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New York Times
a day ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Tyrese Haliburton cannot stop hitting game-winners, plus Aaron Rodgers' decision
The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic's daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! If you get in a fight today, blame it on the weather. One of my high school basketball coaches always used a phrase when we had a late lead: Stomp out the bubbles. Like when you put a big sticker on something, and a few bubbles pop up that need to be ironed out. The opponents were the bubbles. You get the idea. The Pacers, as it turns out, are an eternal bubble — one that never fully flattens. Twelve hours later, I'm unsure if what I watched last night was real, and simultaneously I think we all knew the moment Tyrese Haliburton — the new king of the playoff game winner — pulled up for a jumper with less than a second left … the ball was going in. TYRESE HALIBURTON DOES IT AGAIN! 🔥 THE PACERS PULL OFF ANOTHER COMEBACK TO STEAL GAME 1 IN OKC! 🎥 @NBA | H/T @bballforpeople — The Athletic (@TheAthletic) June 6, 2025 Indiana, somehow, is up 1-0 in the NBA Finals after a breathtaking 111-110 win over the heavily favored Thunder. Two points to know in this madness: Are we happy? There was so much bluster about this small-market matchup before tonight. If we get five or six more of these games, the entire NBA should be thrilled. Whew. Onward: Gauff thumps Boisson The fairytale is over in Paris, as No. 2 seed Coco Gauff throttled the French phenom Loïs Boisson yesterday, 6-1, 6-2. The highly touted American gave Boisson no leeway to confuse her, unlike Boisson's previous opponents. Gauff's win sets up a showdown of the top two seeds in the French Open final after Aryna Sabalenka dispatched Iga Świątek — the reigning champ — in yesterday's first match. Advertisement 'The Tennis Podcast' has been a must-listen throughout the tournament. Listen here. Richardson out indefinitely Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is once again dealing with AC joint issues, which ended his 2023 season early. The young quarterback, drafted at No. 4 in 2023, has had myriad issues in his two seasons of NFL play, including injuries like this and that strange benching incident last season. His future as the team's franchise QB seems very much in doubt. More news 📫 Love The Pulse? Check out our other newsletters. Aaron Rodgers agreed to sign with the Steelers on a one-year deal, the team announced yesterday, and he's expected to attend mandatory minicamp next week. His capitulation ended months of uncertainty as one of the best QBs in NFL history pondered his future. Pittsburgh clearly had no Plan B if the 41-year-old retired, and now theoretically has a top-line offense to pair with a reliably good defense. I am fascinated to watch this. I'm curious what you think, though, which brings us to a quick Pulse Poll: Will the Steelers be good next year? Vote here. We'll run the results Monday. Let's keep going: 📺 French Open: Jannik Sinner vs. Novak Djokovic 1 p.m. ET on TNT/Max Roland Garros is the place to be, and the tennis is only getting better. It's also on this morning, but this match is the breadwinner. I think. 📺 NHL: Panthers at Oilers 8 p.m. ET on TNT/Max Game 2, which I can only hope is as exciting as Game 1's overtime finish. I'm betting the Panthers take this one. Time will surely prove me wrong. Also probably thwarting that prediction: a healthy Leon Draisaitl. 📺 WCWS: Texas vs. Texas Tech 8 p.m. ET on ESPN The best game in sports: a winner-takes-all title contest. The entire WCWS has been fun. Hopefully this game lives up to the standard. Advertisement 📺 Baseball: Coastal Carolina vs. Auburn 9 p.m. ET on ESPN 2 There's a full slate of super regional action starting at noon ET, but this is probably our best option. Auburn thrived in the tough SEC, while Coastal won 51 games this year and played a tangential part in last weekend's controversy with Florida. Get tickets to games like these here. Remember the name Luke Clanton, because after reading Gabby Herzig's profile of the young golfer today, you'll know he's on a PGA superstar track. The most underrated star in MLB right now (and maybe in decades) resides in Cleveland. I thought this story was fun: For NBA referees, earning a White Jacket is like winning a title. They're snazzy, too. How much is Lamine Yamal's rookie card worth? That's the topic of a testy debate, but one thing is clear: the value is skyrocketing. Most-clicked in the newsletter yesterday: Connections: Sports Edition. We love games. Most-read on the website yesterday: French Open live blog. Ticketing links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. Restrictions may apply. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
LeMonde
