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Everyone loves an underdog. Everyone loves a good story. The most satisfying thing about sports is when someone comes out of nowhere and becomes a folk legend. Linsanity. David Freese for the 2011 Cardinals. Travis Ishikawa for the 2014 Giants. Miguel Rojas for the 2025 Dodgers. Big Shot Bob Horry for multiple NBA championship teams. Alec Martinez for the 2014 …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Oklahoma City Thunder will look to take a commanding 3-1 series lead when they face the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4. Advertisement Our NBA experts have you covered for when the action gets underway at Frost Bank Center tonight, with a …

It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! This wasn’t one of the best weeks of the season, as the Yankees decided to start their June Swoon early this year with a couple of bad stretches of baseball in the month of May. Thanks in part to the Knicks’ success, …

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jalen Brunson isn’t looking in the rearview mirror at the New York Knicks’ 10-game winning streak while the possibility of reaching the NBA Finals is still in the horizon, even though it is one win away. Brunson’s focus, along with the rest of his teammates, is what happens in the first 12 minutes of Monday night’s Game …

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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The San Antonio Spurs’ dramatic double-OT win in Game 1 feels like a distant memory after dropping two straight. Advertisement Now trailing 2-1, San Antonio’s lack of depth and heavy legs will be tested tonight. Our top Thunder vs. Spurs predictions and same-game …

The Phoenix Suns may have overachieved in plenty of ways during the 2025-26 season, still, overachieving doesn’t automatically translate to end-of-season recognition. That’s just the reality of how awards work now. Because of the NBA’s 65 game eligibility rule, Phoenix had a very limited pool of players even eligible for postseason honors. Only Oso Ighodaro, Collin Gillespie, Royce O’Neale, Jordan …

Game recognized game between LeBron James, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. The Lakers star and Cavaliers icon shouted out the power couple on Instagram as they sat courtside for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals between Cleveland and the Knicks at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Saturday night. Advertisement Kelce was wearing the LeBron 7 MVP colorway from his signature …

CLEVELAND — Mike Brown answered the final question of a Zoom conference call with reporters on Sunday after a thrilling 121-108 win in Game 3 of the 2026 Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night. And then, the New York Knicks head coach had one more thing to get off his chest. “Hey, y’all, I got one more thing before I’m …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Oklahoma City Thunder may have the upper hand in this heavyweight Western Conference finals slugfest, but you can be sure the San Antonio Spurs will come out swinging in tonight’s must-win Game 4. Advertisement While mounting injuries are taking a toll, there’s …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Oklahoma City Thunder have won back-to-back games, and the San Antonio Spurs will need to give their all to even this series. Advertisement Although injuries have thinned OKC’s roster, our NBA player prop projections found where the value lies for Game 4. For …

For over 10 years, Karl-Anthony Towns was an enigma. Dreadfully talented, yet somehow lacking genuine influence in the win column. It never made sense. After all, this 7-footer could hit deep 3-pointers, score around the rim, attack off the dribble and consistently rank among the league’s elite in rebounding. Advertisement Critics pointed to his defense, which never became his area …

Fraternizing with the Enemy, my series-long conversation with Cray Allred of the Daily Thunder, continues with the Spurs down 1-2 heading into a Sunday night matchup with a ton on the line. J.R.  After running out to a 15 point lead, the Spurs were outscored by 30 points in about 45 minutes. After the game there were a multitude of ideas …

There are whispers out there… …they say it’s virtually the same to go 3-0 and clinch a Finals berth. Sit tight and rest. Mad times are coming. On getting back to Karl-Anthony Towns as the offensive hub in Game 3: “KAT, he was our hub offensively: seven assists, zero turnovers. He was really good for us offensively and defensively with …

Neemias Queta embodied the Celtics’ season while speaking in the locker room following their Game 7 loss earlier this month. He showed so much promise and growth until it stalled against the Sixers. Foul trouble left him off the floor for most of the series, again raising questions of Boston’s front court despite a 56-win regular season. “It starts with …

New York took over in Game 3 with a 121-108 win behind Jalen Brunson’s 30 points and Mikal Bridges’ 20. The Knicks have won 10 straight games with nine of them by double digits, including five consecutive and all three in this series. The Knicks are one game away from its first NBA Finals appearance since 1999. With a win, …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. After overcoming an historic fourth-quarter deficit in Game 1, the New York Knicks have cruised to victory in two straight games to capture a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Advertisement New York has been dominant on both ends of the …

Anthony Edwards raised many eyebrows when he went to the San Antonio Spurs’ huddle with eight minutes remaining in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series with the Minnesota Timberwolves to congratulate them for winning. Conceding defeat with the majority of the fourth quarter to be played — and the Timberwolves facing elimination — was perceived as unusual. Yet Edwards …

The Knicks have Celebrity Row at the Garden, and now the Cavaliers have Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. As Cleveland hosted the Knicks at Rocket Arena for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday, the Chiefs tight end and Swift — who have been a couple since 2023 and set to get married in less than two months …

Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslem made it clear: He wants the future of Giannis Antetokounmpo with the Bucks decided by the June 23 NBA Draft. A date now less than a month away. It makes sense, a number of teams that might throw their 2026 first-round pick in the mix (Heat, Lakers, others) want to know, too. Where do things …

New Bucks head coach Taylor Jenkins has narrowed his coaching staff, according to a report from Eric Nehm and Sam Amick of The Athletic. In a trio of moves that align with the Bucks’ desire for a cultural reset, Jenkins will bring Joe Boylan to Milwaukee for the first time, while retaining the services of long-time Bucks assistant coach Darvin …

ESPN just accidentally declared war against the Swifties. Midway through the first quarter in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Knicks and Cavaliers on Saturday, the ESPN on ABC broadcast referred to Taylor Swift as “Travis Kelce’s fiancée,” which caused an uproar on social media. Advertisement As the broadcast showed Swift and Kelce sitting court side at …

Only one win stands between the Knicks and the NBA Finals. After Saturday night’s Game 3 121-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York is up 3-0 with a chance to close out the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday night in Cleveland. New York got out to run early and often. Six Knicks scored in double figures, led by Jalen …

It’s been 27 years since the New York Knicks were in the NBA Finals, so we thought it would be fun to take a trip down memory lane to look at what life was like since the franchise was last on basketball’s greatest stage. The number one song on the charts was “If You Had My Love” by Jennifer Lopez. …

CLEVELAND — The Knicks are on the threshold now. They can almost taste it. It’s within touching distance. The Eastern Conference trophy will be in the building Monday. The Knicks will be able to reach out and grasp it. Advertisement They have one foot in the Finals, the destination that was demanded of them this season. The destination that they …