March Madness: Three Bold Predictions for Women’s NCAA Tournament Final Four It all comes down to Friday and Sunday in Phoenix. Sports Illustrated · Apr 1
Mavericks’ Front Office Targets, Mark Cuban’s Comments Show Dire Need for New Leadership in Dallas After nearly two years’ worth of disastrous decisions, it’s never been more clear the Mavericks need a dramatic change in leadership. Sports Illustrated · Apr 1
Men’s Final Four Power Rankings: Where Arizona, Michigan, UConn, Illinois Land How do the men’s Final Four teams measure up as March Madness nears its end in Indianapolis? Sports Illustrated · Apr 1
Candace Parker, Doc Rivers to Headline Basketball Hall of Fame Class for 2026 The Basketball Hall of Fame class for 2026 is loaded with big names. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
Chris Mannix’s NBA Notes: Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks Future, Jaden Ivey’s Ugly Exit Plus, Luka Dončić’s MVP candidacy, Jayson Tatum’s Player of the Week honor and referees’ red line. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
Ian Eagle Shares a Tremendous Nugget on the Viral Video From UConn-Duke Ending The CBS play-by-play voice explains why he wasn’t part of the clip with Bill Raftery and Grant Hill. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
There Is Only One Way to Fix the NBA Draft Lottery The lottery has defeated the purpose of the draft, and any of the league’s current proposals will just be gamed by smart teams. Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
SI:AM | The Women’s Final Four Is Running It Back Good morning, I’m Tyler Lauletta, filling in for Dan Gartland, who was ruled out on an overturned strike call thanks to the ABS challenge system. Good system! I Sports Illustrated · Mar 31
NBA Playoff Picture: Everything at Stake With Two Weeks Remaining in Regular Season Breaking down everything at stake in the NBA playoff picture with two weeks to go in the regular season. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
SI:AM | UConn’s Dynasty Lives On The Huskies’ men’s team is back in the Final Four for the third time in four years after a miraculous comeback against top-seeded Duke. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
The Men’s Final Four Has One Massive Showdown and Plenty of Historic Storylines The matchup of No. 1 seeds—Arizona vs. Michigan—should be the de facto national championship game. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Three Reasons Why UConn’s Thrilling Elite Eight Victory Over Duke Defied Logic, and One Reason Why It Didn’t UConn’s stunning win over Duke came with the Huskies losing most of the stats that mattered. Sports Illustrated · Mar 30
Steve Kerr Admits Steph Curry Is Running Out of Time After Warriors’ Latest Injury Update The Warriors are running out of time to bring back Steph Curry and Steve Kerr knows it. Sports Illustrated · Mar 28
March Madness: Jon Scheyer Built a Juggernaut in Duke’s Post–Coach K Era Four years after a seismic change, the Blue Devils look as dominant—and as inevitable—as ever in dispatching St. John’s in a physical Sweet 16 showdown. Sports Illustrated · Mar 28
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 Men’s March Madness Sweet 16 Recap: Duke, Michigan, UConn and Tennessee Advance to Elite Eight The Sweet 16 delivered with thrilling matchups over the last two days. Here’s everything we saw on Friday.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 The One Key Problem With the NBA’s New Proposals to Stop Tanking The NBA is considering three rule changes to fix tanking, but there’s one key problem—they don’t address the root cause of tanking itself.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 The MLB Manager Hot Seat Spectrum: Where Everyone Sits Heading Into 2026 Some managers are happily married to their teams. Others are feeling the heat. Let's take a look at each MLB manager's job security entering the 2026 season.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 27 Purdue’s Trey Kaufman-Renn Delivers Split-Second March Madness Classic With less than a second left, the senior forward beat everyone to the miss and sent the Boilermakers to the brink of another Final Four.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26 Jordan Smith Jr. Talks Being Surprised With Gatorade’s National Player of the Year Award The Washington D.C. native will suit up for Arkansas next season.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26 Thunder Loss to Celtics Adds to Troubling Record Against Top Teams—How Much Does It Really Matter? Is the Thunder’s 2–6 record against the top teams in the standings a concern with the playoffs around the corner? We investigate.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26 March Madness Sweet 16 Recap: Iowa Rallies, Purdue Hits Game-Winner, Illinois Overcomes Slow Start, Arizona Rolls The first day of the Sweet 16 had two thrillers, a rock fight and a team that steamrolled its opponent. Here’s everything we saw in those four games.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26 Digging Into NBA Expansion, How to Fix Tanking and Whether the 65-Game Rule Works Commissioner Adam Silver spoke on a variety of topics after the Board of Governors meeting Wednesday and said there will be significant movement on the pressing issues.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 26 Luka Dončić Is On a Scoring Tear the Likes of Which We Have Not Seen Since Michael Jordan Luka Dončić’s recent scoring tear has officially hit Michael Jordan levels of greatness.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 25 Cavaliers Got Surprisingly Harsh Warning From Kenny Atkinson After Fourth Straight Win Kenny Atkinson did not hesitate to rip the Cavaliers’ defense despite Cleveland’s winning streak continuing on Tuesday night.
Sports Illustrated · Mar 25 How Much NBA Expansion Teams Are Expected to Cost As League Explores Bids Buying one of the NBA’s two potential expansion teams is expected to cost quite a chunk of change.