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Big weekend in sports…

• The The Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to complete a four-game sweep of the best-of-seven NBA championship series. It is the Warriors’ third title in four years.

• Justify won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday afternoon, completing a sweep of all three legs of the Triple Crown and becoming the second horse to do so in four years. (The last was American Pharoah; there have been just 13 overall since 1919.)

• Yesterday, Rafael Nadal defeated Dominic Thiem in straights sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to win the French Open Men’s Singles Championship and become the most successful player in French Open history.

And, in the Women’s Singles Championship match, Simona Halep defeated Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 and earned her first Grand Slam title.
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