Marv Albert on the Knicks’ Incredible Run to the Finals and Turning Down an NBC Offer The longtime New York voice shared his thoughts on the NBA Finals, New York’s domination, Mike Breen and more. Sports Illustrated · Jun 1
SI:AM | Unbelievable Upset in NCAA Baseball Tournament UCLA went 51–6 this season. Then it got knocked out by a major underdog. Sports Illustrated · Jun 1
NBA Finally Gets It Right With Knicks-Spurs Finals Court Design After Last Year’s Backlash The Larry O’Brien trophy court is back for the NBA Finals series between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks. Sports Illustrated · Jun 1
Isaiah Hartenstein, Lu Dort Want to Stay With Thunder Amid Uncertain Future: Here’s What Makes Sense for OKC Sam Presti has some decisions to make and negotiating to do with Thunder players who have team options for next season. Sports Illustrated · Jun 1
Chet Holmgren’s Western Conference Finals Performance Was Worse Than You Think Chet Holmgren’s disastrous performance against the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals doomed the Oklahoma City Thunder. Sports Illustrated · May 31
Julian Champagnie Thought His NBA Career Was Over Three Years Ago. Now He’s ‘Unsung Hero’ of Finals-Bound Spurs Champagnie was waived by the 76ers three years ago. Now, he’s headed to an NBA Finals. Sports Illustrated · May 31
Thunder Offseason Preview: Critical Summer Lies Ahead for OKC After Game 7 Loss to Spurs The Thunder will have to make tough decisions on a couple key players this summer as the core of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams gets increasingly expensive. Sports Illustrated · May 31
A Dejected Chet Holmgren Made One Thing Clear About Battling Victor Wembanyama After Spurs Eliminate Thunder Holmgren put together one of his worst playoff performances to date during Saturday night’s playoff loss to the Spurs. Sports Illustrated · May 31
Luke Kornet’s Epic Block to Seal Spurs’ Trip to NBA Finals Now Part of Franchise’s Rich Playoff Lore Luke Kornet’s amazing chase-down block in the fourth quarter should go down in Spurs’ playoff history as an all-time great play. Sports Illustrated · May 31
Spurs-Thunder Game 7 Takeaways: How San Antonio, Victor Wembanyama Took Down Defending Champs The San Antonio forward paced his team with 22 points and seven Spurs players recorded double-digit scoring nights to beat Oklahoma City and advance to the NBA Finals to face the Knicks. Sports Illustrated · May 30
Bold Predictions for Thunder-Spurs Game 7: X-Factors for OKC Without Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell The Thunder need considerable scoring from their depth pieces, while Victor Wembanyama tries to put together one more defining performance in a series already chock-full of them. Sports Illustrated · May 30
NCAA Says Brendan Sorsby Wagered $90,000 During College Career, Including on Own Team The court filing ahead of Monday’s hearing claims the Texas Tech quarterback used proxies to place wagers on his behalf, including at least 40 bets on Indiana games during his freshman season. Sports Illustrated · May 30
Chris Mannix Sources: Magic Tap Spurs Assistant Sean Sweeney as Next Head Coach This is Sweeney’s first head coaching job after proving to be a defensive mastermind for several teams. Sports Illustrated · May 29
SI:AM | What’s With All These NBA Playoff Blowouts? The Spurs’ big win over the Thunder in Game 6 was part of a larger trend. Sports Illustrated · May 29
Sports Illustrated · May 29 Victor Wembanyama Credits ‘Desperation’ as Spurs Force Decisive Game 7 vs. Thunder After a frustrating Game 5, the Defensive Player of the Year powered San Antonio’s urgency that erased its previous mistakes.
Sports Illustrated · May 28 The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Has a New Name That Might Confuse Older Fans It might beat the confusion engendered by the league’s old name, however.
Sports Illustrated · May 28 Why Grizzlies Were the Only Team to Vote Against New NBA Draft Lottery Rules Memphis was the only team in the NBA to vote against the new draft rules. Here’s why.
Sports Illustrated · May 28 Ted Cruz Calls New Bipartisan Bill ‘Last, Best Hope’ to Save College Sports The proposed legislation’s most controversial element may be pooling media rights, which the SEC is already pushing back against.
Sports Illustrated · May 28 Victor Wembanyama Is Facing His First Legacy-Building Opportunity. Will He Seize the Moment? Facing elimination against the Thunder in the West finals, Victor Wembanyama’s back is against the wall for the first time in his career.
Sports Illustrated · May 28 SI:AM | Shohei Ohtani Not Satisfied Despite Another Brilliant Two-Way Performance He hit a leadoff homer, then threw six hitless innings. But he still found a way to criticize himself.
Sports Illustrated · May 28 College Stars Milan Momcilovic, Tyler Tanner Make Final NBA Draft Decisions Should they stay or should they go?
Sports Illustrated · May 28 SEC Leaders Blast CFP Metrics Explanation as Debate Over Strength of Schedule Intensifies A CFP presentation meant to explain the playoff rankings instead deepened SEC concerns that the committee rewards dominant records in weaker leagues more than survival in their gauntlet.
Sports Illustrated · May 27 NBA Penalizes Spurs Player for Dirty Move on Jared McCain Amid Viral Victor Wembanyama Sideline Clip The NBA issued a flagrant 1 for a hard foul on Jared McCain one day after Game 5 amid a viral Victor Wembanyama clip fans are connecting to the situation.
Sports Illustrated · May 27 Will Notre Dame vs. Texas Become the Latest Scheduling Casualty of College Football Playoff Expansion? Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte was noncommittal when asked about the home-and-home series for 2028–29.
Sports Illustrated · May 27 How Two Senators Aim to ‘Protect College Sports’ With New Bipartisan Bill Proposal The bill aims to legislate player movement and eligibility, preserve rivalries, and would prevent professionals from returning to college and coaches from leaving for new jobs mid-season, among other proposals.