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Dillon Brooks, whose energy and unexpected shot creation have been at the heart of the Phoenix Suns this season, will miss 4-6 weeks after having surgery to repair a fractured left hand, Phoenix announced Tuesday. This was not a surprise, the fracture was reported a few days ago, but without details on the surgery or a timeline for a return. …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The NBA Finals MVP odds are shaping up to look very familiar. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has led the Finals MVP odds since the 2025–26 season tipped off, and with the Oklahoma City Thunder owning the league’s best record — even while he’s sidelined with …

Kansas basketball earned a statement win over Houston on Feb. 23, taking down the fourth-ranked Cougars 69-56 at home. They also received another win in terms of star guard Darryn Peterson’s availability, as he has now played in 30 or more minutes in back-to-back games, which has only happened two other times this season. The projected No. 1 pick in …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The New York Jets don’t plan to let running back Breece Hall hit the open market at the start of the league year, while the futures of other top running backs such as Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III and David Montgomery remain more in flux. Jets general manager Darren Mougey said Tuesday at the NFL scouting …

When he was first asked for his thoughts about the Indiana Pacers receiving a $100,000 fine for violating the NBA’s Player Participation Policy by sitting several players during a game against the Utah Jazz — a penalty levied for what NBA commissioner Adam Silver called “overt behavior […] that prioritizes draft position over winning” — Rick Carlisle kept his response …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. Our NBA player prop projections are back for tonight’s prime-time matchup, and the model has spotlighted a few plays that really pop. Advertisement We ran the numbers, lined our projections up against the market, and locked in on the spots with genuine value. For …

As the NBA faces ongoing concerns about tanking, Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle fired back at the league over its recent $100,000 Player Participation Policy fine, calling the discipline “ridiculous” and “shocking.” During a radio interview with 93.5 The Fan Tuesday, Feb. 24, Carlisle publicly addressed the fine for the first time and centered his rebuke around the availability of …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods is on the clock. Woods kept everyone guessing — a favorite hobby of his — with one word and a smug grin last week at Riviera when he was asked if playing in the Masters was off the table. Advertisement “No,” he replied. The grin indicated there would be nothing to add. To borrow …

Want to get more Covers content? Add us as a preferred source on your Google account here. The Philadelphia 76ers will look to build on their last road win as they visit the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. Advertisement These teams have already played two tight, low-scoring games this season, and I’m taking the Under again in my 76ers vs. …

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have informed quarterback Kirk Cousins they plan to release the 14-year veteran when NFL free agency opens next month, new general manager Ian Cunningham said Tuesday. “What he’s done in his career, we owe that to him just to allow him some clarity going into free agency,” Cunningham said at the NFL scouting combine …

ATLANTA (AP) — Left-hander Chris Sale and the Atlanta Braves agreed to a contract on Tuesday adding $27 million for the 2027 season. A 36-year-old who won the 2024 NL Cy Young Award in his first season with Atlanta, Sale agreed to a deal that includes a $30 million team option for 2028. Advertisement Atlanta acquired Sale from Boston in …

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pakistan won the toss against England and elected to bat first in the Twenty20 World Cup Super Eights game on Tuesday. “It looks like a good pitch. We want to put up an above-par score and defend that,” Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha said. Advertisement England started the second round with a resounding 51-run win …

The Cleveland Cavaliers drastically changed their team at the start of the month when they traded multiple rotation players for James Harden, Dennis Schroder, and Keon Ellis. They’ve played eight games since their first trade for Schroder and Ellis. That isn’t a huge sample size — and they haven’t exactly played the best defensive teams during that stretch — but …

HOUSTON (AP) — Rockets forward Kevin Durant will be less than two months shy of his 40th birthday when the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics begin, but he said Monday night he told USA Basketball Managing Director Grant Hill he’d like to be considered for the U.S. men’s team when the time comes. “I didn’t want to just take my name …

Sacramento Kings (13-46, 15th in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Rockets (35-21, third in the Western Conference) Houston; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Conference foes Houston and Sacramento face off on Wednesday. Advertisement The Rockets have gone 20-16 against Western Conference opponents. Houston averages 114.5 points and has outscored opponents by 5.1 points per game. The Kings are …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Russsell Westbrook scored 25 points and Precious Achiuwa had 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Sacramento Kings snapped a 16-game losing streak — the longest in franchise history — with a 123-114 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night. DeMar DeRozan and Daeqwon Plowden finished with 20 points each, with Plowden scoring 10 in …

WACO, Texas (AP) — Taliah Scott scored 20 points and made five 3-pointers, Bella Fontleroy added 16 points and four makes from distance, and No. 18 Baylor beat Kansas State 80-54 on Monday night in its final home game of the regular season. The Bears pulled away by starting the third quarter on a 13-2 run, highlighted by three 3-pointers …

Former NBA player Patrick Beverley will not face charges following an arrest on Nov. 14 in Fort Bend County, Texas. Rusty Hardin and Letitia Quinones-Hollins, attorneys for Patrick Beverley, released a statement Monday, Feb. 23: “Several months ago, we said that when all the information was in – when a grand jury could hear all the facts of this case – …

VITORIA-GASTEIZ, Spain (AP) — Lucas Boyé scored twice for Alaves to draw with Girona 2-2 in an end-to-end La Liga encounter at Estadio Mendizorroza on Monday. The second straight draw for Alaves lifted it three points clear of La Liga’s relegation zone. Advertisement Girona was three places and three points better off, although only six points separate Girona in 11th …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have agreed to a rematch of their landmark 2015 bout. Their second fight will be held Sept. 19 in Las Vegas, the boxing icons announced Monday. The fight, which will be streamed on Netflix, will be the first boxing match to be held at Sphere, the immersive event venue east of …

Kevin Durant, 37, is feeling the Olympics call to him yet again. After the United States won gold in both men and women’s hockey in Milano Cortina, the former NBA MVP and the United States’ all-time leading Olympic scorer debunked the theory that 2024 was the last Olympic ride for many of the games biggest stars. “You guys, the media, …

The Utah Jazz are running out of players to put in their frontcourt. Utah Jazz center Jusuf Nurkić will undergo a season-ending surgical procedure on his nose, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. Nurkić has reportedly experienced complications with breathing and sleeping since fracturing his nose a few years ago. Nurkić averaged 10.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists while …

Following the All-Star break, NBA play resumed, and there’s only a quarter of the season left before we get to the playoffs. All of which means teams are largely split into two buckets: those trying to improve their seeding and standing in their respective conferences, and those who are shutting down players or sitting starters in the fourth quarter, seemingly …

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies guard Scotty Pippen Jr. and Miami Heat forward Myron Gardner $35,000 each on Monday for their scuffle in a game over the weekend. With 1:55 remaining in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 136-120 victory on Saturday night, Gardner bumped Pippen from behind and knocked him down. Pippen then jogged down …