the Warriors decided as a team not to go.

There’s a reason why Kevin Durant’s Instagram moniker was @easymoneysniper (before he deleted his account) and the Cleveland Cavaliers are finding that out. He’s been dominant so far in the NBA Finals, and Wednesday night was no different as he helped Golden State to a 118-133 win in a pivotal Game 3. While Cleveland came back from […]

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are headed home in a familiar spot after the first two games of the NBA Finals. Rather than reach back to last year’s championship comeback for a confidence boost, James’ focus is on figuring out what Cleveland must do to change its fortunes against a […]

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kevin Durant drove through the lane untouched for dazzling dunks time and again, finishing with 38 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in his first NBA Finals for Golden State and leading the Warriors past LeBron James and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers, 113-91 on Thursday night in Game 1. https://twitter.com/DylansFreshTake/status/870478003389816832 […]

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INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — Vegas is betting against them and the bookies are hardly alone. Let’s be honest, not many are giving the Cleveland Cavaliers much of a chance in the NBA Finals. They may be defending champions and they may have LeBron James, but against Golden State, they are definite underdogs. Just don’t try […]

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BOSTON (AP) — The NBA Finals has its first “three-match,” courtesy of a King who passed His Airness. LeBron James scored 35 points and passed Michael Jordan to become the NBA’s all-time playoff scoring leader as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics 135-102 on Thursday night to claim their third straight Eastern Conference title […]