The legacy Stacey King left behind with the Chicago Bulls as a player and broadcaster came pouring out in tributes during the 24 hours since the team announced the 59-year-old’s death on Sunday, June 7. He was a constant link between the franchise’s greatest years and its current generation of players, with achievements that helped establish the most famous Bull …

It’s not all that surprising that a former Villanova player hasn’t won NBA Finals MVP. Main Line legends have plenty of championship hardware — from Herman “Red” Klotz in 1948 to the historic 1956 run with Paul “Pitchin’ Paul” Arizin and Larry Hennessy, and the 1967 squad featuring Wali Jones and Bill Melchionni. Advertisement More recently, Chris Ford (1981), John …

Stacey King spent nearly 20 years making bad basketball worth watching. Now, he’s gone. King died Sunday, June 9 at 59 years old and Chicago is in mourning. King was the sixth pick out of Oklahoma in the 1989 draft, a 6-foot-11 big man who won three NBA titles alongside Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in his first five seasons …

Monday’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals is the most anticipated home game in New York Knicks history. Due to the planned appearance of President Donald Trump, accessing Madison Square Garden is turning into a headache for everybody involved, including fans, arena staffers, media and even the players playing in the game. Advertisement San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox spoke …

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Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan was “deeply saddened” to learn about the death of his former teammates Stacey King. In a statement Monday, Jordan paid tribute to King, who died at 59 over the weekend, the Bulls announced Sunday. Jordan’s full statement read: “I’m deeply saddened to learn of Stacey’s passing. We shared some special years together as teammates, and …

After former assistant coach Luke Murray announced that he was leaving for the head coach job at Boston College in late March, Dan Hurley and the rest of the staff did their due diligence and finally found a replacement in Mike Pegues, according to multiple reports. Pegues has been a high major assistant every season since 2012-13, accumulating stops at …

The New York Knicks are back home for Games 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals with a chance to wrap up the series against the San Antonio Spurs. Despite having a 2-0 lead in the series, Jalen Brunson and the Knicks are trying to keep their focus ahead of Game 3. Advertisement “I do my best to stay present …

When John Mauer took over the Kentucky Wildcats for the 2027-28 season, he had to rebuild after the team went through a disastrous 3-13 season the year before. Luckily, the former Illinois star turned things around quickly, and led them to a 12-6 record. That winning record would start a run of winning seasons that would go on for 60 …

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are returning to their roots next NBA season with a new logo, new uniforms and a new court. The team revealed their wholesale updates on Sunday, June 7, including some subtle nods to the design elements present in the team’s 1989 debut. Advertisement “This franchise means something different to every generation of fans,” Timberwolves CEO Matt Caldwell …

Illinois basketball has added a three-star guard from Kankakee to its 2026 recruiting class. Lincoln Williams has signed with the Fighting Illini, becoming the sixth incoming freshman for head coach Brad Underwood. Williams, a 6-foot-5 guard/forward, had scholarship offers from Arizona State, Virginia Tech, TCU and DePaul. Advertisement “Lincoln is an outstanding in-state player who we have recruited for many years,” …

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Give Mike Gansey a pinch of credit for his acknowledgment of the most obvious part of the condition of the franchise as he takes over — kind of, sort of — the 76ers. “It’s not a championship caliber team right now,” Gansey said. Advertisement Gansey is already at work as Philadelphia’s latest president of basketball operations, trying …

NEW YORK — Analytics have taken kind of a beating in these 2026 NBA playoffs, thanks to Kenny Atkinson’s well-intentioned commentaries on shot quality eventually becoming the stuff of memes and Josh Hart getting Comedy Cellar laughs for recycling Villanova coach Jay Wright’s line about analytics, lampposts and drunks. At base, though, “analytics” is just information: a way of taking …

Stacey King, a three-time NBA champion and beloved TV broadcaster with the Chicago Bulls, has died, the team announced Sunday. He was 59. No cause of death has been disclosed. “Stacey King was a cherished member of the Bulls family and one of the truly unique personalities in our organization’s history,” Bulls chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement. “His …

We had another nail biter in Game 2 and in historic fashion, Victor Wembanyama missed the game-winner after Jalen Brunson made the go-ahead free-throw following a Wemby turnover. The Knicks are up 2-0 in the series and Game 3 should be another festive contest. Madison Square Garden will be a madhouse and Knicks’ fans will erupt after every basket, but …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The NCAA announced on Friday that four Alabama State men’s basketball players engaged in match-fixing for the purposes of winning sports bets. Advertisement The Division I Committee on Infractions panel confirmed that one former student-athlete agreed to the violations, while three either chose …

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is set to be the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game, bringing strict security measures that will require New York Knicks fans to navigate an extensive safety perimeter around Madison Square Garden and an expected lengthy wait to get inside the building. The security for Game 3 between the Knicks …

For the first time since 2008, Team USA did not capture the FIBA U18 Americup gold medal. BYU freshman Bruce Branch III and his USA teammates dropped a heartbreaker to Canada in Sunday’s tournament final, missing out on the gold to receive a silver medal. Advertisement Branch scored six points in 22 minutes of play, shooting 3 of 5 from …

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA Finals are back in New York and the hype is unavoidable. The Knicks are two wins from their first championship since 1973 and it seems everyone in the city wants the chance to see it. Even President Donald Trump will be on hand Monday night at Madison Square Garden for Game 3, along with …

The Atlanta Hawks extended coach Quin Snyder’s contract on Monday. Details of the multi-year extension were not disclosed in the team’s announcement. Snyder led the Hawks to a 46-36 regular-season record and the franchise’s first outright playoff berth since the 2020-21 season. It was a year of significant turnover for Atlanta, which underwent a roster overhaul midseason, notably parting ways …

It has been a big week for Kentucky Wildcats basketball coach Mark Pope. After getting Malachi Moreno back, he added top transfer Milan Momcilovic to the 2026 squad. Then, he gained a commitment from top ten 2027 player Ryan Hampton. Pope is looking to add more in the 2027 class, and on Sunday, point guard Jaxson Davis announced he had …

If the NBA’s Western Conference represented a different class of competition than the East, nobody told the New York Knicks. Mike Brown’s team extended their playoff win streak to 13 games after stealing two tight games in San Antonio, and are now playing their first NBA Finals games in Madison Square Garden in 27 years with a 2-0 series advantage. …

The San Antonio Spurs find themselves in both a privileged and unfavorable position. They’re in the NBA Finals, an accomplishment that few outside of their building had them achieving this early into the build. Headlined by the alien-like impact of Victor Wembanyama, this team of rangy, fearless attackers has navigated three rounds of playoff hoops in their first playthrough. Advertisement …