Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Thursday, June 11th

Sports by Hartley Thursday, June 11th, 2026  as of 12:05 a.m.

NBA:

New York Knicks  107  San Antonio Spurs  106

The Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history as they trailed by 29 points (81-52) in the 3rd quarter.

New York won the game on a basket with just 1.2 seconds left as OG Anunoby tipped in the miss of Jalen Brunson’s 3-point attempt.

The Knicks are a win away from their first NBA title in 53 years as they lead the series 3-1.

Game 5 will be played Saturday night (5:35 PT) in San Antonio.

The NBA schedule and results are here.

NHL:

The Stanley Cup Final is back on in Carolina for Game 5 tonight (Thursday 5:10 PT) with the Hurricanes and the Vegas Golden Knights tied 2-2.

The series will shift back to Vegas on Sunday night with a 7th and deciding game, if necessary, in Carolina on Wednesday.

Jared Young of Prince George went 1-for-3 at the plate for the New York Mets in a 9-2 Wednesday loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

The 30-year-old Young played first base and was the team’s clean-up hitter.

He is batting .274 this season with three homers and seven RBI’s while going 17-for-62 in 24 games.

The (29-38) Mets host the (37-28) Cardinals again today (Thursday 10:10 a.m. PT) as St. Louis goes for a 3-game sweep.

Philadelphia Phillies  7  Toronto Blue Jays  4

The Box Score is here.

The (33-36) Jays continue a 9-game homestand Friday night (4:37 PT) against the
(41-26) New York Yankees.

The MLB regular season schedule is here.

The Toronto Blue Jays schedule is here.

The New York Mets schedule is here.

The MLB standings are here.

Soccer:

The 48-team World Cup begins today (Thursday) with a pair of games in Mexico; South Africa against Mexico (Noon PT) and South Korea vs. Czechia (7 PM).

Canada plays its opener Friday (Noon) in Toronto against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The Canadian team is in Group B and will also play Qatar (Thursday, June 18th 3 PM) and Switzerland (Wednesday, June 24th at Noon) in Vancouver.

The top two teams in each group advance to the knockout stage, where they are joined by the eight best third-place teams.

The knockout stage will begin June 28 with 32 teams.

The final is set for July 19 in East Rutherford, N.J.

The World Cup schedule is here or you can get more info. here.

CFL: 

Week 2 of the CFL season begins tonight (Thursday 5:30 PT) with (0-1) Hamilton at (1-0) Winnipeg.