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It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence, including gunshots in Times Square.

The narrative for the Hurricanes entering the playoffs was whether they would finally break through and win the Eastern Conference after coming so close in recent years.

For the first time in 53 years, New York rules the NBA. Jalen Brunson scored 45 points, including 13 straight for New York in the fourth quarter, and the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night.

James Harden, the former Houston Rockets star now playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers, was arrested early Saturday morning in downtown Houston and released after posting bond on a misdemeanor weapons charge.

Two Peruvian police officers disguised as World Cup mascots Clutch and Maple helped to arrest a suspected drug dealer in Lima.

Severe weather may pose as much of a challenge as any fighter at Sunday's UFC Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn of the White House, with meteorologists warning of dangerous thunderstorms, lightning and extreme heat that could disrupt, or even halt,

Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski set a major league record Friday night, hurling a 104.5-mph fastball against the Philadelphia Phillies -- the fastest pitch recorded by a starting pitcher since pitch tracking began in 2008.

Who knows how many signature moments are left in the series, but the quartet of Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith is certainly enjoying anchoring pregame, halftime and postgame NBA Finals coverage for the first time.

Cyle Larin's goal not only saved the World Cup opener for Canada on Friday, it gave a bunch of Canadian celebrities a reason to stomp and shout.

One of Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey's concerns with a recently introduced Senate bill designed to fix college sports is that it could increase the likelihood of the very type of litigation the measure proposes to reduce.