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Premier Lacrosse will debut a new women’s league in 2025, three years before the sport returns to the Olympics for the first time since 1948.

With the U.S. sports betting industry experiencing unprecedented growth, here’s how women within the space are breaking barriers and creating a community.

Jordan Chiles is opening up about how it’s been a “very difficult” time for her since being stripped of her Olympic bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Games.

Former Portland Trail Blazers broadcaster Brian Wheeler, the radio voice of the team from 1998-2019, has died. He was 62.

Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, said backlash to her performances at the Paris Olympics has made it “really difficult” for her to continue her breaking career.

Shohei Ohtani had successful surgery on the shoulder he injured in the slide that scared Dodgers fans during the World Series.

Gerrit Cole gave up his opt-out right and will remain with the New York Yankees under a contract that runs through 2028 rather than become a free agent. New York’s ace initially exercised his right to terminate the $324 million, nine-year contract, which has $144 million and four years remaining. That decision triggered a two-day window for New York to...

Travelers who stay at the hotel inside the Es Con Field Hokkaido stadium can watch baseball games from their rooms or while soaking in natural hot springs.

Six-time All-Star and 2023 AL Cy Young award winner Gerrit Cole will reportedly remain with the New York Yankees.

San Antonio Spurs assistant Mitch Johnson is expected to serve as interim head coach for the near future.

No matter what happens in the World Series, at least one Yankees fan is leaving with a ring.

The New York Liberty has taken over New York City after winning the WNBA championship title in a five-game series against the Minnesota Lynx, where thousands of fans gathered along the Canyon of Heroes for the ticker-tape parade to celebrate the team’s first-ever title. While the attention was centered on the players, some fans noted a mascot resembling a...

NBC New York presents coverage of the New York Liberty championship ticker-tape parade through the Canyon of Heroes on Oct. 24, 2024.

New York City is fêting the New York Liberty on Thursday with a ticker-tape parade in the Canyon of Heroes following their first-ever WNBA championship, an overtime conquest that made all sorts of history. There have been more than 200 ticker-tape parades in the city. Today’s extravaganza marks the city’s third-ever ticker-tape celebration for a women’s sports team. The...

We’re about to enjoy what’s sure to be an epic ticker-tape parade fêting the New York Liberty following their first-ever WNBA championship, an overtime conquest that made all sorts of history. Follow along live here. City Hall released details on the parade, including timing and route, earlier this week. Thursday’s ticker-tape parade will mark the third time the honor...

Gaby Acevedo takes us behind the scenes before the Liberty victory parade. 

The New York Liberty will be honored with a ticker-tape parade through the Financial District of Manhattan on Thursday to celebrate the team’s first-ever WNBA championship. Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and the Liberty will parade up Broadway through the Canyon of Heroes. The parade will be shown live on TV on NBC 4 starting at 10 a.m. The New York…

We’ve got less than 24 hours until what’s sure to be an epic ticker-tape parade fêting the New York Liberty following their first-ever WNBA championship, an overtime conquest that made all sorts of history. City Hall released details on the parade, including timing and route, earlier this week. Thursday’s ticker-tape parade will mark the third time the honor is...

New York’s title drought is over with the Liberty winning a title and the Yankees four wins away from adding another. So, where does 2024 rank among the area’s best sports years?

The Liberty’s WNBA title win was the first basketball championship in NYC in decades — and now the party plans are underway, with a parade set for Thursday through the Canyon of Heroes in lower Manhattan, followed by a City Hall ceremony. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.