LEXINGTON, Ky. — After Tennessee spoiled the return to men’s intercollegiate basketball of NBA G League center Charles Bediako Saturday night by beating his new/old college team, Alabama 79-73, the Volunteers men’s basketball social media team had some fun.

On the UT men’s hoops X account, Tennessee tweeted at the 2023 G League champion...Read more

It ended with a loose ball, a shove, bodies flying in from every direction and a lengthy delay that sucked the air out of a tight game. Egor Dëmin and Dillon Brooks tangled as Ziaire Williams fought for a loose ball late and the scrum spilled outward. By the time order was restored, the momentum Brooklyn had just found was gone.

That moment ...Read more

DENVER — The Detroit Pistons opened their three-game West Coast road trip with a 109-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets,Tuesday night inside Ball Arena.

Tim Hardaway Jr. (14 points) knocked down his fourth 3-point field goal of the game to cut the Pistons' once 16-point lead to one (103-102) with 56 seconds left. However, Duncan Robinson, ...Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kentucky’s five-game winning streak is over. And it ended in unceremonious fashion.

Mark Pope’s Wildcats were run out of Memorial Gymnasium almost immediately Tuesday night, getting off to a terrible start on both ends of the court and ultimately losing 80-55 to No. 18 Vanderbilt.

The Cats trailed by double digits for ...Read more

Missouri men's basketball struggled to corral Alabama's perimeter shooting while the Tigers continued to flounder at the free-throw line on Tuesday, losing soundly to the No. 23 Crimson Tide.

Alabama's 90-64 victory was a fairly comfortable one for the home team, which went on a key 10-0 run late in the first half to take control of the game. ...Read more

STORRS, Conn. – It was UConn’s bench that stepped up Tuesday night as the second-ranked Huskies held on for another tight win, 87-81, over Providence at Gampel Pavilion.

After averaging only 7.6 bench points over the last five games, beginning when they visited the Friars three weeks ago and scored just three, the Huskies saw a combined 26 ...Read more

NEW YORK — Perhaps the game plan was simple all along: Let DeMar DeRozan cook and take away the Sacramento Kings’ other offensive options in Tuesday night’s matchup at Madison Square Garden.

Or maybe the New York Knicks simply didn’t have an answer for the crafty veteran scorer who lit up The Garden in a losing effort.

The Kings were ...Read more

The winter winds whipping through Michigan got a big boost Tuesday night as Michigan State fans across the state breathed a sigh of relief.

Divine Ugochukwu’s 3-pointer forced overtime and Carson Cooper converted go-ahead free throws in a 88-79 overtime win over Rutgers as Michigan State shook off a 12-point deficit in the second half at ...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It was a golden opportunity for the Minchigan Wolverines.

A chance to knock No. 5 Nebraska from the unbeaten ranks. A shot to pull into a tie for first place in the Big Ten standings. A prime time to add another signature victory to the postseason resume against a team that was without two of its top players.

It was all ...Read more

Allen Iverson is being criticized for an allegedly disrespectful visit with a children’s cancer charity in Australia, after a viral Reddit post called out the former Sixer for “absolutely disgusting” conduct at the hospital.

Challenge, a Melbourne-based charity supporting children with cancer, has hosted NBA players such as Shaquille O’...Read more

CHICAGO — While we’re less than a month into 2026, Chicago has already exceeded its allotment of sports reunions.

Derrick Rose’s moving number retirement ceremony Saturday at the United Center was the latest in a series of reunions of former athletes and coaches, following celebrations for the 2016 Cubs, the Blackhawks’ Cup-winning ...Read more

DURHAM, N.C. — The student section started filling in early Monday night — perhaps due to the top-25 ACC matchup, perhaps due to the free pizza and beer being offered to the first Cameron Crazies to enter, or a mix of both — and were soon rewarded for their attendance.

No. 4 Duke drilled No. 20 Louisville, 83-52, on Monday night at ...Read more

CHICAGO — Luka Doncic skipped, shimmied and shot. The Los Angeles Lakers dunked, hollered and won.

Doncic dazzled yet again with 46 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds in the Lakers’ 129-118 win over the Chicago Bulls Monday. The Lakers (28-17) notched their fourth win in five games. It was his third game in the last four with at least ...Read more

BOSTON — Payton Pritchard scored a game-high 23 points, including buzzer-beaters to end the first and second quarters, to lead the Boston Celtics past his hometown Portland Trail Blazers Monday night.

The Oregon native went 8 for 17 from the field and 5 for 11 from 3 as Boston grinded out a 102-94 win at TD Garden. An apparent finger injury ...Read more

CHICAGO — Matas Buzelis is headed back to the NBA All-Star weekend.

The Chicago Bulls forward was announced as one of 28 players participating in the 2026 Rising Stars challenge during NBA All-Star w=Weekend, which will take place at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles from Feb. 13-15. This year’s Rising Stars class is headlined by fellow young ...Read more

After the Orlando Magic lost by 14 points to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Kia Center on Saturday night, head coach Jamahl Mosley wanted to see his team knock down shots more consistently, defend at a higher level and get off to a faster start when they traveled to Cleveland on Monday night.

Although the Magic led by 10 points after the first ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — It took another overtime game, but the UConn men’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 15 games against Villanova on Saturday and kept its spot at No. 2 in Monday’s AP Top 25 poll update.

The Huskies’ resume, with only one loss coming to the unanimous No. 1 team, Arizona, without two starters, remains tops ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Fred Hoiberg earned the nickname “The Mayor” as a college basketball player at Iowa State in the early 1990s because of his immense popularity. He grew up in Ames, Iowa, became a Cyclones legend on the court and even received write-in votes in that city’s mayoral election in 1993.

The way things are going, Hoiberg might ...Read more

PHOENIX — For some, it’s reminiscing. For others, it’s preparation. And for the next generation, it potentially is an audition.

Because for as much as Erik Spoelstra perseveres in his day job as coach of the Miami Heat, this also is his first tour through the NBA as the next Team USA Olympic coach, named to that post in October.

So the ...Read more