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Ex-Santa Clara star Williams will need surgery for broken leg, dislocated ankle
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By TIM REYNOLDS Oklahoma City guard Jalen Williams will need surgery to repair a broken left fibula and dislocated left ankle, the latest significant blow to a Thunder franchise that has dealt with a number of injury-related issues in recent seasons.
Picking the NCAA women's bracket: UConn beats Texas for another national championship
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Matthew Tkachuk and Auston Matthews celebrate US hockey gold with ceremonial puck drop
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk grabbed an American flag, skated down the ice and presented a game puck to 101-year-old U.S. Army Air Corps veteran Jim Sileno. That's how the Florida Panthers capped an Olympic gold medal celebration. kAm%<249F< — A2CE @7 E96 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^FD2\42?252\D4@C6\@=J>A:4D\`bchd2f55_5352h5ee_cfhaab5begh2gQm&]$] E62> E92E 362E r2?252 E@ H:? 8@=5k^2m 2E E96 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^9F3^>:=2?\4@CE:?2\a_ae\H:?E6C\@=J>A:4DQm|:=2?
The NBA trade deadline is less than a week away. And all eyes are on Giannis and the Bucks
As the NBA trade deadline loomed last year, a star player reacted to the blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks by saying the following: kAmQxEVD 2 3FD:?6DD] *@F 92G6 E@ F?56CDE2?5 E9:D] }@3@5JVD D276] }@3@5JVD D276]Qk^Am kAm%96 A=2J6C H9@ D2:5 E9@D6 H@C5Di |:=H2F<66VD v:2??:D p?E6E@<@F?>A@]k^Am Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, right, and Denver Nuggets' Zeke Nnaji battle for a loose ball during the second half of an...
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama set to return for NBA Cup semifinals vs. Thunder after 12-game absence
by: TIM REYNOLDS, Associated Press Posted: Dec 12, 2025 / 02:28 PM CST Updated: Dec 12, 2025 / 02:28 PM CST LAS VEGAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama is planning to play in the NBA Cup semifinals, when he and the San Antonio Spurs take on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday night. The Spurs’ star center has missed his team’s last 12 games with a strained left calf. He’s listed as probable for the game against the Thunder.
The NBA hoped to begin its season on a strong note. Now it faces a gambling scandal
MIAMI — As a new NBA season opened this week, coach Rick Carlisle and the Indiana Pacers received their annual briefing on the do's and don'ts of gambling. kAmq6EE:?8 :? 42D:?@D :D 86?6C2==J 2==@H65] q6EE:?8 @? @E96C DA@CED[ AC@G:565 :E :D =682=[ :D 2=D@ 2==@H65]k^Am kAmq6EE:?8 @? }qp 32D<6E32== :D ?@E]k^Am kAmu@C G6E6C2?D @7 E96 DA@CE[ :EVD E96 EJA6 @7 EC2:?:?8 E92E 42?
Heat’s Rozier, Trail Blazers' Billups among dozens arrested in gambling probe
NEW YORK — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier are among more than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by Mafia, authorities said on Thursday. kAm#@K:6C :D 244FD65 :? A2CE:4:A2E:?8 :? 2? :==682= DA@CED 36EE:?8 D496>6 FD:?8 AC:G2E6 :?D:56C }qp :?7@C>2E:@?[ @77:4:2=D D2:5] q:==FAD :D 492C865 :?
Michael Jordan is going to be part of NBC's NBA coverage. His reason: to give back to the game
Michael Jordan made his debut as a special contributor to NBC Sports' return to NBA broadcasting on Tuesday night, saying he's doing so as a way to give back to basketball. kAmy@C52?[ DA62<:?8 E@ }qr A=2J\3J\A=2J G@:46 |:<6 %:C:4@ :? E96 7:CDE :?DE2==>6?E @7 2 D6C:6D E96 ?6EH@C< :D 42==:?8 Q|yi x?D:89ED E@ tI46==6?46[Q D2:5 96 >2<6D 2 4@?D4:@FD 564:D:@? E@ AC:@C:E:K6 E:>6 H:E9 72>:=J @G6C 36:?8 D66? >@C6 :?
