After one of the most hectic multi-week stretches the sport has ever seen, the college basketball transfer portal is finally closed and commitments are slowing down. Many teams – like the Badgers, who have just one more spot to fill on their 2026-27 roster – have largely finished building their squads for next season. Advertisement As such, early reviews of …

Turns out smack-talking officials on Twitch comes with a cost. Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown learned this the hard way. The NBA announced Tuesday, May 5 that Brown has been fined $50,000 for comments he made during a Twitch livestream Sunday, May 3, one day after the Celtics fell in Game 7 of the first round of the NBA playoffs. …

On March 22, sophomore guard Kameron Mercer won an Ohio Division I state basketball title with his Princeton Vikings team in Dayton. A little over a month later, the five-star prospect has been offered by new University of Cincinnati Bearcats coach Jerrod Calhoun. Mercer posted the news on his social media accounts May 5. Technically, Mercer was first offered by …

The Detroit Pistons sprinted out of the gates of Game 1 against the Cleveland Cavaliers Tuesday night. From there, they held on against a Cleveland team that found its rhythm on offense, but ultimately made too many mistakes in a 111-101 Pistons win. Advertisement With the win, Detroit secured its fourth-straight postseason victory to take a 1-0 lead in the …

MADISON – When Alie Bisballe committed to the Wisconsin women’s basketball program during the summer of 2023, she had an scholarship on the table from Michigan State. After the 6-foot-4 forward entered the transfer portal last month, the Spartans came calling again. This time she accepted their offer. Advertisement Bisballe announced her commitment to the Spartans May 5. The move …

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NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has fined Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown $50,000 for public criticism of game officials following Boston’s first-round exit from the playoffs. The fine was announced by NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations James Jones on Tuesday night, two days after Brown said in a livestream he hosts that game officials “clearly had …

The back half of the NBA conference semifinals tipped off with another pair of series openers. In the first game Tuesday, May 5, the No. 1 Detroit Pistons hosted the No. 4 Cleveland Cavaliers, while the No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder continued their championship defense at home against the No. 4 Los Angeles Lakers. Advertisement The interesting thing to note …

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NEW YORK — To hear Nick Nurse tell it, it all came back to those high ball screens. Time and again in his postgame remarks after a tip-to-tail annihilation to tip off the 2026 Eastern Conference semifinals, the Philadelphia 76ers head coach pointed to a string of defensive possessions early in Game 1 on which it seemed his team had …

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Not everyone was over the moon that Victor Wembanyama broke the NBA playoff record for most blocks in a game during Game 1 of the conference semifinals between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves, Monday, May 4. The 2026 Defensive Player of the Year finished with 12 blocks on the night, passing the previous mark by two. He also …

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DALLAS (AP) — Masai Ujiri hadn’t even taken a question from reporters as team president and alternate governor of the Dallas Mavericks when he tacitly acknowledged the chaotic 15 months that have enveloped the franchise. “Listen, I hope to bring calm,” Ujiri said Tuesday in opening remarks at his introductory news conference just a few moments after trying to soothe …

It is all pretty simple, really. Mike Brown is only the Knicks’ head coach because not even back-to-back 50-win regular seasons were enough to save his predecessor, Tom Thibodeau, from being fired after New York stumbled in the Eastern Conference Finals last spring. Advertisement The implied word from on-high for all to see that even though Thibodeau posted a .565 …

Mark Few and the Gonzaga Bulldogs already have five newcomers set to join the program in 2026-27, their first year in the new look Pac-12. The team still has five additional roster spots to fill, however, and could use more experience and depth at nearly every position. Currently, the only player on Gonzaga’s roster with more than 35 games played …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Minnesota Timberwolves found an offensive approach that worked in the fourth quarter of Game 1, gashing the San Antonio Spurs’ defense with Rudy Gobert on the bench. Advertisement This Timberwolves vs. Spurs same-game parlay expects Minnesota to double-down on that approach in …

The college basketball landscape is dominated by NIL money and the transfer portal. As a result, traditional powers get richer, while the rest scramble to field competitive rosters. Before the NIL/transfer portal era, you had traditional Blue Bloods. North Carolina consistently competed for National Championships, while Kansas and Kentucky typically remained amongst the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four. Advertisement UNC is …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Minnesota Timberwolves did not blink when Victor Wembanyama blocked shot after shot in Game 1. They proceeded to upset the San Antonio Spurs thanks to an offensive outburst in the fourth quarter. Advertisement My Timberwolves vs. Spurs predictions and these NBA picks …

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If an NBA season was a theme park, the Boston Celtics’ 2025-26 would be its roller coaster. As they entered the season, some pundits — myself included — wondered aloud if it’d be better to tank in hopes of securing a high draft pick for next season, when presumably Jayson Tatum would be back from an Achilles tear. Advertisement (We’ll …

Dallas landing Masai Ujiri to take over basketball operations is seen by many as a coup. One of the most respected front office minds in the league, the man who built the Toronto Raptors into champions, comes to a Mavericks team in the midst of a self-inflicted rebuild (including rebuilding its reputation with its fans) after Nico Harrison made the …

The first month of the Kansas basketball offseason has been controversial among the fanbase. While Bill Self added several mid-tier transfers and top-ranked 2026 prospect Tyran Stokes, KU lost starters Flory Bidunga and Bryson Tiller in the frontcourt, along with the rest of the starting five. Given how other schools around the country are spending their NIL money, some of …

The 2026 NBA Draft lottery is on Mother’s Day this year, with every team that didn’t make the playoffs seeking the gift of the right ping-pong ball combination on Sunday, May 10. A whole batch of franchises tanked this past season just to have a better shot at securing the best choice possible in what’s considered a strong draft class. …

Duke basketball head coach Jon Scheyer and his staff have tapped into the transfer portal much more than they did previously since the NIL era took over college basketball, and it has paid off big time. Typically, the Duke program has relied on freshman talent to lead its programs. Just take a look at the past two years with Cameron …