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 …

INDIANAPOLIS – The greed is astounding. Not from the athletes, who the power brokers and even the president of the United States would have you believe are bringing about the ruin of college sports. No, the people who have broken the system are the esteemed leaders of college sports, the commissioners and university presidents willing to burn it all down …

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A pair of NBA head coaches defended Memphis and its culture Friday following criticism by Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James that the Grizzlies should just relocate to Nashville. Current Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo and Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic, an assistant in Memphis before taking over as head coach of Toronto, said their experiences did not …

Wisconsin men’s basketball’s 2026-27 nonconference schedule will include at least one marquee SEC opponent. The Badgers will play Auburn on Dec. 19 in Nashville, a team source confirmed to the Journal Sentinel. It will be at Bridgestone Arena, where the NHL’s Nashville Predators play their home games. Advertisement Auburn has gone 21-16 so far this season. The Steven Pearl-coached Tigers …

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The Los Angeles Lakers suffered both insult and injury Thursday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder. During the team’s blowout loss, star guard Luka Dončić was forced to leave the game due to a left hamstring injury. Dončić underwent an MRI on Friday and was diagnosed with a Grade 2 hamstring strain, resulting in the Lakers ruling him out indefinitely, …

As we wrap up our coverage of the 2025-26 basketball season and the ongoing search for North Carolina’s next head coach, we continue our player reviews. Next up is senior guard Seth Trimble. While Trimble was the third scoring option behind Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar, he was the team’s most important player as its leader and the only one …

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic has been ruled out for the final five games of the regular season. The team announced that Doncic was diagnosed with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain, which he suffered on April 2 in the Lakers’ blowout loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Advertisement Doncic has missed 13 games this season. In missing the …

We’ve made it through another week folks. The Final Four is right around the corner, or so I’ve heard, despite my hope that they would cancel the rest of the tournament after last weekend. Fletcher Loyer is preparing to compete in the Final Four Three Point shootout as I type this. And I hope you’ve got two days off from …

This is exactly what the Lakers and their fans feared when they saw Luka Doncic pull up and grab his hamstring in the third quarter Thursday night. Doncic has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 hamstring strain and will be out for the remainder of the regular season, the Lakers announced. While the Lakers did not discuss the playoffs — …

INDIANAPOLIS—The largest arena in the NBA in terms of capacity is the United Center in Chicago, which can hold 20,917 fans. The biggest in college is Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center, which has a capacity of 22,090. When the 2026 Final Four gets underway on Saturday, with Illinois and UConn meeting in the first semifinal, more than 70,000 people could be …

The Los Angeles Lakers lost in embarrassing fashion against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, falling 139-96 — but Luka Doncic was hurt during the game, adding injury to insult. While the severity was unknown, it didn’t look good — and those fears were confirmed on Friday afternoon when ESPN reported that Doncic has a Grade 2 hamstring strain …

Jasper Johnson, a highly touted in-state recruit, is entering the transfer portal after just one season at Kentucky, marking another offseason departure for the Wildcats after Jaland Lowe entered the portal a few days ago. Johnson’s journey to Lexington was closely followed. The Kentucky native began his high school career at Woodford County before playing at Link Academy in Missouri …

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Luka Doncic will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers’ regular season with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the team announced Friday. Doncic is the NBA’s top scorer and the driving force behind the Lakers’ surge into the third spot in the Western Conference standings, but he injured his leg during Los …

Wisconsin men’s basketball’s 2026-27 nonconference schedule will include at least one marquee SEC opponent. The Badgers will play Auburn on Dec. 19 in Nashville, a team source confirmed to the Journal Sentinel. It will be at Bridgestone Arena, where the NHL’s Nashville Predators play their home games. Advertisement Auburn has gone 21-16 so far this season. The Steven Pearl-coached Tigers …

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The Golden State Warriors are reportedly getting back their superstar this weekend with Stephen Curry set to return Sunday for their game against the Houston Rockets. Curry is expected to be cleared to play, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater, after missing more than two months – 27 consecutive games – due to a persistent knee injury. Advertisement …