A lot happened in the NBA over the weekend — San Antonio toppled defending champs Oklahoma City in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals, meaning we’re now guaranteed a new NBA champion.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
The Eastern League champs with an 11-1 record, the Warhawks’ only loss down the stretch came in the final league game against Christian on May 15.
Her dad, Captain Jack (Edward James Olmos), the airline’s founder, is one of her only champions until Daniel shows up.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 June 2026
Both teams are looking for a healthy seven-game series, but the Knicks seeing their best scorer heading off the court early isn't the way the Eastern Conference champions wanted to kick off their first trip to the NBA Finals since 1999 against these same Spurs.
But non-victors can be -- and people are beginning to judge Putin.
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David Brennan,
ABC News,
4 June 2026
Tomás’s belief that maps should acknowledge the marginalized and less powerful—that there’s more to history than what the victors convey—is seemingly shared by O’Farrell.
Building a solid clientele across Asia and a handful of placements at high profile events such as the Festival de Cannes or on Miss Universe titleholders saw the brand grow to a team of 70.
Somebody lucked out on a pick-six — picking six consecutive winners in a row at the track.
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Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Historically speaking, his extreme outside post position is unfortunately the least good point in the Saratoga gate from which to break — the outside post positions having delivered so few winners in the last quarter-century.
The 31-time Costa Rican champions and current Central America Cup titlists, which is what guaranteed them entry into this stage of the competition, scored on their first shot late in the first half.
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Josh Gross,
Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
The Eagles were state champions in 2022 and section titlists in 2023 and 2024.
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Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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