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The Indiana Pacers could be without their best player for what promises to be the biggest game of the regular season. Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton is listed as questionable to play in Sunday’s clash with the Miami Heat due to back soreness. Haliburton finished with eight points and 11 assists in the Pacers’ 126-112 […]

Draymond Green’s vicious punch to Jordan Poole during a preseason practice on October 5th, 2022 did much more than doom the Golden State Warriors’ hopes of repeating as champions. Days removed from signing a lucrative four-year contract extension, Poole was viewed as a foundational fixture for the Dubs coming off their surprise title run. He […]

Playing on the second leg of a back-to-back, down two starters and falling behind by 16 points in the first quarter, the Golden State Warriors nevertheless got a good look to beat the Dallas Mavericks at the buzzer. Klay Thompson caught in the corner and immediately launched after Dallas sent two defenders to Stephen Curry, […]

South Carolina women’s basketball’s hopes of a second national championship in three years may have turned on the knock of opposing knees. Gamecocks star big Kamilla Cardoso left her team’s Final Four matchup with North Carolina State on Friday late in the first half after suffering an apparent lower-body injury. Video of the play in […]

The Golden State Warriors have won four of the last nine NBA championships. They employ the undisputed greatest shooter in NBA history, another all-time marksman, the most impactful defender of his generation and a player who’s fully deserving of the nickname ‘Point God,’ all of whom are well past their playing primes, aged into their […]

It turns out Rashee Rice was directly responsible for a car crash in Dallas last weekend that left four people injured. The Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver has admitted to driving the Lamborghini SUV leased in his name that created a six-car wreck while racing with a Chevrolet Corvette, according to his lawyer. Rice is […]

Klay Thompson joined Jonathan Kuminga on the bench Friday as a surprise scratch for the Golden State Warriors matchup with the Charlotte Hornets. The Dubs, thankfully, barely missed a beat in his absence, with Andrew Wiggins and Moses Moody picking up slack left by Thompson and Kuminga in a 115-97 victory over arguably the worst […]

There is no Victor Wembanyama in the 2024 NBA Draft. Odds are against any player in the running to be the top overall pick reaching the peaks of recent No. 1 selections like Paolo Banchero, Anthony Edwards and Zion Williamson. Cade Cunningham’s largely overlooked breakout third season makes him a safe bet to be more […]

Victor Wembanyama played arguably the best game of his brief NBA career on Friday, willing the San Antonio Spurs to a thrilling overtime win over the New York Knicks by dropping a career-high 40 points, grabbing 20 rebounds and dishing out seven assists on 13-of-22 from the field and 4-of-9 on triples. The French phenom […]

The Golden State Warriors continued their winning ways away from home on Friday, taking care of the lowly Charlotte Hornets 115-97 at Spectrum Center. Now winners of three straight on their almost finished five-game road trip, the Dubs are a remarkable 13-3 outside Chase Center in their last 16 games, a stretch that dates all […]

Houston basketball’s best player suffered a troubling injury at about the worst possible. Cougars star Jamal Shead was forced to exit his team’s Sweet 16 matchup with Duke after twisting his right ankle with 6:50 left in the first half. The injury occurred as Shead tried to plant on two feet and rise for a […]

As the playoffs fast approach, the Los Angeles Clippers look nothing like the top-tier title contenders they were for a three-month stretch of the regular season after finding their groove with James Harden. Ty Lue’s team is just 9-10 since the All-Star break, sporting a -2.0 net rating over that timeframe that ranks 18th in […]

Jayson Tatum had the chance to give the Boston Celtics to buzzer-beating victory over the Atlanta Hawks, but his off-balance, heavily contested three-pointer landed well off the mark, sending the game to overtime. Boston needed just one stop to pull off a thrilling road victory in the extra session, siccing Jrue Holiday on Dejounte Murray—who […]

The Los Angeles Lakers haven’t given up hope of rising up the Western Conference standings over the last two weeks of the regular season. While achieving that task would be difficult in a vacuum, it could be close to impossible if the Lakers’ superstars miss any of their team’s remaining games. LeBron James and Anthony […]

Jonathan Kuminga was a late scratch due to knee tendinitis. Draymond Green was ejected less than four minutes after tipoff for extended arguing with official Ray Acosta. The Orlando Magic were playing on three days of rest, while the Golden State Warriors faced the second leg of a tough back-to-back on the road. None of […]

Fighting like hell to fend off the Houston Rockets for the final spot in the play-in tournament, the Golden State Warriors will have to make do on Wednesday without Jonathan Kuminga. The ascending third-year forward is listed as out against the Orlando Magic due to left knee soreness. Steve Kerr told reporters during pregame media […]

So much for Ted Leonsis’ much-maligned plan to move his professional sports franchises out of the nation’s capital. The city of Alexandria, Virginia announced on Wednesday that it has ended ended discussions on a proposal by Monumental Sports to move the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals from their longtime home in Washington, D.C. to a […]

Klay Thompson dropped a team-high 28 points and splashed six triples against the Miami Heat on Tuesday, leading the Golden State Warriors to a pivotal 113-92 victory as they fight for their postseason lives. The future Hall-of-Famer is now averaging 18.4 points per game in March while hitting 41.0% of his three-point attempts, putting dire […]

