LeBron James turned in a heroic, 51-point performance in what came so close to becoming an incredible Game 1 victory for the Cavs. Instead, this might have been the worst night of LeBronâs basketball-playing life, with multiple tortuous twists combining for a nightmare loss.
Through all those tough years in Orlando to his current stint in Phoenix, the most notable feature of Elfrid Paytonâs game has been his head. Not his âbasketball IQâ or his âclutch mentalityââjust that majestic drooping frond on top. Every season it protruded further past the point guardâs forehead. It looked like itâŚ
Game 7 of the 1960 World Series between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees has been described as âthe greatest game ever playedâ and âthe best game ever.â Entering the bottom of the ninth, the score was tied 9-9, and Bill Mazeroski was leading off.
After the madness of the post-apocalyptic scenes from Liverpoolâs Champions League quarterfinal home leg against Manchester City, itâs hard to act surprised when a European night at Anfield results in some dangerously intense fan behavior. Liverpoolâs festivities ahead of their semifinal against Roma werenât anyâŚ
Giannis Antetokounmpo laid waste to Al Horford with four minutes to go in Game 4 of Celtics-Bucks Sunday. It was devastating in real time, satisfying in slow-mo, and maybe at its most dramatic when slowed to a halt, thanks to Getty Images photographer Jonathan Daniel.
Umpire Jerry Meals is five feet eight inches tall. This is a perfectly respectable height, and one that has not kept him from achieving what we can presume was his lifelong dream of being a Major League umpire. Jerry Meals has made it.
Novak Djokovic lost today to Dominic Thiem. It went three sets. Nice match. Wouldnât have been able to pay much attention had I watched it from the stands. The Monte Carlo Masters is the prettiest sporting event on Earth: rich clay, clean skies, jewel seas. Take in this visual feast prepared by Getty photographerâŚ
Baseball featured one tussle in the afternoon (Padres-Rockies, after a few hit batsmen) and one in the evening (Yankees-Red Sox, after one hit batsman and one hard slide) and, as always, the resulting photographs from Getty and the Associated Press are much more engrossing than any video can be. Hereâs a sampling ofâŚ
For a single moment, on a dead ball, with their playoff hopes long dead too, the Clippers reduced seven-foot generational talent Anthony Davis to a small nephew.
President Donald Trumpâs workday on Thursday included two actual things. That day officially began at 11 a.m., per his public schedule, when Trump received his daily intelligence briefing. Thereâs no telling how long this takes, as Trump famously likes his briefings short and colorful and chart-based; there is noâŚ
Dele Alli scored twice in Tottenhamâs 3-1 victory over Chelsea this weekend. His first goal was a beaut, but as Chris Applegate noted on Twitter, even more gorgeous than the goal itself were the photos, featuring the home Chelsea crowdâs reaction. So many scowls. So many impolite hand gestures. Truly art at its finest.
This incredibly well-timed photo was taken by AP photographer Steve Dykes while LeBron James was in the middle of unleashing one of the best dunks of his career on Jusuf Nurkic. It fucking rules. Look at it.
Sir Roger Bannister died over the weekend at the age of 88 and, as to be expected, the glowing obituaries focused on his epochal mile of May 6, 1954, when he shattered the four-minute barrier on Oxford Universityâs Iffley Road track.
MLB Photo Day has once again come and gone. A non-scientific survey of the resulting images suggests thereâs an increase in bespectacled pitchers, which is great because they look that much funnier giving up a long home run. Here are some of the best photos to hit the wires in recent days.
Skeleton exists because someone decided luge wasnât terrifying enough. What if luge, but head-first? Accordingly, skeleton sliders tend to personalize their helmets like hockey goalies, having them painted in artistic, patriotic, or intimidating ways.
Philadelphians pose atop a garbage truck after struggling with their kerning, following the Eaglesâ Super Bowl win over the Patriots. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images.
There will be plenty of time tomorrow to break down the big plays and big decisions of tonightâs 41-33 Eagles Super Bowl win. For now, letâs be content to bask in the photographic record. We as a country may have finally turned a corner.
Suns guard Isaiah Canaan suffered an ankle injury in Wednesdayâs game against the Mavericks, but âankle injuryâ is putting it lightly. That it was immediately described with the words âGordon Hayward-likeâ might provide a clue to the severity, or maybe itâs the image in which the heel of Canaanâs foot is visibleâŚ
Donald Trump, president of the United States, boards Air Force One en route to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, where he plans to tell leaders from around the world a rambling and unconvincing story involving former Night Court star Markie Post.
It wasnât just cold at Lambeau Field. With the temperature at 13 below zero at kickoff, and the wind chill at 36 below, Dec. 31, 1967, ranked as the coldest New Yearâs Eve day that Green Bay, Wisconsin, had ever witnessed.
