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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama refused to keep quiet after Veterans Affairs nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed Saturday by ICE agents in Minnesota. Wembanyama spoke out on Pretti’s killing Tuesday, ignoring the team’s PR guidance to be “politically correct” about the issue. Wembanyama issued a strong statement on what’s been going on in Minnesota, saying he’s “horrified” …

Drake Maye got the tough coaching he wanted and thrived. The 23-year-old Maye is one victory away from being the youngest quarterback in NFL history to win a Super Bowl. He is grateful to have coach Mike Vrabel and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels in New England. Advertisement The Patriots went from 4-13 under Jerod Mayo in Maye’s rookie season to …

It’s an action-packed episode of ‘The Dunker Spot’! Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones break down whether what we’re seeing across the NBA is a ‘Trend’ or a ‘Trap’? Advertisement From there, the guys dive into the big questions that the Magic and the Bucks have to answer ahead of the trade deadline. Is it time for Milwaukee to move on …

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike McCarthy’s homecoming is official. The Pittsburgh native signed a contract to become the Steelers head coach on Tuesday. The club and McCarthy had reached a verbal agreement over the weekend. Advertisement The 62-year-old McCarthy, who grew up in Pittsburgh’s Greenfield neighborhood, replaces Mike Tomlin. Tomlin stepped down earlier this month after 19 seasons with the Steelers. …

We are beyond the NBA season’s midway point, and the Milwaukee Bucks are 18-26, 11th place in the Eastern Conference, a few games from the final play-in tournament berth. They have featured Giannis Antetokounmpo for 30 of those games, and the two-time league MVP has been incredible in them, averaging a 28-10-6 on 65/40/66 shooting splits. When he is on …

Giannis Antetokounmpo is not a doctor, but he played one in the Milwaukee Bucks locker room after last Friday’s game, which he left with a calf injury. Antetokounmpo said this felt like his previous calf strains and that he would get an MRI, but expected to be out for 4 to 6 weeks. The MRI confirmed the calf strain, but …

The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the hottest teams in the NBA, with just one loss in their last nine games. The Utah Jazz, on the other hand, are one of its coldest, scoring just a single victory in its previous seven outings. The injury reports for both sides are busy, which leads my Clippers vs. Jazz predictions to …

Last night, former Tar Heel and current Chicago Bulls guard Coby White caught fire against the Los Angeles Lakers to the tune of 23 points, five rebounds and six assists. While this is more common than not for the Goldsboro native, the significance of this is the fact that he made five of his 10 three-point attempts, which was good …

The High Score 100 — the top 100 players in Yahoo’s newest fantasy basketball format — is a running reflection of year-to-date performance and trending production. Each weekly update captures who’s actually delivering value and who’s fading. [It’s not too late to create or join a High Score league, a new way to play Fantasy Basketball on Yahoo with simple …

The NBA announced the 10 players who’d been voted in as starters for the 2026 All-Star Game last week. Eight of the players on my official media ballot made the final cut: Nikola Jokić, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Dončić and Victor Wembanyama in the West, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Cade Cunningham, Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown in the East. Jalen Brunson earned …

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — The question was a little on the morbid side, which Scottie Scheffler enjoyed only because it was different from anything he had heard the last four years while winning a staggering 27% of his tournaments. The answer made perfect sense. If he were to be cremated when his time on Earth was done, where in …

There’s something different about Arizona this season. On the surface, it looks like the typical Tommy Lloyd team. The Wildcats started the season with impressive wins, rolling into the new calendar year playing a fast, fun brand of basketball that puts them in the upper echelon of title contenders. Advertisement It always seems smart to buy stock in the top-ranked Wildcats. …

The 2026 NBA Draft is a source of hope for teams desperately seeking a savior. This was always going to be a great class with three potential No. 1 overall talents sitting at the top in Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, BYU’s A.J. Dybantsa, and Duke’s Cameron Boozer, but it looks even better now as more freshman studs have continued to emerge. …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — England captain Harry Brook won his first toss of the series and elected to bat in the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. Brook criticized the track in the second ODI as the “worst pitch” he’s ever played on despite the visitors winning the game by five wickets and levelling the series …

Chicago Bulls (23-23, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Indiana Pacers (11-36, 14th in the Eastern Conference) Indianapolis; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pascal Siakam and the Indiana Pacers host Nikola Vucevic and the Chicago Bulls. Advertisement The Pacers are 7-24 in Eastern Conference games. Indiana is 5-28 against opponents with a winning record. The Bulls are 3-7 against …

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Owen Bronston Jr. had 15 points to guide South Carolina State to a 70-64 victory over Delaware State on Monday night. Bronston did his scoring on 5-for-10 shooting from 3-point range for the Bulldogs (5-16, 3-2 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). Advertisement Jayden Johnson and James Morrow both scored 14 for South Carolina State and Florian Tenebay added …

BOSTON (AP) — Jrue Holiday got a champion’s welcome in his return to Boston. The Trail Blazers guard received a big cheer when he was shown on the scoreboard during warmups, another when he was introduced before the game, and a standing ovation after a tribute video of highlights that included him clutching the NBA championship trophy he helped Boston …

Nearly after a year after the shocking trade that sent him to the Los Angeles Lakers, Luka Doncic reminded the NBA how crazy it was for the Dallas Mavericks to deal him away. Doncic scored 46 points with 11 rebounds and 7 assists in the Lakers’ 129-118 win over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on Monday night. It …

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic behind yet another offensive explosion from Donovan Mitchell. All grades are based on our usual expectations for each player. Donovan Mitchell 45 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds Advertisement Mitchell was in attack mode again tonight. He scored 26 points in the first half, burying 4-of-5 three-point attempts in his first 17 minutes. His …

Donovan Mitchell could not be stopped, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-98 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night. Mitchell scored 45, shooting 15-of-25 from the floor (including 5-of-8 on 3-pointers). Monday’s performance was his second consecutive 30-plus point game versus the Magic and his third straight overall. Advertisement Monday’s matchup was initially a game of big swings …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Stephen Curry and Draymond Green won’t play for Golden State on Monday night at Minnesota due to injuries. Both players suited up Sunday afternoon as the Warriors defeated the Timberwolves 111-85 in Minneapolis. But coach Steve Kerr said Curry’s balky right knee was causing him enough trouble on Monday morning to rule him out. Advertisement Green is …

The Nets will officially be represented at 2026 NBA All-Star weekend. Brooklyn youngster Egor Demin has been selected to participate in the Rising Stars Game. Demin is the 17th Net to be named to the event, and the first since Jarrett Allen and Rodions Kurucs in 2019. Advertisement He’s also the first BYU player to participate since Shawn Bradley in …

Charles Bediako’s much-discussed return to college basketball will continue for nearly another two weeks – not solely because of a court order or a judge’s ruling, but with a little help from Mother Nature. The Alabama center’s temporary restraining order against the NCAA was extended by another 10 days due to counsel’s unavailability for the scheduled injunction hearing on Tuesday, …

The NBA has announced its rosters for the 2026 Rising Stars game. Sophomore standout Jaylon Tyson will be there to represent the Cleveland Cavaliers. Tyson is averaging 13.7 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game. He’s gone from a fringe rotational player to a bona fide starting-caliber talent in the first half of the season. His leap as a …

The Los Angeles Clippers have been scorching hot of late, and one fan will be eating their own words in the literal sense because of it. Clippers blog editor Robert Flom, who works for independent site 213Hoops, is now realizing that he’d bitten off more than he can chew when responding to head coach, Ty Lue, with a taunting tweet …