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Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. A two-day stay in Cleveland in March doesn’t seem like the most appealing layover. You can only spend so much time at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. However, after the Miami Heat snapped a five-game losing skid against the Cleveland Cavaliers on …

Welcome to Inside the Suns, your weekly deep down analysis of the current Phoenix Suns team. Each week the Fantable — a round table of Bright Siders — give their takes on the Suns’ latest issues and news. Fantable Questions of the Week Q1: Currently, the Suns have a 95% chance of ending up in the Play-In tournament. Between the …

One reason Elliot Cadeau was drawn to Michigan as a transfer last spring was the size of the Wolverines’ starting front line, with 7-3 center Aday Mara flanked by 6-9 forwards Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg. Being surrounded by this length and athleticism has given the more diminutive former North Carolina point guard room to dip and duck his …

Rick Pitino is associated with quite a lot of history in the Men’s NCAA Tournament. The St. John’s basketball coach has brought a team to the Sweet 16 for the 14th time in his Hall of Fame career, and has the highest all-time winning percentage among Division I coaches who have at least six trips to the regional semifinals of …

NBA commissioner Adam Silver vowed to put an end to tanking when he spoke to the media Wednesday. When asked about the issue, Silver said the league was “going to fix it. Full stop.” The NBA attempted to do exactly that at its Board of Governors meeting Saturday. Three new anti-tanking ideas were reportedly introduced at the meeting, according to …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. With their 12-game winning streak snapped, the Oklahoma City Thunder will return home and try to get right against the hapless Chicago Bulls tonight. Advertisement The Bulls have lost seven straight to OKC, and are a rough 1-6 ATS in that span — …

The Boston Celtics are coming off of perhaps their best win of the season, a 119-109 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder who were fully healthy for the first time all year. It’s just one game, but the importance of the win can’t be overstated. For starters, it shows that the Celtics can keep up with one of the Western …

The Cleveland Browns frequently restructure contracts to create more flexibility under the salary cap. The recent move to restructure Myles Garrett’s contract has generated significant discussion among fans and media about Cleveland’s long-term plans for him. This specific restructure would make it easier for the team to trade him in the near future. Adam Schefter of ESPN reported that he spoke with the Browns, who insist …

The 2025-26 Boston Celtics were supposed to be taking a gap year. That has not been the case as Boston is 2nd in the Eastern Conference and looking to make another deep playoff run with the return of Jayson Tatum. However, before the playoffs start, let’s look ahead to what is to come for the Celtics this summer. Advertisement Currently, …

Many words have been said and written about why the Cleveland Cavaliers’ new core four won’t work. About redundancy. About perimeter defense. About spacing. Very few words have been said and written about why it will work. About what, precisely, makes die-hard fans and the Cleveland front office and coaching staff alike believe that this team can win the NBA …

With a combined 160 goals in 309 national team games going into the World Cup qualifying playoffs this week, it was no surprise Robert Lewandowski and Edin Džeko delivered yet again. Even at a combined age of 77. Advertisement Their goals leveled the score in the second half of European playoff semifinals that Poland and Bosnia-Herzegovina would go on to …

By the time the final buzzer sounds Friday, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament field will officially be down to the Elite Eight. The round of 16 concludes with games in the East and Midwest Regionals, with the action taking place in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, respectively. A loaded field of programs with multiple championships will hit the floor in the …

The Big Ten entered the 2026 Men’s NCAA Tournament riding a 26-year drought since the conference last produced a national champion. Nearly halfway through the event, the league is doing just about everything it can to make sure that skid comes to a long-awaited end. Advertisement What was arguably the best conference in the sport during the regular season has …

WASHINGTON – No, it’s not the Final Four. It just feels that way. Between No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Connecticut, No. 3 Michigan State and No. 5 St. John’s, the East region foursome in Washington, D.C., would have enough star power to light up Indianapolis, host of this year’s national semifinals and final. Advertisement “This is like a Final Four, …

As the NCAA tournament moves towards the Elite Eight and the Final Four in just a few days, some attention is being spent on the NBA Draft. Duke’s Carlos Boozer is racking up a massive haul of awards, and his numbers are historic. Yet we hear constantly that he’s not athletic enough to prosper in the NBA. Advertisement It’s an …

All Times EDT Friday, March 27 MLB N.Y. Yankees at San Francisco, 4:35 p.m. Athletics at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Colorado at Miami, 7:10 p.m. Kansas City at Atlanta, 7:15 p.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 9:40 p.m. Detroit at San Diego, 9:40 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. NBA L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m. …

Los Angeles (47-26) is back home, where they will play their next three games, starting with the Brooklyn Nets (17-55) on Friday. The Lakers looks to win their second straight game and sweep the season series against Brooklyn. Advertisement Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Brooklyn Nets When: 7:30 p.m. PT, Mar 27 Where: Crypto.com Arena Watch: Spectrum Sportsnet …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the Knicks were getting pounded on the glass and by Charlotte’s pick-and-rolls, coach Mike Brown again left Karl-Anthony Towns on the bench. It was the second straight game the All-Star center didn’t close, with Mitchell Robinson getting more minutes in Thursday’s 114-103 loss to the Hornets. Advertisement “I just do my best to cheer for my …

SAN JOSE, CA — The past four years for Trey Kaufman-Renn all led to Thursday, March 26. Since he arrived on Purdue’s campus in 2022, coach Matt Painter has tried to tell his forward sometimes, it’s not the first shot that’s the most important, it’s the second. Advertisement He found out it’s indeed true in the Sweet 16. Renn came …

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dylan Holloway scored with 3 seconds left in overtime to lift the St. Louis Blues to a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. Dalibor Dvorsky also scored for the Blues, who won their third straight. Joel Hofer made 24 saves. Advertisement Alexander Wennberg had the lone goal for the Sharks, who have …

I hate to be the “I told you so” guy (he said, lying), but this was my last line for the Minnesota preview. It all adds up to a crushing loss to an undermanned team on national television tonight. It’s the death knell for this iteration of the Houston Rockets. Again, that was before Houston blew a 13-point lead in …

Philadelphia 76ers (40-33, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte Hornets (39-34, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 6 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte will try to keep its five-game home win streak alive when the Hornets face Philadelphia. Advertisement The Hornets are 23-22 against Eastern Conference opponents. Charlotte has a 3-6 record in games decided by …

San Antonio Spurs (55-18, second in the Western Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (29-43, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: San Antonio will attempt to build upon its seven-game win streak with a victory against Milwaukee. Advertisement The Bucks have gone 16-19 at home. Milwaukee allows 116.6 points and has been outscored by 6.0 points …

New Orleans Pelicans (25-49, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto Raptors (40-32, sixth in the Eastern Conference) Toronto; Friday, 8:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Raptors -8.5; over/under is 227.5 Advertisement BOTTOM LINE: New Orleans hits the road against Toronto looking to break its four-game road skid. The Raptors have gone 19-16 at home. Toronto is 7-4 in one-possession …

SAN JOSE, CA — All John Calipari could do was sit there. His Arkansas team had been high flying all month. It was dunking like it was the “Lob City” Los Angeles Clippers, and shooting like it was the Golden State Warriors’ “Splash Bros.” Darius Acuff Jr. was showing why he’s destined to be an NBA star, giving belief the …