NBA PREVIEW
The defending NBA champions aren't thinking of themselves in that way. kAm%96 g_E9 D62D@? @7 E96 }qp DE2CED %F6D52J ?:89E :? ~<=29@>2 r:EJ[ H96C6 E96 %9F?56C — E96 Q5676?5:?8Q 492>A:@?[ 6G6? E9@F89 E96J 5@?VE D66> E@ =:<6 E96 E6C> — H:== 86E E96:C C:?8D 2?5 6?;@J @?6 7:?2= >@>6?E @7 46=63C2E:?8 =2DE D62D@?VD D6G6?\82>6 EC:F>A9 @G6C E96 x?5:2?2 !246CD :? E96 }qp u:?2=D]k^Am kAmQtG6CJ3@5J :D D2J:?8 V5676?5:?8[VQ 8F2C5 y2=6? (:==:2>D D2:5[ Q3FE H6VC6 ECJ:?8 E@ 36 @?
LeBron James, Chris Paul and Kyle Lowry enter season as the NBA's largest 20-year club
LeBron James' beard has quite a bit of gray in it these days. Chris Paul has been hearing questions for years about how much longer he wants to play. Kyle Lowry already has his retirement job lined up, for whenever that day comes. kAm|66E E96 }qpVD 4FCC6?E a_\J62C 4=F3] xEVD 3:886C E92? 6G6C 367@C6]k^Am kAm%96C6 2C6 ?@ A=2J6CD 4FCC6?E=J :? E96 =628F6 — 2?5 G6CJ 76H :? E96 =628F6VD g_\D62D@? 9:DE@CJ — H:E9 >@C6 D6?:@C:EJ E92?
NBA NOTES
Erik Spoelstra was 13 the last time the Olympics were held in Los Angeles, and he remembers what it was like watching those games on television. He'll have a better view in 2028. USA Basketball made it official on Tuesday, announcing that Spoelstra, the longtime coach of the Miami Heat, has been confirmed by its board of directors as the coach of the men's team for the 2027 World Cup in Qatar and the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
It's called automated officiating. The NBA is utilizing it to get even more calls right
The play, in real time to the naked eye, might have looked very close to a violation. LeBron James leaped, got his right hand on the ball with a few tenths of the game's final second remaining and tapped it through the basket to give the Los Angeles Lakers a buzzer-beating win last season. Referees on the floor called it correctly. Video replay backed up their call, and the Lakers got a victory over the Indiana Pacers. Turns out, it wasn't close at all.
Injuries are a talking point at NBA media days
Victor Wembanyama is back. Kyrie Irving and Jayson Tatum might be coming back. Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard don't plan to play again until next season. Injuries are already big NBA news this season, even before most camps even open. Wembanyama, San Antonio's All-Star center, is back and raring to go after being cleared this summer following a scare caused by deep vein thrombosis in one of his shoulders — which, at first, was considered a potentially career-threatening issue.
Panthers face daunting task of Stanley Cup 3-peat without captain Barkov
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Images of Aleksander Barkov hoisting the Stanley Cup are scattered all over the Florida Panthers' team facility. It's the ultimate reminder of the last two championship seasons: the team captain being the first one to lift hockey's chalice. Now, the Panthers face perhaps the ultimate challenge: Doing it again — without Barkov.
World Cup tickets initially to cost $60-$6,730 but could fluctuate with dynamic pricing
MIAMI — Ticket prices for next year’s World Cup will range initially from $60 for group-stage matches to $6,730 for the final, but could change as soccer’s top event adopts dynamic pricing for the first time. The prices are up from a range of $25 to $475 for the 1994 tournament in the United States and for the U.S. dollar equivalent $69 to $1,607 when ticket details were announced for the 2022 tournament in Qatar.
Florida Panthers set their own path to a 2nd consecutive Stanley Cup
The best team in hockey, again, was a team that did things totally its own way. The Florida Panthers went to Finland early in the season and wore their gifts from that trip — plush robes, a nod to the sauna culture there — to the next few games instead of suits and didn't care how ridiculous that looked. They blared Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al" in the locker room after wins for reasons that nobody fully understood.
