PHILADELPHIA — Through the first four games of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics, one thing has held true. When James Harden has played well, the Sixers have walked away with wins, and when he hasn’t, they haven’t.  In the first game of the series without NBA MVP Joel Embiid, Harden tied a playoff career …

DENVER – Nuggets center Nikola Jokic won’t be suspended after drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the first half of Phoenix’s Game 4 home win Sunday for shoving Suns team owner Mat Ishbia, but the NBA fined him $25,000, the league announced Monday afternoon. The fine was for “making improper conduct with a spectator.” NBA officials confirmed to The Republic …

Despite the exciting finish in Game 4 between the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns Sunday, the headline of the night was an altercation that took place between Nikola Jokic and Suns owner Mat Ishbia. Jokic ended up shoving Ishbia while trying to retrieve a ball that the Suns owner was holding onto and was assessed a technical foul for the …

Hosts on the Bill Cunningham Show were laughing hysterically as Bob Huggins called Xavier fans an anti-gay slur on Monday afternoon. (AP/Charlie Riedel) Longtime West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins apologized Monday afternoon after he used an anti-gay slur during an appearance on a Cincinnati sports radio show. Huggins, in a statement released through the school, said he used “a …

How to watch Game 4 of Warriors-Lakers series originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Golden State has already rallied from a two-game series deficit once this postseason, but they’ll need to prevent a similar disparity on Monday in a pivotal Game 4 clash against Los Angeles. After dropping Game 1 to the Lakers, the Warriors responded like champions and demolished …

The 12-team men’s field is set for the inaugural National Golf Invitational, a new postseason collegiate event scheduled May 18-21 at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Arizona. Presented in partnership with Golfweek, the 2023 Men’s National Golf Invitational will feature 12 college teams competing in a 54-hole stroke-play tournament. The teams in the field are: Arkansas State, Ball …

As the Philadelphia 76ers were in the process of trying to make sure they get the right pieces in return for a Ben Simmons trade, it was obvious that their focus was on James Harden. President Daryl Morey waited patiently for the right moment to strike at the 2022 deadline as Harden became available from the Brooklyn Nets. The Sixers …

The North Carolina Tar Heels had a weekend off from Atlantic Coast Conference play and instead played two non-conference games in the week. UNC split those games despite having a lead in Tuesday’s loss to Campbell before rallying to get a big win on Wednesday. With the 1-1 week, UNC will have to win some series with just two weeks …

Through three games in last year’s Finals, the Boston Celtics looked like a better team than the Warriors. They led the series 2-1 after a sort of “feel out” win in Game 1 and a dominant showing in Game 3, with Golden State’s decisive Game 2 victory sandwiched between.  This Lakers series has gone pretty much identically. Game 1, which …

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins twice used a homophobic slur in a radio interview Monday when asked about whether he had recruited — and tried to poach — Xavier players out of the transfer portal. Huggins was being interviewed on Cincinnati radio station WLW 700-AM when hosts Bill Cunningham and Steve Moeller asked if Xavier players had popped on his …

In the immediate aftermath of the Boston Celtics’ 116-115 loss in Game 4 of their second-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, coach Joe Mazzulla did not express much regret about the final possession, which ended with the ball in Marcus Smart’s hands as time expired.  No, the Celtics did not get a shot off, but “that was the …

1 Kansas This ranking is based on the Jayhawks returning two starters – Dajuan Harris and K.J. Adams – from a team that won the Big 12 regular-season title before securing a No. 1 seed in the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Bill Self has reshaped the roster with a top-10 recruiting class highlighted by former Michigan All-American Hunter Dickinson, former Towson …

The Philadelphia 76ers are still alive as they were able to overcome the Boston Celtics in Game 4 on Sunday. James Harden delivered another virtuoso performance as he had 42 points on 16-for-23 shooting and he was able to help the Sixers avoid a collapse. With the series now shifting back to TD Garden for Game 5, this is a …

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Pacers Sports & Entertainment and the city of Noblesville announced Monday that the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Pacers’ G-League affiliate, will move to Noblesville, which will build a 3,400 seat, 85,000-square-foot arena on the city’s east side for the team. The city hopes the arena will be built for the 2024-25 season, and the Pacers say the Mad Ants …

The Los Angeles Lakers may have won Game 1 of their second-round series against the Golden State Warriors, but in the process, they might have picked up an even bigger victory. Coaching can make or break a series this close, and by winning Game 1, the Lakers put the Warriors on the defensive. Suddenly, Game 2 was a must-win game …

Hall of Fame Boston Celtics shooting guard Ray Allen added to his considerable list of lifetime achievements this week, but it had only a tenuous connection to the basketball career he has built over the last three decades as a player for the Connecticut Huskies, and in the NBA afterward. The champion Celtics wing earned his bachelor’s degree in general …

Getty Images The LSU women’s basketball team is set to officially visit the White House on May 26, the program announced Monday. The Tigers won LSU’s first ever basketball national title — men’s or women’s — in Kim Mulkey’s second year as the head coach in April. Angel Reese and her teammates will become the fourth LSU athletic team to …

The debate over whether Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla should have called a timeout at the end of Game 4 vs. the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday is a contentious one, but the man at the center of it admitted that he ought to have called a timeout during media availability on Monday. “I trust our guys to make the …

CAMDEN, N.J.–The Philadelphia 76ers convened for a film session on Monday before heading back up to the TD Garden for Game 5 against the Boston Celtics. They are heading back to Boston with a 2-2 series after they picked up a thrilling Game 4 win on Sunday afternoon. Joel Embiid had himself a huge day going for 34 points and …

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The 2022 NBA Draft class was filled with talent, ranging from future All-Stars to high-quality starters and role players. Over the course of the season, we saw Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray break the rookie 3-point record. We also saw Utah Jazz big man Walker Kessler record the most blocks by a rookie since Pau Gasol in 2002. With a …

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, plan to welcome the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball champions to the White House on Friday, May 26. The University of Connecticut Huskies men’s team beat San Diego State 76-59 in April to secure its fifth national title. The Louisiana State University Tigers women’s team won its first championship by beating …

One year after the Rockets saw 2021 first-round pick Jalen Green receive All-Rookie First Team honors, Houston can enjoy a further endorsement of its young talent after having its two 2022 first-round selections named to the 2022-23 All-Rookie Second Team. In Monday’s announcement from the NBA, rookie forwards Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason were each voted to the second …

BATON ROUGE – The 2022-23 season was not the kind of debut year LSU basketball coach Matt McMahon had in mind. The Tigers finished this season with just two wins during conference play and a 14-19 overall record. At one point, they had lost 14 games in a row as their offense consistently sputtered and their defense wasn’t much better. …