LAYUP LINES: Appreciate the MVPs you’ve got before they’re gone, folks Put some respect on these MVPs names, y'all. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
Lakers vs. Suns: Prediction, point spread, odds, over/under, betting picks Our prediction and best bet for Tuesday's Lakers vs. Suns game, with odds from @Tipico Sportsbook. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
Gene Shue, NBA All-Star player and Coach of the Year, dies at 90 A five-time All-Star as a player for the Pistons, Shue went on to coach for more than two decades. He took the Baltimore Bullets to the NBA Finals in 1971, then did the same with the Philadelphia 76ers in 1977. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 5, 2022
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird’s historic rivalry began not in the NBA, but the NCAA tournament The NCAA tourney has long had ties to the NBA, but none more special than this. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
Skylar Diggins-Smith Invests in the Business of Herself The WNBA star shares how she stays focused on the hustle despite being one of the most prominent players in the league. Sports Illustrated · Apr 5, 2022
Sources: Anthony Davis trade not on the table Los Angeles will be limited in its options for turnover outside of the coaching staff. While some rival executives around the league have wondered about the Lakers' willingness to discuss trading All-Star forward Anthony Davis this offseason, ... USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
The Music May Stop Soon in Utah With another week left of a regular season that’s had no shortage of surprises, it would seem pointless to rule anything out or take anything for granted. If we’d done that earlier this season—and let’s be honest, some of you all did do that—we might have missed the Celtics taking… Sports Illustrated · Apr 5, 2022
Winner’s Circle: Bet on Tiger Woods to win the Masters, because why not? If Tiger plays, we win. And if he wins, we win even more. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
Bill Self’s sweet championship gift to Devon Dotson, whose 2020 season with Kansas was canceled due to COVID Devon Dotson was in the same recruiting class as Ochai Agbaji and David McCormack. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
Former NFL star Frank Gore to make professional boxing debut Gore made his ring debut last December when he lost to NBA star Deron Williams but former NFL running back will hasn't given up hope as he turns professional in May Daily Mirror · Apr 5, 2022
From Controversies to Comebacks, Kansas Completes the Perfectly Imperfect Title Run Why this Jayhawks championship team will be remembered as the poster child for one particular time period—the era of asterisks in college sports. Sports Illustrated · Apr 5, 2022
Way-Too-Early Men’s Top 25: Ranking the 2022–23 Season’s Leading Contenders A pair of SEC teams lead our first look at next year, but there’s plenty of roster movement to come. Sports Illustrated · Apr 5, 2022
Rockets at Nets: Prediction, point spread, odds, over/under, betting picks (April 5) Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant’s Nets enter Tuesday’s game versus Houston (+17,5) with a clear sense of urgency, having fallen to No. 10 in the Eastern Conference standings. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
Rockets at Nets: Tuesday’s lineups, injury reports, broadcast and stream info Tuesday’s matchup between the Rockets and Nets is fascinating from a 2022 NBA draft perspective, since either result brings a benefit to Houston (which owns Brooklyn’s first-round pick). USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 5, 2022
The Guardian - US · Apr 5, 2022 NCAA men’s tournament 2022 final: UNC 69-72 Kansas – as it happened Minute-by-minute report: Kansas outlasted North Carolina in a classic NCAA title game showdown at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans
Tribune News Service · Apr 5, 2022 Nets' Ben Simmons ruled out for rest of regular season, play-in tournament NEW YORK — Nets star Ben Simmons was back on the practice court Monday, but don’t expect to see him in a live game anytime soon.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 4, 2022 OKC Thunder quotes: Mark Daigneault says the current team is full of guys fighting for careers Oklahoma City Thunder Mark Daigneault reminded the public that the team is full of guys who are fighting for their NBA careers.
Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2022 'Chasing my dream': Kentucky's Keion Brooks testing his NBA draft stock LEXINGTON, Ky. — Keion Brooks plans to enter his name in this year's NBA draft while retaining the option of playing for Kentucky next season, the three-year UK player posted on social media Monday.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 4, 2022 Gene Shue, Two-Time NBA Coach of the Year, Dies at 90 The league announced the news on Monday afternoon.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 4, 2022 Alperen Sengun embracing challenge of defending elite bigs for Rockets Stephen Silas on Houston’s defensive improvement Sunday: “We stopped doubling Towns quite as much. Alpi (Sengun) said, ‘I want to guard him,’ and I said ‘Ok, you want him, you got him.’”
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 4, 2022 Laurence Fishburne to portray Doc Rivers in series on Donald Sterling’s downfall as Clippers’ owner FX will take us through the demise of Donald Sterling as the LA Clippers' owner.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 4, 2022 What will Joel Embiid think if he misses out on another MVP award? ‘At this point, I’ll feel like they hate me.’ INDIANAPOLIS — Is Joel Embiid fighting an uphill battle in the MVP race?
Sports Illustrated · Apr 4, 2022 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Clarifies LeBron James Comments, Says Lakers Star ‘Still the Daunting Hero’ The former Lakers great elaborated on comments he made about the franchise’s current star on Sunday.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 4, 2022 LAYUP LINES: Nikola Jokic should win the MVP, and this defensive stat proves why He more than deserves the MVP.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 4, 2022 Magic Johnson on LeBron James’s Legacy: ‘I Just Hope That He Gets Another Championship’ He says James is “inching up there” when referring to Michael Jordan.