SAN FRANCISCO — Fans from New Zealand and Australia held signs toward the camera. They had traveled thousands of miles to watch Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry play.

One sign crossed out “play” and replaced it with a frowning face.

They were instead treated to a steady performance from LeBron James, who led the Los Angeles ...Read more

If there was any doubt that Elliot Cadeau wasn’t going to return to Michigan for another season, it was officially put to rest.

Shortly after ESPN reported Thursday that Cadeau has agreed to a new deal for the 2026-27 season, the point guard shared the news on Instagram with a short message: “(Let’s) do it again.”

Several Michigan ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jaylen Brown wants all the smoke. The Knicks have it, and more, for the Boston Celtics.

It’s been roughly 11 months since the Knicks and Celtics met in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs last season, a series ending in disaster for the Celtics, who were favored to beat the Knicks before blowing consecutive 20-...Read more

TORONTO — The math keeps growing more complex for the Miami Heat.

Tuesday night’s loss to the Toronto Raptors at the start of this two-game set at Scotiabank Arena locked Erik Spoelstra’s team into a fourth consecutive trip to the play-in round, the NBA’s battleground of postseason mediocrity.

Thursday the Heat awoke to the reality ...Read more

NEW YORK — If the injury report didn’t say it, the first half did.

The Nets closed their 2025-26 home schedule Thursday night at Barclays Center with a 123-94 loss to the Indiana Pacers, a game that looked and felt like two teams protecting lottery position. Brooklyn trailed by 26 points at halftime, and that was pretty much it.

Both teams...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces are finalizing an agreement to re-sign guard Jackie Young, ESPN reported Thursday.

Young, a four-time All-Star and the WNBA’s Most Improved Player in 2022, will reportedly return on a one-year deal for the regular max which increased to $1.19 million under the new CBA.

Sources told the Review-Journal that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Barely a week ago, a charmed Lakers season screamed three words.

Deep playoff run.

Today, a jinxed Lakers season soberly whispers three very different words.

Shut it down.

With less than a month of games remaining, the Lakers season is done, finished, kaput.

Twisted and torn by the sudden same-day injuries to their two best ...Read more

It didn’t take long for Michigan basketball to make its first addition out of the transfer portal.

Tennessee transfer J.P. Estrella shared news of his commitment to the Wolverines on his Instagram account Thursday, which comes just three days after Michigan’s season ended and two days after the portal window opened.

Estrella, a 6-foot-11 ...Read more

HOUSTON — Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will undergo surgery on Thursday in Houston, per the 76ers.

This is another ill-timed health issue for Embiid, and for the Sixers’ postseason outlook. It typically takes multiple weeks to return to exercise following an appendectomy, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

The ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Whether it’s conventional wisdom or wishful thinking, the prevailing narrative at the opening of the college basketball transfer portal Tuesday morning was a simple one: Mark Pope will need to land some studs this offseason.

But is that really the case?

As more players declare their intentions to transfer between now and ...Read more

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — On Tuesday morning, a night’s sleep after watching college basketball’s national championship game, the University of Miami professor had students set their watches to 10:15 a.m., as he does every class, and then review motivational author Stephen R. Covey’s “Seven habits of highly effective people.”

“Who can ...Read more

DENVER — For all the incongruity and awkwardness of this Denver Nuggets season, it almost doesn’t feel right for it to be punctuated by a milestone win streak.

There were too many injuries, too many different lineups, too many costly freak plays in the clutch. It has been, in large part, a year of repressed collective talent.

Yet here were...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Magic coach Jamahl Mosley made it clear at shootaround that he wanted his team to piece together a performance that Orlando fans would enjoy during the final home game of the regular season against the Timberwolves on Wednesday night at Kia Center.

Although the Magic made some miscues on offense and weren’t as sharp as they ...Read more

DETROIT — Cade Cunningham and Isaiah Stewart are used to hearing fans cheer each time their names are announced at Little Caesars Arena. However, on Wednesday night, the crowd showed even more excitement. The Pistons’ 137-111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks marked Cunningham’s and Stewart’s respective returns from injuries.

After ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man with alleged ties to Israeli organized crime helped run high-stakes illegal poker games at a luxury Encino mansion owned by former NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, according to authorities and court documents.

Yevgeni Gershman, 50, of Woodland Hills, has agreed to plead guilty to four federal counts including conspiracy to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Chicago Bulls are not giving up one aspect of their current infrastructure.

President and CEO Michael Reinsdorf spoke mostly about change on Tuesday after the firing of former executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas and general manager Marc Eversley. But the executive also reserved the final ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Sky fans still might be reeling from Monday’s blockbuster trade of All-Star forward Angel Reese. But the wheel keeps turning in the WNBA.

On Wednesday, the league opened a three-day window for free-agent negotiations, allowing teams to make their first (legal) contact with a slew of talent ranging from former MVPs to ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO – The Warriors entered Tuesday night with only one objective: Make sure Steph Curry made it through his allotted 25 minutes against the woeful Kings.

Sure, they also wanted to win the game – they did that in an 110-105 victory over arguably the most dysfunctional franchise in American pro sports and snapped a four-game losing ...Read more

BOSTON — The first two meetings between the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Hornets were one-sided blowouts. The rubber match was a much closer fight.

Boston trailed Charlotte by as many as 11 points Tuesday night at TD Garden before rallying to win 113-102 in a possible first-round playoff preview.

Jaylen Brown finished with 35 points and nine...Read more