In theory, a professional sports league is an enterprise that allows the average person to watch some of the world’s best athletes play a competitive game. The modern NBA has made it easy to forget that. Perhaps time will be kinder to the league’s 2025-26 season than we’re about to be, but Friday might have been the clearest possible window …

PHOENIX (AP) — Madison Booker has led Texas’ offense all season, so it was little surprise that she hit a jumper less than a minute into the game to give the Longhorns an early two-point lead. It was the last shot she would make for more than three quarters. Advertisement The AP All-America forward missed her next 17 attempts from …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul George scored 23 points, Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre Jr. each had 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-103 on Friday night. Joel Embiid had 19 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists in his return to the lineup to help the 76ers remain sixth in the Eastern Conference with five games to play. …

The Brief Tampa Catholic assistant basketball coach Thomas Dziagwa played his college hoops at Oklahoma State. Dziagwa’s two head coaches in Stillwater — Brad Underwood and Mike Boynton — are now coaching in this year’s Final Four. Underwood is the head coach at Illinois while Boynton is an assistant at Michigan. TAMPA, Fla. – If you’ve attended any Tampa Catholic …

Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg isn’t ready to be ruled out of the Rookie of the Year race just yet. The race between Flagg and his former Duke teammate, Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets, has been close. Advertisement But Flagg sent a message Friday night, becoming the first teenager to score at least 50 points in an NBA regular-season …

The NCAA transfer portal doesn’t open until next week, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been busy. For the fourth time since a disappointing 19-13 season ended last month, the Virginia Tech Hokies saw a fourth player reveal his intention to enter the portal. On Friday, junior guard Jaden Schutt became the latest Hokie expected to depart. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound …

NEW YORK (AP) — CJ McCollum had 25 points and seven assists and the surging Atlanta Hawks routed the Brooklyn Nets 141-107 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory and 18th in 20 games. Fifth in the Eastern Conference at 45-33, the Hawks remained 1 1/2 games ahead of sixth-place Philadelphia and seventh-place Toronto and moved within 3 1/2 …

Coming out of high school, Terrence Hill Jr. was an unranked prospect out of Roosevelt High School in Portland, OR. He committed to the VCU Rams, seeing little run as a freshman. But he burst onto the scene during the 2025-26 season, averaging 15.0 points, 2.8 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game on 46.6% from the field. He was named …

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Cooper Flagg stands alone in NBA history after Friday. The Dallas Mavericks rookie became the youngest player in NBA history to record a 50-point game at 19 years and 103 days old, posting 51 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 138-127 loss to the Orlando Magic. Advertisement Flagg is also the ninth rookie in NBA history …

Jaden Schutt, a sharpshooter who ranked No. 75 overall on the 247Sports 2022 Composite, arrived in Durham four years ago as a four-star shooting guard prospect in what was the first Duke basketball recruiting haul under the command of now-fourth-year head coach Jon Scheyer. But he saw action in only 14 contests as a freshman for the 2022-23 Blue Devils …

HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 25 points and the Houston Rockets won their fifth straight game, beating the Utah Jazz 140-106 on Friday night. Durant shot 8 of 12 from the field and added five assists. It was the 45th time this season he’s scored 20 or more points while shooting 50% or better. That’s second among NBA players …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Yaxel Lendeborg has been the straw that stirs the drink for the Michigan Wolverines this season, leading them into their Final Four matchup against Arizona on Saturday. Advertisement My Michigan vs. Arizona predictions are backing Lendeborg to stuff the stat sheet in this …

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum added 23, and the hot-shooting Boston Celtics capitalized on another fast start in a 133-101 victory over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. Tatum was an assist shy of his second straight triple-double despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter of a game the Celtics never trailed. He had …

The NCAA appears to be moving closer to expanding one of its most iconic events. According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tournaments are expected to grow from 68 to 76 teams in the near future. Under the proposed format, the expansion would add eight additional games to the current First Four structure. Instead of …

NEW YORK (AP) — CJ McCollum had 25 points and seven assists and the surging Atlanta Hawks routed the Brooklyn Nets 141-107 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory and 18th in 20 games. Fifth in the Eastern Conference at 45-33, the Hawks remained 1 1/2 games ahead of sixth-place Philadelphia and moved within 3 1/2 games of fourth-place …

Even in their best season in the last 8 years, one of Ann Arbor’s own feels that everything is not perfect with the Michigan Wolverines. Dusty May’s team is through to the March Madness for the first time since 2018, where they will face the Arizona Wildcats. Yet, despite this historic season, some flaws could severely limit their ceiling against …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brandon Miller scored 22 points, Kon Knueppel added 20 and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Indiana Pacers 129-108 on Friday night for their eighth victory in 10 games. Miles Bridges scored 19 points and LaMelo Ball had 18 points and nine assists to help the Hornets improve to 42-26. Charlotte was 24 of 49 from 3-point …

The NCAA is looking to expand March Madness, and a decision is coming soon. NCAA leadership and members of the association’s basketball committees are expected to finalize an expansion of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to 76 teams, as reported by Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. If this comes to frution, eight games would be added to the current “First …

NEW YORK (AP) — New York center Karl-Anthony Towns was held out of the Knicks’ game Friday night against the Chicago Bulls because of a right elbow impingement. Towns was in a good mood as he participated in pregame warmups and took a couple of shots. However, he stood in front of the visitor’s bench and grabbed his elbow before …

It’s Good Friday, but boy, there are many bad March Madness brackets out there shot to smithereens. In fact, not many people have all four of their Final Four picks still alive in their bracket. That’s according to stats compiled by NCAA.com. Advertisement The gist: Only a select few picked all four teams in Saturday’s two semifinal matchups. RELATED: Final …

Sacramento Kings rookie Maxime Raynaud was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for the month of March, the league announced. Raynaud was selected by the Kings in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft with the 42nd overall pick, out of Stanford. Advertisement In 15 games played and started in March, the former Cardinal star has averaged 17.9 …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. West Virginia and Creighton meet in the semifinals of the College Basketball Crown postseason tournament on Saturday afternoon. Advertisement Creighton is playing to try to send retiring head coach Greg McDermott out on a winning note, while West Virginia is looking to win …

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PHOENIX (AP) — Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne, Chamique Holdsclaw and the 1996 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this year. Parker, Holdsclaw and members of the 1996 Olympic team were all in attendance as well as Amar’e Stoudemire and Mike D’Antoni. Advertisement They will be joined by longtime …