Portland Trail Blazers third-year point guard Scoot Henderson is set to make his season debut Friday against the Memphis Grizzlies after recovering from a hamstring injury he suffered in September. Henderson’s return couldn’t come at a better time or the surprising Blazers, who are currently in 10th place in the Western Conference, hanging on to the final play-in tournament spot. …

Kevin Willard is not wasting time with one of the top players in the Class of 2028. On Tuesday, five-star sophomore Mason Collins announced that he received an offer from Villanova. Collins was in attendance on Wednesday night as the Wildcats completed a season sweep against Seton Hall. Advertisement Villanova is now Collins’ third official offer. He received his first …

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A months-long saga surrounding Jonathan Kuminga and his future finally came to an end on Wednesday when the Golden State Warriors traded him to the Atlanta Hawks as part of a deal that landed the Warriors big man Kristaps Porziņģis. Kuminga, 23, spent four-plus seasons in Golden State after he played for NBA G League Ignite and then was taken …

On Saturday night, every college basketball fan’s eyes should be glued to their televisions. UNC-Duke basketball, the greatest rivalry in all of sports, will tip-off from Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels (18-4, 6-3 ACC) host their archrival, ACC-leading Blue Devils (21-1, 10-0 ACC) for a 6:30 p.m. tip, inside what will be a packed Dean Dome. Carolina Blue will take …

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Indiana men’s basketball did itself a pair of huge favors last week, with a home win over Purdue followed by a road win at UCLA, the first Quad 1 wins of the season for the Hoosiers. There was a chance for a third Tuesday night at USC, but the loss means that Indiana is stuck with just those two wins …

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nobody on the Seattle Seahawks has supported Sam Darnold quite like Ernest Jones IV. When Darnold threw four interceptions against the Los Angeles Rams in a 21-19 loss in Week 11, Jones had his quarterback’s back. The second-team All-Pro linebacker wouldn’t allow Darnold to take the blame. Advertisement “Sam’s been balling,” Jones said after that game. …

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It would’ve been unfair to expect the 2026 NBA trade deadline to match its predecessor in sheer tonnage of stunnage; “Luka Dončić got traded out of nowhere in the middle of the night” is a pretty tough act to follow, after all. But despite pundits and observers continuing to wonder aloud about whether the ongoing ripple effects of the 2023 …

In recent years, the Northwestern-Illinois rivalry has been described as contentious. Both teams have split their season series the past three years, and NU fans vividly remember the ‘Cats memorable triumph over the Fighting Illini last season at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Northwestern’s demoralizing 84-44 road loss to No. 5 Illinois not only broke that trend by stamping Illinois’s season sweep of …

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tarik Skubal won his salary arbitration hearing with the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, and the two-time Cy Young Award winner will be paid a record $32 million this year instead of the team’s $19 million offer. Jeanne Charles, Walt De Treux and Allen Ponak made the decision one day after listening to arguments. Advertisement Toronto first …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — As sleet pelted Bowman Gray Stadium during NASCAR’s preseason warm-up race, multiple drivers complained about poor visibility and the wet track conditions. One of them — the youngest driver in the field — hit the button on his radio and grumbled it was time to get back to racing no matter the conditions. Advertisement “We’re professional …

It was just three years but the era following Jay Wright’s retirement felt like an eternity. Now, Villanova is on its way back up under Kevin Willard and fans should be excited about this version of the Wildcats. VU Hoops is also excited to welcome new contributor Greg Patuto to the team to cover a new-look Nova squad that has …

Late-game collapses have become far too regular for the Toronto Raptors, as they fell apart in the fourth quarter against the Timberwolves last night. Luckily, they’ll be able to quickly put that behind them as the Chicago Bulls come to town. Chicago is in the middle of a fire sale ahead of today’s trade deadline, making Toronto a big favorite. …

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks remained busy before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline by acquiring point guard Gabe Vincent and a 2032 second-round draft pick from the Los Angeles Lakers for shooting guard Luke Kennard, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press. Vincent adds depth at point guard in the deal, said the person, who spoke …

Giannis Antetokounmpo is going to remain a Milwaukee Buck. At least through the end of the season. Then this summer, the entire soap opera starts up again. The Milwaukee Bucks have formally told suitors they will not be trading Antetokounmpo at the trade deadline, something that clearly had been building for a couple of days but now has been formalized, …

The Pelicans are reportedly trading Jose Alvarado to the Knicks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Alvarado is averaging 7.9 points, 3.1 assists, and 2.8 rebounds per game this season, which is a bit of a decline from a year ago. Alvarado is in his fifth year in the NBA, all with New Orleans. He’s primarily been the team’s sixth man, …

How do you measure success as a conference? Is it bids to the NCAA tournament? If so, the Big East has long been the standard for sending nearly half of the conference. In the 2022 and 2024 seasons it did that. If you prefer to measure by the metrics, the Big East was the second best conference in the nation …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired guard Ayo Dosunmu from the Chicago Bulls, adding a proven scorer to bolster their depth for the stretch run in the stacked Western Conference playoffs race, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the trade …

STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A BYU sports team was the target of a derogatory chant in an opponent’s venue for at least the fourth time in a year, and the Big 12 again announced that the conference is looking into the matter. Kevin Young, coach of the 16th-ranked Cougars men’s basketball team, said after a 99-92 loss at Oklahoma State …

While Iowa basketball (17-5, 7-4) already played its lone regular-season matchup this year against No. 10 Michigan State (19-4, 9-3 Big Ten)—a 71-52 loss, in East Lansing, Mich., back on Dec. 2, 2025—that did not stop former Iowa legend and current Boston Celtics center Luka Garza from sharing a controversial theory on the Spartans’ frequent second-half success at the Breslin …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The league MVP and the winners of the other seven AP NFL awards will be announced at NFL Honors on Thursday night, just days ahead of Super Bowl 60. Christian McCaffrey is only the second player to be a finalist for three AP NFL awards in the same year. He joins Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence, Drake …