a day ago
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- LeMonde
French Open: Loïs Boisson kept her emotions in check to make her mark
There were at least three spectators in the stands who were only half-surprised. They were the three donors who had given Loïs Boisson a few dozen euros at the start of 2025, when the Dijon-born tennis player launched an online fundraiser to help finance her season. Just a few months later, they can congratulate themselves on their foresight. On Thursday, June 5, the 22-year-old wrapped up her first Roland-Garros with a clear defeat in the semifinals against American Coco Gauff (6-1, 6-2), but one that is also full of promises. Boisson, who was invited as a wildcard by the organizers, had already toppled American Jessica Pegula (world No. 3) and Russian Mirra Andreeva (world No. 6) on her way to Thursday's match. But the challenge proved too great this time against the 2023 US Open champion, who will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the final on Saturday. Boisson, world No. 361 – although not for much longer, she will be ranked around No. 65 on Monday – can look back at a tournament that brought her into the living rooms of the French and into the hearts of fans, day after day.
France 24
a day ago
- Sport
- France 24
Spain beat France in a 9-goal thriller to book a spot in Nations League final
Sport 05:49 Despite a match full of twists and turns and a spirited comeback right up to the final minutes, France conceded another semi-final defeat to Spain. Lamine Yamal distinguished himself once again with two goals. Meanwhile, in Italy, after missing out on two World Cups, the team are eager to return to the greatest competition of all. They start their qualifying campaign today. In other news, Loïs Boisson's dream has come to an end. The Frenchwoman, who was given a wildcard to play at Roland-Garros, failed to reach the final. She was no match for Coco Gauff, who made it to the final.
Wall Street Journal
2 days ago
- Sport
- Wall Street Journal
She's the French Open's Grizzled Veteran—at Age 21
Paris Coco Gauff began this French Open with the rookiest of rookie mistakes. She walked on court for her first-round match without her tennis rackets. Somewhere between the hotel, the locker room, and the red clay of Roland-Garros, she'd simply forgotten to put them in her bag—less than ideal when you're trying to win a second career Grand Slam tournament. Gauff was able to laugh it off and, once her coaches delivered her equipment, won her match anyway. But that brief oversight was a rare reminder of just how young she is. Most of the time, her consistency, experience, and status as the world's highest-paid female athlete make it easy to forget that ever since she burst onto the scene at 15, her career has been on fast-forward. 'I definitely feel like I'm…more mature than maybe some of my peers,' said Gauff, now 21. 'Playing tennis forces you to grow up faster for some people.' Especially when you break through as early as she did. Gauff made a stunning run to the fourth round of Wimbledon as a teenager in 2019 and has been a top-10 player for almost four years. In 2023, she claimed her first major by winning the U.S. Open. And on Saturday, Gauff will take her shot at a second when she faces world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open final. She got there by dispatching France's Loïs Boisson, the Cinderella of this tournament, in just 1 hour and 9 minutes. 'She was just too good,' said Boisson, who began the tournament ranked No. 361. 'I just feel like I was running everywhere on the court today.' Gauff was always going to be a heavy favorite in that match. And despite the raucous home crowd under the roof of Philippe-Chatrier Court, she remained unflappable. Boisson found her so frustrating to play against that when her coaches whispered a piece of advice in the second set, she shouted back in French, 'But I can't!' Even so, this week has irrevocably changed Boisson's career. The 22-year-old will climb 296 places in the world rankings, to No. 65, and more than quadrupled her career earnings by taking home $790,000 in prize money for reaching the semis. Gauff, on the other hand, has long been at the other end of the tennis food chain. Since turning pro, she has already racked up $24 million in prize money, and brings in at least that much annually through endorsements. What makes it all the more remarkable is that through all of it, her game has remained a work in progress. Gauff's tennis education has unfolded in plain sight of the world. Her serve, for instance, remains maddeningly inconsistent—she scores the lowest percentage of points behind her first serve of any woman in the top five. But her court coverage and her return game mean that she can keep herself in any rally long enough to do damage. So it makes sense that the slower surface of Roland-Garros, which rewards baseliners and defenders, has turned into her happiest hunting ground. Gauff acclimated to clay early in her career by training in the South of France and has reached at least a quarterfinal here every year since 2021, plus a final in 2022. In fact, she is the youngest player to reach at least 25 match victories at a single major event since Maria Sharapova was dazzling the Australian Open in the late 2000s. 