NBA Finals, even through two games, shift to Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS — The Oklahoma City Thunder showed their bounce-back capability in Game 2. The Indiana Pacers know they better do the same in Game 3. The NBA Finals resume Wednesday night with the series tied at a game apiece, the matchup shifting to Indianapolis for Game 3 and what will be the first finals game in that city in 25 years. And the Pacers know it's on them to respond after Game 2 wasn't much of a contest.
O Canada: Finals duel between SGA, Nembhard getting attention
OKLAHOMA CITY — The NBA Finals. East vs. West. Indiana vs. Oklahoma City. Canada vs. ... Canada? It sure seemed like it at times in Game 1 of the series, anyway — and odds are, there will be more of those moments throughout the rest of this matchup between the Pacers and Thunder. There are four Canadians in the series, and two of them — NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for the Thunder and Andrew Nembhard for the Pacers — went head-to-head plenty in Game 1.
Fueled by doubters, Pacers and Thunder have shot at last laugh
OKLAHOMA CITY — In these NBA Finals, a team is four wins away from getting the last laugh. Ask anyone on the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers if they're still fueled by doubters, and the answer is probably going to be an immediate "yes." Thunder star and NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander went 11th in his draft. Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton went 12th in his. Both sides have undrafted players in their rotation. Here they are: The NBA Finals, which start Thursday night in Oklahoma City.
Timberwolves prepare for what they know will be a battle with Golden State
Anthony Edwards meets his Olympic coach. Jimmy Butler returns to Minnesota. The Wolves try to get to the Western Conference Finals for a second straight year. Hall of Famer Steph Curry tries to conjure more postseason magic. Can Rudy and Draymond get along? Or at least try not to choke each other? The Timberwolves enter round two of the NBA playoffs starting Tuesday night against the Golden State Warriors.
Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard and Sue Bird highlight Basketball Hall of Fame class
Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that’s headed to the Hall as well, even before their playing careers end.
Luge officials predict 2026 Olympic sliding races to stay in Italy
Next year's Olympic sliding races will be in Italy after all, international luge officials predicted Saturday in another ringing endorsement of the newly rebuilt track in Cortina d'Ampezzo. The International Luge Federation followed its bobsled and skeleton counterpart in declaring the testing of the track that Italy hopes to use at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics a success.
Lakers, LeBron reveling in revived title hopes
The game hasn't gotten easy for the Los Angeles Lakers since the trade deadline. It just looks that way. Consider this moment from Sunday night's win over the Clippers: Jaxson Hayes got a defensive rebound, handed the ball to Luka Doncic, who took one step forward and fired a 75-foot two-hand chest pass downcourt to LeBron James — who caught it in stride and capped the play with an easy layup. Touchdown, Lakers.
No. 2 Duke rolls past Miami 97-60, gets 25th win of the season
TIM REYNOLDS February 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM·2 min read CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Kon Knueppel scored 20 points, Cooper Flagg and Isaiah Evans each added 16 and No. 2 Duke rolled past Miami 97-60 on Tuesday night. Flagg, the likely No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, added six assists and five rebounds for the Blue Devils (25-3, 16-1 Atlantic Coast Conference). Duke led by 15 at the half, and Knueppel scored eight points in a 16-2 burst by the Blue Devils early in the second half to push the lead to 65-36.
The ties between soccer and the NBA are real, and they're still growing
PARIS — San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama stood outside in the rain on a cold Paris night. He wore a parka, a hooded sweatshirt, jeans and sneakers. And then he spent a few seconds showing off his skills. A basketball was not involved. Wembanyama — like so many others in the NBA — is obsessed with soccer. He was one of the star attractions at a Champions League match between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City earlier this week.
The Pistons - yes, the Pistons - are emerging as a serious NBA surprise story
They lead the NBA in wins so far in January. They'll have a winning record at the midpoint of the season. They've won five of their last six games at home, and they've also won five of their last six games on the road. And chances are, you wouldn't guess which team fits that billing. It's the Detroit Pistons. Yes, the Pistons. Doormats and punchlines no more, the Pistons are adding themselves to the list of great surprises in the NBA this season.
