ORLANDO, Fla. — On a night where Magic forwards Franz Wagner (37 points) and Paolo Banchero (31) notched 30-plus points in the same game, Orlando faltered late against the Atlanta Hawks at Kia Center on Monday.

Hawks All-Star guard Trae Young had just eight points through three quarters, but ended with 19 after he posted 11 in the fourth ...Read more

Until about an hour before tipoff Monday night, it was unclear whether Jayson Tatum would suit up against the Miami Heat.

The Boston Celtics superstar was added to the injury report a day earlier, listed as questionable with a knee issue, and with the All-Star break looming, Boston could have opted to give its most important player an extra day...Read more

CLEMSON, S.C. — This was supposed to be a tricky two-game stretch for Clemson.

Sure, the Tigers men’s basketball team didn’t have to leave home. But they were playing the No. 2 team in the country and blue blood in back-to-back games. It was their only Saturday-Monday turnaround of ACC play this year.

To make things a little more ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Clippers announced that they have signed Ben Simmons to a deal on Monday, giving them another big body and athletic player.

Simmons, who has had an up-and-down career since being drafted No. 1 overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2016, was available after getting a buyout of his contract from the Brooklyn Nets and then ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young will be going to San Francisco after all.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Monday named Young as an injury replacement for Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo on Team Chuck for the 2025 NBA All-Star game. Antetokounmpo can’t participate in the game because of a left calf strain.

The NBA ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Many prominent athletes and entertainers with deep ties to the Los Angeles area have donated large sums to the wildfire relief efforts. The most recent donation, however, is from a superstar athlete who wasn't even a member of a local team when the fires raged from Jan. 7-31.

Five-time All-NBA guard Luka Doncic, acquired by the ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — For the first time since the 2022-23 preseason poll, the UConn men’s basketball team is not ranked in the AP Top 25.

The two-time defending national champions fell out of the rankings after their home loss to St. John’s on Friday, which dropped them to 16-7 on the season (8-4 in the Big East).

UConn has had a tumultuous...Read more

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The players were everywhere, in the stands, on the floor, in the infirmary. On another day spliced with history, the Spartans brought out everybody, as they always do.

Tom Izzo keeps preaching “strength in numbers,” with a playing rotation that goes 10 deep. There also are stories in numbers, and Big Ten victory No. ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — There are few things coaches love more than playing down revenge games. Just regular games, they say. No different from the last game, they say. No different from the next game, they say. All games are the same, they say. Until they’re not.

Tuesday night at Rupp Arena will be one of those until-they’re-not games. No. 4 ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Fifty years might have passed since Indiana basketball coach Bobby Knight tapped, slapped or smacked Kentucky coach Joe B. Hall on the back of the head, but Jimmy Dan Conner remembers it as if it was yesterday.

“I heard every word,” the former All-SEC guard said Saturday at Rupp Arena before Kentucky defeated South ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former Laker Anthony Davis will be sidelined at least a month because of a strained left abductor, several people with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly on the matter told The Los Angeles Times on Sunday night.

Davis will be examined Monday to determine what the next step will be for his recovery, ...Read more

Four months ago, on the north shore of Oahu, Steve Kerr’s mind drifted from the cautious optimism of training camp to the perils of Ringz Culture.

Maybe it was the surfside yoga talking.

“To modern sports fandom, everything is, ‘Win the championship or nothing else matters,’ ” Kerr and his nine rings said. “But it’s really not ...Read more

MILWAUKEE — The 76ers were doomed by the Milwaukee Bucks’ 3-point shooters.

The Sixers did just about everything possible to win Sunday afternoon’s game besides defend the 3. The Bucks made 24 of 55 3-pointers in their 135-127 victory at Fiserv Forum.

All-Star point guard Damian Lillard made 8 of 15 3-pointers while finishing with a game...Read more

MANHATTAN, Kan. — Michael Beasley's return trip to Kansas State ended on a low note.

The former Kansas State basketball star was arrested for marijuana possession at 5:12 a.m. on Sunday at Manhattan Regional Airport, according to the Riley County Police Department's daily arrest log. He was not confined after paying a bond of $750.

Beasley ...Read more

DETROIT — In preparation for the 2025 NBA trade deadline, Detroit Pistons president of basketball operations Trajan Langdon and his team identified two key intangibles.

They aimed to acquire a veteran point guard who could serve as a secondary ballhandler during the Pistons' playoff push. However, regardless of the moves made, Langdon and his...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Longtime Charlotte Hornets fans may think they have seen the team flounder in every possible way, but a new chapter was added Saturday night when the Mark Williams trade got rescinded by the Los Angeles Lakers due to the 7-footer reportedly failing a physical.

The Hornets tried to put a good face on with a late-night ...Read more

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — With scouts from at least 12 NBA teams in attendance for a Big Ten tilt between Maryland and Rutgers, Derik Queen gave them a show.

Queen, the precocious freshman center from Baltimore who is expected to leave after this season for the NBA draft, racked up a career-high 29 points, 15 rebounds and five assists to spark the ...Read more

MIAMI — You start here: Jimmy Butler was one of the most significant players in the Miami Heat’s 37 seasons, and if not deserving of a spot on the team’s Mount Rushmore, then at least due — when cooler heads eventually prevail, even as the number already has been passed along to Andrew Wiggins — consideration to have his No. 22 in the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — There are a lot of relics of times gone by on the Palestra’s museum-like concourse, and a fan of Big 5 history could wax lyrical about any of them.

On Friday, the spotlight was on a section of the east side.

If you’re a St. Joe’s, Temple, La Salle, Villanova, or Drexel fan (or a Penn State fan, the way things go these ...Read more