'My first final here I was super nervous and I wrote myself off,' Gauff said. 'This time I have a lot more confidence.' Sabalenka's affection for clay is more recent. Better known as the best hard-court player in women's tennis, she had never gone beyond a semifinal here in eight years of trying. But with a few tweaks to her free-swinging game, mixing in more variety, Sabalenka was able to take down the three-time defending champion, Iga Swiatek, 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-0 in her semifinal. Swiatek hadn't lost a single match at Roland-Garros since 2021. 'It felt like a final, but I know that the job is not done yet,' Sabalenka said. 'I have to bring my best tennis and I have to work for that title, especially if it's going to be Coco.' Write to Joshua Robinson at
CTV News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Coco Gauff defeats Loïs Boisson 6-1, 6-2 to reach her second French Open final
Coco Gauff of the U.S. celebrates as she won the semifinal match of the French Tennis Open against France's Lois Boisson at the Roland-Garros stadium in Paris, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) PARIS — As popular as Coco Gauff is, she knew full well that nearly all of the 15,000 fans at Court Philippe-Chatrier would be against her during the French Open semifinals Thursday. That's because Gauff, an American, was taking on a French opponent — and one who came from nowhere, 361st-ranked Loïs Boisson. So the No. 2-seeded Gauff turned to a trick that 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic has talked about using: When the partisan crowd was loudly singing Boisson's first name, Gauff pretended they were chanting 'Coco!' Not that it mattered much, truly, because Gauff was by far the superior player throughout a 6-1, 6-2 victory that earned her a second trip to the final at Roland-Garros. Three years ago, Gauff missed out on a chance to leave with the trophy when Iga Swiatek beat her. This time, Swiatek won't be around for the championship match on Saturday, because her 26-match unbeaten run at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament ended earlier Thursday with a 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0 loss to No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka. Sabalenka vs. Gauff will be the first No. 1 vs. No. 2 final in Paris since 2013, when Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, and just the second in the last 30 years. Gauff figures to hear at least the occasional 'Allez, Coco!' while meeting Sabalenka. But that wasn't really in the offing against Boisson, who beat No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 6 Mirra Andreeva while becoming the first woman since 1989 to get all the way to the semifinals in her first Grand Slam tournament. It's been a quarter-century since a woman representing France won the singles title at Roland-Garros — Mary Pierce in 2000 — so Boisson became front-page news. The flags flapping in the stands, and the raucous applause and yells accompanying each point Boisson won, were hard to miss. 'I was mentally prepared before the match that it was going to be 99% for her. But I just tried to block it out,' Gauff told the spectators during her on-court interview, laughing as she explained her thought process. 'And actually, when you guys were chanting her name, I was saying to myself my name. Just to kind of psych myself out. You have to do that.' Then she added: 'I know you guys would usually root for me if I'm not playing a French (foe).' Gauff never really allowed the atmosphere to become much of a factor, because she took Boisson out of the match from the get-go, grabbing 20 of the first 30 points to lead 4-0. As much as Boisson's game is fit for clay, Gauff is rather adept on the slower surface, too. Her speed and reflexes allow her to track down shot after shot, elongating points and making the player across the net come up with the goods over and over. Boisson finished with just seven winners. And Gauff made only 15 unforced errors, fewer than half of Boisson's total of 33. When the exchanges grew longer, Gauff got better. She won 34 of 51 points that lasted five strokes or more. 'Congratulations to her on an incredible tournament,' Gauff said, 'but today just happened to be my day.' Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press
