ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic haven’t won a playoff series in 16 years.

Sean Sweeney knew exactly what he was signing up for when he accepted the job.

He knew this wasn’t a rebuilding project. He knew this wasn’t the kind of opportunity most first-time NBA head coaches inherit. And after watching his introductory news conference ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky men’s basketball announced the “buy” games on its 2026-27 schedule last week. Dick Vitale was unimpressed.

“Five legit challenges” and “many cupcakes” is how the ESPN analyst characterized the overall UK non-league slate in a post on the social media platform X.

Wrote Vitale: “Cats fans and players ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Dallas Wings fans will be able to watch Azzi Fudd play basketball even after this WNBA season ends. The rookie announced that she’s joining Project B, a new women’s basketball league, set to start early next year.

Fudd explained why in an exclusive interview with Fortune’s Emma Hinchliffe, focusing on the ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Kiah Stokes let out a big laugh when she heard the question.

“They’re making us get our money’s worth for sure,” the Valkyries center said jokingly.

The WNBA’s decision to expand to a 50-game schedule starting next season is drawing that kind of reaction across the league: part excitement, part exhaustion just ...Read more

DENVER — Coban Porter is getting another chance on the court — one even he said he has to prove he deserves.

Porter, the former University of Denver player who killed Kathy Limon Rothman in a DUI crash in 2023, is returning to college basketball for MSU Denver this year. The university announced his addition to the Roadrunners’ roster on ...Read more

NEW YORK — This is no longer Broadway. It is the Canyon of Heroes. It is Champions Way, newly-erected orange and blue street signs saying as much litter the roughly mile-and-a-half-long stretch beginning adjacent to the intersection of West Thames and Little West before concluding at New York City Hall.

Droves on droves of fans flood the ...Read more

NEW YORK — First, there were keys — the ceremonial keys to the city that Mayor Mamdani gifted the Knicks for bringing home the franchise’s first championship in 53 years.

Then, there was Keys — Alicia Keys, whose spirited rendition of “Empire State of Mind” capped an epic day of reveling among generations of Knicks fans who never ...Read more

NEW YORK — Scores of Knicks fans were left on the sidelines Thursday after they were turned away from the packed-to-capacity ticker-tape parade hours before the celebration even kicked off.

Some fans scrambled up building construction scaffolding just to get a glimpse of the championship team.

The NYPD estimated that more than two million ...Read more

The Knicks’ championship parade through Lower Manhattan’s Canyon of Heroes is set for Thursday morning, but that’s hardly the only stop on their victory tour.

Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns and the rest of the Knicks have been living it up since defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday to end the ...Read more

DETROIT — This offseason will be the summer of Giannis Antetokounmpo. After spending his entire 13-year career with the Milwaukee Bucks, his departure appears inevitable this summer after nearly two years of countless trade rumors.

Antetokounmpo could be traded before the first round of the NBA Draft on Tuesday. But given the number of teams ...Read more

The WNBA continues to grow.

Citing demand that has never been greater, the WNBA plans to expand its regular season from 44 to 50 games next year.

“This move reflects our commitment to growing the game and creating more opportunities for fans to watch the best players in the world and experience the extraordinary talent and competition that ...Read more

NEW YORK — Alicia Keys will perform at City Hall to wind down the Knicks championship celebration on Thursday.

“How could I not?” Keys said in an Instagram chat with Knicks star OG Anunoby when asked if she’d attend the team’s parade. “This is my city and the city is on fire.”

ABC7 reports that the Hell’s Kitchen native will ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The question has lingered.

Would Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris have fired president Daryl Morey if the New York Knicks hadn’t rolled the Sixers?

Working big sporting events can be an exercise in frustration. The Olympics, the World Cup, the Super Bowl, the World Series are objects of spectacle and celebration for a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Well-heeled fans are shelling out big bucks to beat the crowds at Thursday’s ticker-tape parade celebrating the New York Knicks’ first NBA championship in 53 years.

New listings on Airtasker, an app that connects users with gig workers willing to take odd jobs and run errands, show offers of up to $100 for anyone willing to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Hank Azaria is bugged by what he sees as preferential treatment certain A-listers receive for Knicks’ game seats at Madison Square Garden, and in a recent interview he homed in on Taylor Swift as a prime example.

The Queens-born actor also implied he was sick of seeing the pop star at sporting events, decrying her presence at NFL...Read more

DETROIT — The president is leaving, the athletic director is leaving, the football coach has barely been around long enough to get his name on a parking spot. And understandably, the basketball coach is furious.

Of course Tom Izzo is much more than Michigan State’s basketball coach. He’s the face of the school, the emotional touchstone. ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is defending his decision to schedule the NBA champion Knicks ticker-tape parade for Thursday, even though NYC students will be taking their Regents exams.

The date, which was selected in partnership with a coalition that included the Knicks organization, the NYPD and other city agencies and ...Read more

CHICAGO — Change is nothing new for Tiago Splitter.

That was an important factor when the Chicago Bulls decided to hire the former Portland Trail Blazers interim coach to helm the franchise’s next era. After taking over a team in tumult last fall, Splitter spent this past NBA season proving he wouldn’t flounder in uncharted waters.

For ...Read more