After the departures of both Chris Jeffrey and Malachi Palmer in recent days, it was assumed that the Wildcats likely had multiple newcomers solidified in the transfer portal. One of those additions is official in Cornell guard Jake Fiegen. Advertisement The 6’4” senior was the first player that Villanova had reported contact with prior to the portal opening, and he …

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Mike Brown won 53 games in his first year as Knicks coach. His Knicks finished No. 4 on offense, No. 7 on defense and No. 5 in net rating. Strong numbers, solid results. But Brown knows his regular season accomplishments don’t mean much. Advertisement We all know that these Knicks – and their head coach – will be judged on what …

The Badgers are catching fire in the transfer portal, with two portal signees in the past three days. As the commits begin to roll in for Wisconsin, its roster and depth chart for the 2026-27 season are beginning to take shape. Advertisement Since the season ended, the Badgers have added three players: international freshman Owen Foxwell, George Washington transfer guard …

LeBron James has had plenty of special moments in his career, but one stood out following the Los Angeles Lakers’ Game 1 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. The Lakers opened the second quarter with both James and his son Bronny on the floor, making the pair the first father-son duo in NBA history to log minutes together …

Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men’s basketball team continue to reinforce the roster via the transfer portal, with the latest addition bringing plenty of experience and an Ohio connection to the program in former Duquesne guard Jimmie Williams. Williams, a 6-foot-5, 210-pound shooting guard, played this past season in Pittsburgh playing for the Duquesne Dukes. An Atlantic-10 All-Conference Third …

I always find myself wandering through the history of the Phoenix Suns. There is always something tucked away waiting to be found, some random nugget that makes you pause for a second and think, “Huh, I didn’t know that.” At this point I’ve spent enough time digging, writing, and obsessing, including putting together the whole All Time Pyramid project, that …

Several 2025-26 Duke basketball players with eligibility remaining have yet to announce whether they’ll be in Durham again next season. So, it’s tough to accurately gauge how many transfer talents Jon Scheyer and his crew are hoping land for what will be the 38-year-old’s fifth season at the helm. That said, based on recent chatter, it seems that the Blue …

Could the Sixers upset the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs? It feels highly unlikely, but it would be revenge over four decades in the making. This spring will be the NBA-record 23rd time the two franchises have met in the postseason. It’s a rivalry that favors Boston historically, and, really, in 2026 as well. Still, the Sixers …

MADISON – Wisconsin’s Robin Pingeton scored big on the recruiting trail last fall when she signed three in-state players to her 2026 class. Now the Badgers women’s basketball coach is also scoring Wisconsin-bred talent from the transfer portal. Advertisement McFarland native Teagan Mallegni, a 6-foot-1 guard who spent her first two seasons at Iowa, has signed with UW, the school …

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NEW YORK — In the first quarter, Jalen Brunson dropped 19 points on 8 field goal conversions. The rest of the game, he would make one more shot. The bench contributed just 20 points the entire contest, well below their regular season average of 31.6 per game. Advertisement Yet, despite the imperfect offense, the New York Knicks toppled the Atlanta …

Kentucky battles Syracuse, Arizona, 10 others for former top-100 recruit in transfer portal originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The transfer portal remains a fertile battlegrounds for all sorts of programs. Advertisement Because there are so many players in the portal each offseason now, guys who are transferring can …

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DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray scored 30 points, going 16 of 16 from the free-throw line, and Nikola Jokic had a triple-double as the Denver Nuggets shook off a sluggish start to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 116-105 on Saturday in the opener of their first-round playoff series. Jokic had 25 points, 13 rebounds, 11 assists and a bloody nose in …

Is Johnny Dawkins building the next Big 12 powerhouse? Master P visits UCF, could be next GM originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Johnny Dawkins has spent the last ten years as head coach of the UCF Knights basketball program and his hard work is starting to pay off. …

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Fun fact: Jesse Itzler, who wrote “Go New York Go” is both a Knicks fan and a minority co-owner of the Hawks. Mr. Itzler must have felt some conflicted feelings as he sat down to watch the Knickerbockers host Atlanta in Game One of the Eastern Conference First Round. And it must have been a special kind of sting to …

Duke’s UConn nightmare has continued into the transfer portal. The Blue Devils’ Nikolas Khamenia announced on social media Saturday that he’s transferring to the fellow blue blood program, simply stating “committed” alongside him in a Huskies uniform. Advertisement The rising sophomore averaged 5.7 points, 3.3 rebounds, and one assist per game on 44.4 percent from the floor and 34 percent …

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The NBA playoffs has begun and as expected, the favorites are winning Game 1 at home. Well, Sunday’s action should be no different. The Celtics, Thunder, and Spurs are all in play for big wins and when looking at the series, I think there is value on all three to sweep and go Under 5.5 games played. Thunder (-3000) vs …

The early April weeks were harrowing for Northwestern basketball. Tyler Kropp and Tre Singleton, two of the best recruits in Wildcat basketball history, entered the transfer portal. It was a difficult pill to swallow, as NU’s future hopes were basically dependent on Singleton and Kropp’s development in Evanston. Advertisement So, what was next for Northwestern? It started with the transfer …

It was often an overlooked part of New York’s playoff resume: The Knicks evolved into a good defensive team. Since the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, the Knicks have had the sixth-best defense in the NBA. The Atlanta Hawks found out about that. For the first 19 minutes of the second half, the Hawks scored just 32 points (14 fewer …

After securing the talents of rising sophomore guard Ty’Reek Coleman through the transfer portal on April 17, Iowa basketball has its second commitment in as many days by landing former Saint Mary’s center Andrew McKeever. The towering 7-foot-3, 275-pounder from Livermore, Calif., averaged 8.2 points on 50% of his field goal attempts and shot 62.8% from the free throw line, …

DENVER — Ten minutes into Saturday’s playoff opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Denver Nuggets were in a bad spot. Minnesota had controlled the first quarter on the road, forcing tough shots and miscues while limiting three-time MVP Nikola Jokić to three points and three turnovers. And Aaron Gordon — the 6-foot-8 spark plug who was a difference-maker in Denver’s …