Why it matters: The title ends Denver's 47-season wait for NBA glory. Add in their American Basketball Association years and the Nuggets played 56 seasons before winning it all.
Driving the news: The Denver Nuggets are NBA champions for the first time in team history after winning 94-89 Monday night, beating the Miami Heat in five games to clinch the title.
Americans are now less supportive of transgender athletes playing on the team of their choice than they were two years ago, a national survey found.
Driving the news: 69% of Americans said transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete on sports teams that conform with their birth gender, per Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs poll conducted in May, compared to 62% in 2021.
When Tiger Woods was at the height of his powers (2000-2001), he completed a then-record 52 consecutive rounds at even par or better. That record now belongs to Steve Stricker.
Driving the news: Stricker, 56, won this weekend's American Family Insurance Championship in his native Wisconsin and has now recorded 55 straight rounds at even par or better at PGA Tour-sanctioned events.
Novak Djokovic beat Casper Ruud, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 7-5, in Sunday's French Open final to win his record 23rd major men's singles title, breaking a tie with Rafael Nadal and moving three ahead of Roger Federer.
By the numbers: In January 2011, Federer had 16 major titles, Nadal had nine and Djokovic had one. 12 years later, the 36-year-old Serb stands alone, perhaps cementing himself as the GOAT.
