Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points on 15-of-19 shooting and the Los Angeles Clippers evened their first-round playoff series against the Nuggets with a 105-102 win in Denver on Monday night. Christian Braun was long on a 3-pointer with 6 seconds left, and Nikola Jokic, who recorded his 19th career playoff triple-double, grabbed the rebound but…
Cade Cunningham had 33 points and 12 rebounds, Dennis Schroder made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 55 seconds left, and the Detroit Pistons snapped their NBA-record, 15-game postseason losing streak by beating the New York Knicks 100-94 on Monday night in Game 2 of their playoff series. The Pistons, who hadn’t even been to the postseason…
Milwaukee’s Damian Lillard is listed as questionable for Game 2 of the Bucks’ first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday, another step forward for the seven-time All-NBA guard after missing the past month. The Bucks had announced Thursday that Lillard was off blood-thinning medication and cleared for full basketball activity after dealing with…
Walker Buehler wasn’t taking any chances with the early start. Instead of getting up and figuring out what roads may have been closed along the Boston Marathon route, he took his family to a nearby hotel to get ready for his Monday morning start. “I stayed at a hotel last night, just so that I…
The 2025 NBA Draft is set for June 25th, but we’ll find out which franchise will have the fortune of picking first on May 12th during the NBA Draft Lottery. The lottery is an annual event in which the 14 teams who missed the NBA playoffs receive a number of bingo balls based on their…
The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer. The nine proposals passed by the NCAA board were largely expected but still mark a defining day in the history of college sports….
The NHL playoffs are here, as the Florida Panthers look to defend their Stanley Cup title. Can Connor McDavid and the Oilers overcome Florida this season? Will we have a new champion for the fifth time in five years? Let’s check out the Stanley Cup champion odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of April 21, as…
John Fanta College Basketball Broadcaster and Reporter Rick Pitino has reeled in one of the biggest fish left in college basketball’s transfer portal sea. North Carolina guard Ian Jackson has announced his commitment to St. John’s. The 6-foot-4 star out of Our Saviour Lutheran School in the Bronx has elected for a homecoming after his…
You can bet on almost anything come NFL Draft time — including exactly how the draft will go. The consensus is Miami’s Cam Ward will go No. 1 to Tennessee. But what about after that? Who will go second? Third? Fourth and fifth? Let’s check out the odds for exactly how the top five will…
New York Jets general manager Darren Mougey said Monday the team will exercise the fifth-year contract options for cornerback Sauce Gardner, wide receiver Garrett Wilson and edge rusher Jermaine Johnson. Gardner, Wilson and Johnson are considered foundation-type players for the new-look Jets, who have a new GM in Mougey and head coach in Aaron Glenn….