Notre Dame, Ohio State in uncharted territory: A 16-game seasons for the 1st time
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The year was 1894. Yale put together a football schedule that was daunting: Games on Wednesdays and Saturdays, basically every week from late September to late November, 16 contests in all. No major college football team — what we now call the FBS level — had a 16-game season since. Until now. Welcome to yet another new part of this rapidly changing college football world. Seasons, at least for some teams, will be longer than ever.
The long road for Al Golden: He's back in Miami, trying to bring Notre Dame a CFP title shot
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Choose your Al Golden storyline for Thursday's Orange Bowl. He'll be coaching against Penn State, his alma mater and the school where he was a captain. He'll be coaching again at Hard Rock Stadium, where Miami fans booed him off the field in his final game leading the Hurricanes. He insists neither of those details matter. Deep down, he's probably not telling the whole truth.
Las Vegas' NBA expansion decision seems inevitable
LAS VEGAS — Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers has heard and seen enough. He's convinced there will be an NBA team in Las Vegas. "Yeah, they're going to get it," Rivers said. It's no secret that when NBA expansion happens — nobody has revealed exactly when that will be — Las Vegas will be at the front of the list of candidate cities to get one of what will probably be two new clubs, pushing the league to 32 franchises.
Messi and Inter Miami to open Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly
MIAMI — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami now know their path for next year's Club World Cup. The host team — invited by FIFA to compete despite criticism from many in the soccer world — will play the tournament's first match on June 15 against Egyptian club Al Ahly, as part of a group that will also feature Palmeiras and Porto. Other opening matches include Paris Saint-Germain vs.
For the 8 remaining unbeatens atop college football, a November to remember may await
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — None of the last eight unbeaten teams in major college football this season were unbeaten going into November last year. Or the year before that. Or the year before that. Or in the decades before that, in some cases. The last eight unbeatens: No. 1 Oregon (8-0), No. 3 Penn State (7-0), No. 5 Miami (8-0), No. 9 BYU (8-0), No. 11 Iowa State (7-0), No. 13 Indiana (8-0), No. 18 Pitt (7-0) and No. 21 Army (7-0).
MARCHING ON
PARIS — There was a moment where Brazil might have thought it had a chance. It trailed the U.S. by only eight midway through the second quarter. A big deficit had turned into something rather manageable. The moment was short-lived. A 21-2 run turned things into their predictable blowout state and for the 20th time in 20 Olympic appearances, the U.S. will play for a medal.
MARCHING ON
PARIS — All the favored teams in the first three men's basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics had problems. Canada lost to France. Serbia erased a 24-point deficit to beat Australia. Germany had to shake off a double-digit deficit before beating Greece. So, going into the fourth and final game of the night, the U.S. knew what it had to do. "We wanted to come out and make sure we were the aggressor," U.S. coach Steve Kerr. They made it look easy, too.
MARCHING ON
PARIS — All the favored teams in the first three men's basketball quarterfinals at the Paris Olympics had problems. Canada lost to France. Serbia erased a 24-point deficit to beat Australia. Germany had to shake off a double-digit deficit before beating Greece. So, going into the fourth and final game of the night, the U.S. knew what it had to do. "We wanted to come out and make sure we were the aggressor," U.S. coach Steve Kerr. They made it look easy, too.
U.S. men roll into basketball quarterfinals
Halfway to its goal of gold, the U.S. has the No. 1 seed going into the medal round at the Paris Olympics. And now the real games start. Anthony Edwards scored 26 points, six players reached double figures for the U.S. and the Americans wrapped up the top spot coming out of group play by rolling past Puerto Rico 104-83 on Saturday. The Americans — 3-0 in these Olympics, 8-0 so far this summer — will see Brazil in the win-or-go-home quarterfinals in Paris on Tuesday.
