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The playoffs are just a month away for the Cleveland Cavaliers. That’s exciting, but also daunting for a team that is still trying to figure out how they want to play. The additions of James Harden, Dennis Schroder, and Keon Ellis have bolstered the team. Each has brought something necessary to the group that should help them in the playoffs. …

PHILADELHPIA (AP) — Quentin Grimes scored a season-high 28 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on for a 104-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. Grimes had eight rebounds for the short-handed 76ers, who were missing Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Kelly Oubre Jr., among other players. Justin Edwards scored 19 points while adding three steals. Advertisement Danny Wolf …

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Zaria Hurston scored 13 points, Olivia Delancey tallied 12, and Southern took down Alabama State 73-56 on Saturday to win the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship and punch their ticket to March Madness. The win clinches the second-straight SWAC title and eighth overall for the No. 4-seeded Lady Jaguars (19-13). Advertisement D’Shantae Edwards scored 11, and …

ATLANTA (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo wasn’t available for the Milwaukee Bucks’ matchup with the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, marking the 31st game the two-time MVP has missed this season. Although Milwaukee’s injury report initially had listed Antetokounmpo as questionable due to injury management of his right calf, the team later ruled him out because of a left ankle sprain. Advertisement …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Two of the best in the West clash tonight when the Denver Nuggets visit the Los Angeles Lakers. Before you lock in your Nuggets vs. Lakers predictions, consult with our NBA player prop projections. Our computer has crunched the numbers to deliver the …

BALTIMORE (AP) — DJ Armstrong buried seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 33 points, leading top-seeded UMBC to a 74-59 victory over No. 2-seed Vermont in the championship game of the America East Playoffs on Saturday. The Retrievers (24-8) will play in the NCAA Tournament for the third time and earned their first bid since 2018, when they famously became …

Burnley is running out of time and hope in the Premier League. A 0-0 home draw with Bournemouth on Saturday left next-to-last Burnley — one of the many U.S.-owned teams in England’s top division — eight points from safety with just eight games remaining this season and facing an immediate return to the Championship. Advertisement Burnley has won just four …

DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland kept alive its Six Nations title hopes and buried Scotland’s in a familiar-looking 43-21 victory to launch the final round on Saturday. The Irish are three points ahead of France, which hosts England in the day’s last match in Paris. France can take the title by beating England or even drawing with a bonus point. Advertisement …

Nobody celebrates losses, let alone ones in the dog days of March. But if you’re looking for signs about where this Celtics team is headed, this road trip provided plenty of those. The Celtics beat Cleveland to kick off the road trip, but then fell to the top two teams in the West. They gave one away in San Antonio …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Miami Heat have won seven straight games, their longest win streak in 28 months, while also covering in all seven games. Advertisement The Orlando Magic, who visit Miami on Saturday, have won six in a row, going 4-2 ATS. Orlando has also …

The NBA, whether they wish to admit it or not, has an officiating problem. The problem is deep, it’s structural, and the NBA is either oblivious to it, or worse, they consider it to be a feature instead of a bug. It’s a problem that Jaylen Brown has been highlighting for quite some time now, and it’s worth a deeper …

The Milwaukee Bucks front up today against the Atlanta Hawks in what will likely be their final chance to beat a side right above them in the standings (and thus gain a full game on that opponent). Analysts like Zach Lowe have wondered whether Giannis will get shut down soon if they don’t stack wins over the next week or …

The Houston Rockets were without Alperen Sengun, but Kevin Durant hit a jumper with seven seconds left, then two free throws a few seconds later to close the game out and give the Rockets a 107-105 victory that somehow has them in third place in the jam-packed Western Conference. Durant went for 32 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists while …

Injuries continue to ravage the Golden State Warriors after the team lost four more players Friday night during their 127-117 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Lower back soreness knocked out Draymond Green 30 minutes before tip-off; Quinten Post suffered a sprained left ankle; and Al Horford (right calf tightness) and Seth Curry (left adductor soreness) exited the game at separate …

In this Instagram installment of the behind-the-scenes Spurs interviews, they pull the curtain back on which teammate they’d choose to be their coach. The results are telling about their game and personality. Victor Wembanyama chose Luke Kornet. As an elder statesman, Kornet has earned the respect of the next great face of the NBA. Advertisement Devin Vassell chose Victor because …

In just one more sleep, there will be finally be a bracket. The 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament selection show is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, March 15 when the NCAA selection committee unveils the entire field, one seed after another, from No. 1 through 16 and everything in between. Advertisement Some teams have already secured their …

We are one day from the 2026 NCAA Tournament being revealed, and there is still uncertainty when it comes to the bubble. Conference tournament week is the final chance for teams to prove they belong in March Madness, and for the most part, squads weren’t taking advantage of the opportunities. But everything got flipped upside down when Miami (Ohio) suffered …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A turf war over a football team is developing between two Midwestern states with a sometimes-discordant history. The storied Chicago Bears want to leave historic Soldier Field, where they’ve played for half a century. Indiana lawmakers are attempting to lure them from the Windy City with a plan to finance and build a domed stadium in …

Golden State Warriors (32-34, ninth in the Western Conference) vs. New York Knicks (43-25, third in the Eastern Conference) New York; Sunday, 8 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Golden State aims to end its four-game skid with a victory against New York. Advertisement The Knicks have gone 23-9 at home. New York ranks eighth in the league with 33.4 defensive rebounds …

INDIANAPOLIS — The Pacers, as they seemingly always do, made the Knicks sweat. But there’s a reason there’s such a disparity in where the two teams are in the standings. By the end, it showed. Jalen Brunson, after scoring 23 points in the first half — including an 8-0 run by himself — went quiet after halftime. Already without Karl-Anthony …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Magoon Gwath had 17 points and BJ Davis made a layup with two seconds left to rally San Diego State to a 64-62 victory over New Mexico on Friday night in a Mountain West Conference Tournament semifinal. No. 2 seed San Diego State (22-10) will play top seed Utah State in Saturday’s championship game with an …

Minnesota Timberwolves (40-26, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (52-15, first in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City comes into a matchup against Minnesota as winners of seven straight games. Advertisement The Thunder are 10-3 against the rest of their division. Oklahoma City averages 118.6 points and has outscored opponents …

Anthony Edwards scored 42 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the injury-plagued Golden State Warriors 127-117 on Friday night. Edwards shot 13 for 22, made all 12 of his free throws and also had eight rebounds and five assists, while Rudy Gobert contributed 18 points and nine rebounds in what coach Chris Finch considered a must-win game. The Wolves …

HOUSTON (AP) — The United States is heading to the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic after a “different level of focus” helped this All-Star-studded team rebound from a shocking loss. The U.S. beat Canada 5-3 on Friday night for a spot in the semifinals Sunday against the Dominican Republic. The big win came after an 8-6 loss to Italy …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 28 points, Bennedict Mathurin had 26 and the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to four games with a 119-108 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. Jordan Miller added 14 points to help the eighth-place Clippers win for the seventh time in eight games to solidify their hold on a …