Tom Thibodeau has led the New York Knicks to their best season in over a decade. New York is 42-28 after Saturday’s drubbing of the Brooklyn Nets, in lock step with the Orlando Magic for fourth-place in the Eastern Conference. The Knicks’ standing is especially impressive considering their rash of injuries to marquee players. OG […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors fell to the Indiana Pacers 123-111 on Friday night, leaving them one-and-a-half games behind the ninth-place Los Angeles Lakers and just games in front of the Houston Rockets in 11th. Let’s dive into three in-depth reactions from the Warriors’ dispiriting loss to the Pacers. Third quarter dooms Dubs […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Brandin Podziemski hasn’t become a fixture with the Golden State Warriors due to his scoring exploits. The rookie guard took Klay Thompson’s spot in the starting lineup just before the All-Star break precisely because he doesn’t need to get buckets or sop up usage to make a consistently positive impact. Entering Friday’s […]

Grambling State basketball faces a stiff test on Friday against top-seeded Purdue in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Before going toe-to-toe with Matt Painter, Zach Edey and the Boilermakers, though, Donté Jackson and the Tigers got an extra special opportunity to continue reveling in their historic first-four victory over Montana State. Vice President […]

Gonzaga basketball isn’t the powerhouse title contender this season it’s been so many times during Mark Few’s iconic tenure in Spokane. The fifth-seeded Bulldogs still stand to be a tough out in March Madness, though, proving as much in a dominant 86-65 win over McNeese State on Thursday—the program’s 15th straight victory in the first […]

Another man was charged with second-degree murder on Thursday as a result of the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade that left one person dead and 21 more injured, according to the Associated Press. Kansas City native Terry Young was also charged unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors used an utterly dominant third quarter to blow past the Memphis Grizzlies at Chase Center on Wednesday, resulting in a feel-good 137-116 victory. A stirring finish to the first half and utterly dominant start to the second turned a once-competitive game into a laugher, allowing Stephen Curry and […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors enter Wednesday’s action with their most tenuous grip on the play-in tournament in weeks. At 35-32, they’re suddenly just two-and-a-half games up on the surging Houston Rockets for 10th in the Western Conference—closer to Ime Udoka’s team in the standings than the eighth-place Phoenix Suns. Golden State’s dreams […]

Tyrese Haliburton entered the NBA in 2020 as a playmaking savant, boasting the court sense, processing speed and creative flair reserved for the game’s very best passers. He was thrust into a primary offensive role after being traded from the Sacramento Kings to the Indiana Pacers midway through his second season, quickly cementing himself as […]

Jalen Green continued his broadly overlooked second-half surge on Tuesday, exploding for a career-high 42 points, 10 rebounds and three assists while shooting 7-of-13 from beyond the arc. More importantly, he led the surging Houston Rockets to a blowout 137-114 win over the Washington Wizards, sustaining their hopes of overtaking the Golden State Warriors or […]

The Golden State Warriors were out-classed by the shorthanded New York Knicks at Chase Center on Monday despite playing at full-strength. As pressure mounts with each loss to avoid falling out of the play-in tournament altogether, the 10th-place Dubs could be missing a couple key contributors the next time they take the floor. Both Moses […]

You weren’t the only one still mesmerized by Anthony Edwards’ instant-classic poster dunk over John Collins long after the play was finished. In the postgame locker room, the Minnesota Timberwolves teammates couldn’t quite believe what their superstar teammate did, either. Minnesota released a video on Tuesday featuring slack-jawed, locker-room reactions to Edwards’ all-time highlight from […]

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors were out-hustled, out-muscled and out-classed from the opening tip by the shorthanded New York Knicks on Monday, falling 119-112 at Chase Center. New York scored the game’s first eight points and led 15-4 five minutes into the first quarter, setting the tone for a disappointing effort from the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — As the Golden State Warriors vie to move up the Western Conference standings during the stretch run of the regular season, they’ll be relying on a long-awaited yet fully ingrained identity to better their chances of advancing past the play-in tournament or, ideally, avoiding it altogether. Just because the Dubs have fully […]

Former Pro Bowler Odell Beckham Jr. is among a handful of veteran wide receivers who could be targets for the New York Jets in free agency, according to ESPN’s Rich Cimini. “As for free agents, it’s a middling group that includes a fading star (Odell Beckham Jr..), a star coming off ACL surgery (Mike Williams), […]

After missing Thursday’s matchup the Oklahoma City Thunder, Luka Doncic seems set to play in the Dallas Mavericks’ showdown with the other team tied at the top of the Western Conference standings. The Slovenian superstar is “expected” to return to the floor against Nikola Jokic and Denver Nuggets on Sunday after initially being listed as […]

At least Jayson Tatum has been cleared to play against arguably the worst team in basketball, right? The Boston Celtics will be woefully shorthanded on Sunday in the nation’s capital, set to the face the Washington Wizards without starters Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis and Derrick White. Like Tatum, Brown was initially listed as questionable to […]

Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald shocked the NFL world on Friday by announcing his retirement. The 32-year-old ends his playing career as arguably the best player ever at his position, and one of just three players in league history to win three Defensive Player of the Year awards. In his heartfelt farewell to […]

Ja Morant suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in early January, his already abbreviated 2023-24 campaign officially limited to just nine games. The Memphis Grizzlies’ hopes of overcoming a slow start to get back into the playoff race faded when Morant went back to the sidelines, then vanished entirely as Desmond Bane suffered a severe ankle […]

After his team beat the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla explained his justification behind attempting to block a Royce O’Neale jumper during a stoppage of play late in the game. Let’s just say Charles Barley is among the many not buying what he was selling. “I would’ve knocked the hell out […]

One of the biggest games of the season to date, thankfully, seems set to feature some of its biggest stars. Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry appears likely to play in Saturday’s pivotal matchup with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers after missing his team’s last three games with a right ankle injury. The […]