Copa America final adds to long list of major events at Dolphins' Hard Rock Stadium
This weekend, Lionel Messi will play before a sellout crowd at Hard Rock Stadium. A few months ago, Max Verstappen, Coco Gauff and Carlos Alcaraz competed there. In a few months, Taylor Swift arrives for a series of shows. Say this for the home of the Miami Dolphins: There's a lot more than football happening there.
Kevin Durant has calf strain; USA Basketball considers him day-to-day at Olympic camp
Kevin Durant is dealing with calf soreness that has kept him from being a full participant in USA Basketball’s training camp for the Paris Olympics, though he has assured team officials that he does not expect the issue to be a major one. “Day-to-day,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said.
Panthers win their first Stanley Cup, beating Oilers 2-1 in Game 7
There was no collapse. The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions for the first time, and they took about the hardest path possible to the title. Sam Reinhart and Carter Verhaeghe scored goals, Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves and the Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Monday night in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final. It was the third title-round appearance in Florida's 30-year history; it was swept in 1996 by Colorado and routed 4-1 by Vegas last season.
Mavericks avoid sweep, beat Celtics by 38 points; Game 5 is Monday in Boston
Luka Doncic scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half, Kyrie Irving added 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks emphatically extended their season on Friday night, fending off elimination by beating the Boston Celtics 122-84 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The Mavs' stars were done by the end of the third quarter, with good reason. It was all Dallas from the outset, the Mavs leading by 13 after one quarter, 26 at the half and by as many as 38 in the third before both sides emptied the benches.
Mavericks roll past Celtics 122-84 to avoid sweep in NBA Finals
Luka Doncic scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half, Kyrie Irving added 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks emphatically extended their season on Friday night, fending off elimination by beating the Boston Celtics 122-84 in Game 4 of the NBA Finals. The Mavs' stars were done by the end of the third quarter, with good reason. It was all Dallas from the outset, the Mavs leading by 13 after one quarter, 26 at the half and by as many as 38 in the third before both sides emptied the benches.
Panthers now 2 wins from Stanley Cup, after beating Oilers 4-1 for 2-0 lead
Edmonton's Leon Draisaitl knocked Florida's Aleksander Barkov out of the game. The Panthers made sure they responded by landing the bigger blow. And the Stanley Cup Final took a heated turn Monday night. Evan Rodrigues had a pair of third-period goals, Niko Mikkola and Aaron Ekblad also scored and the Panthers used yet another airtight finishing kick to pull away and beat the Oilers 4-1 for a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final.
Analysis: Why Florida Panthers will win Stanley Cup Final
The Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third time. The first two, well, didn't go as planned. Swept by Colorado in 1996. Beaten in five games by Vegas last year. This trip feels different. The Panthers are a different team than they were a year ago; certainly healthier, certainly better for the experience of getting to the final and falling short.
The matchup is set: Panthers, Oilers will meet in Stanley Cup Final
SUNRISE, Fla. — Matthew Tkachuk is about to renew some acquaintances. Connor McDavid is going back to where his NHL career started. kAm%96 $E2?=6J rFA u:?2= >2E49FA :D D6Ei %96 u=@C:52 !2?E96CD[ 324< :? E96 E:E=6 C@F?5 7@C E96 D64@?5 4@?D64FE:G6 J62C 2?5 D66<:?8 E96:C 7:CDE 492>A:@?D9:A[ H:== E2<6 @? E96 t5>@?E@? ~:=6CD — 2 E62> =@@<:?8 E@ C6EFC? E@ 9@4<6J’D >@F?E2:?E@A 7@C E96 7:CDE E:>6 D:?46 `hh_]k^Am kAmt5>@?E@? HC2AA65 FA E96 (6DE6C? r@?76C6?46 @?
The matchup is set: Panthers, Oilers will meet in Stanley Cup Final
Matthew Tkachuk is about to renew some acquaintances. Connor McDavid is going back to where his NHL career started. The Stanley Cup Final matchup is set: The Florida Panthers, back in the title round for the second consecutive year and seeking their first championship, will take on the Edmonton Oilers — a team looking to return to hockey’s mountaintop for the first time since 1990.
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