[ad_1] The Atlanta Hawks (22-27) will try to extend their four-game winning streak when they host the Los Angeles Clippers (33-15) on Monday night. Atlanta opened February with a 129-120 win over Phoenix before getting past Golden State in overtime on Saturday. Los Angeles has won eight of its last nine games to move into third place in the Western …

[ad_1] Wisconsin basketball fell to No. 11 in the latest AP Poll. The Badgers had been up at No. 6 entering last week before a crushing loss at Nebraska and a narrow loss at home to No. 2 Purdue halted the team’s momentum. Still, the team remains well-positioned entering the final stretch of the season. It sits just 1.5 games …

[ad_1] The NBA starts off the week with a modest six-game slate Monday. However, the Lakers, Warriors and Mavericks are among the teams in action, so there will be no shortage of star power. Let’s highlight some of the best options to consider on Yahoo, as well as a few players to possibly avoid. GUARDS James Harden, LAC at ATL …

[ad_1] Alabama basketball has managed to string together a handful of impressive in-conference wins after starting the 2023-2024 season a bit slow. The team has taken down some quality teams in a dominating fashion and managed to win some narrow contests against programs near the top. Next up for the Crimson Tide is a short road trip to the eastern …

[ad_1] USA TODAY Sports The Los Angeles Lakers are scuttling into the trade deadline with a 26-25 record through 51 games, and they recently got a bit of bad injury news that is going to make things even harder. Forward Jarred Vanderbilt will miss multiple weeks with a right foot sprain. He’ll be reevaluated in 3-4 weeks, the Lakers say, after …

[ad_1] MANHATTAN — Kansas State’s basketball team will try to end a four-game losing streak on Monday night when No. 4-ranked Kansas visits Bramlage Coliseum for the first chapter of the 2024 Sunflower Showdown Series. With a 75-72 loss at Oklahoma State on Saturday, K-State fell to 14-8 overall and 4-5 in the Big 12. Kansas (18-4, 6-3) is coming …

[ad_1] Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt has a midfoot sprain, the Lakers announced Monday, and will be reevaluated in 3-4 weeks. (Michael Wyke / Associated Press) Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt will be out at least three to four more weeks after the team announced Monday that he has a sprain in the middle of his right foot. Vanderbilt, who usually defends …

[ad_1] Caitlin Clark and Iowa climbed back to No. 2 in The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball poll as the star guard moved within striking distance of the NCAA career scoring record. It’s the second time in a few weeks that the Hawkeyes have been second in the poll, a spot that hasn’t been kind to teams the past …

[ad_1] Will Dejounte Murray be on the move? (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) The NBA trade deadline is 3 p.m. ET Thursday. And even though the market appears quiet on that front for now, things can change at a moment’s notice as certain teams weigh their long-term hopes with a desire to pursue the play-in tournament or add reinforcements …

[ad_1] Reigning national champion Connecticut, Purdue and North Carolina remained atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third consecutive week, while South Carolina cracked the rankings for the first time in nearly seven years. The Huskies earned 45 of 61 first-place votes to remain at No. 1 for the fourth straight week in the poll, …

[ad_1] USATSI The 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend is fast approaching, with all the festivities set for Feb. 16-18 in Indianapolis. As usual, the action will begin with the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday, followed by the Skills Challenge, 3-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest on All-Star Saturday Night, before the 2024 All-Star Game closes the show on Sunday.  As the …

[ad_1] Memphis basketball snapping its four-game losing streak on Saturday might have been good for the soul. But it didn’t do much for the Tigers’ March Madness outlook. While Penny Hardaway’s team defeated Wichita State at home 65-63 last week, many bracketologists agree that it is still on the wrong side of the NCAA tournament bubble. As the Tigers get set …

[ad_1] The league-wide buzz heading into the 2024 NBA Trade Deadline — Thursday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. Eastern — is not to expect any big names to be on the move. There will be role players changing teams and some trades to shed salary, but with James Harden, Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby already traded, the vibe is there …

[ad_1] We had a rare treat last weekend. For the first time ever, there were four games between teams ranked in the AP top 10. Of course, many of those teams are also near the top of my bracket as well and there were some minor changes because of the results. The thing about games like this is that the …

[ad_1] Bulls’ Nikola Vučević on trade deadline: ‘We have enough’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich Zach LaVine has been traded before. So has DeMar DeRozan. And next month marks the three-year anniversary of when Nikola Vučević’s world got turned upside down in Artūras Karnišovas’ first big personnel move as the Chicago Bulls’ …

[ad_1] How many sports can produce headlines that include Morgan Freeman getting smacked and a student manager earning national headlines all in the span of a week? It has to be just one, right? Oh, college hoops, how we love you! The sport delivered a batch of (mostly) good news across the landscape this week that included unpredictable but nonetheless …

[ad_1] Should Celtics seek guard help at deadline? Five names to consider originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It’s NBA trade deadline week and the rumor mill is about to kick into overdrive. A friendly reminder that most trades throughout the Danny Ainge/Brad Stevens era have come out of left field — as Marcus Smart emphasized on Sunday — so …

[ad_1] NORMAN — The OU men’s basketball team dropped out of the latest AP and coaches polls, which were released on Monday. OU (16-6, 4-5 Big 12) began last week with a 73-53 road win over Kansas State on Tuesday. It then suffered a 74-63 road loss to UCF on Saturday. Next up for OU is a home game against BYU …

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[ad_1] USATSI Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu have established themselves as two of the top shooters in the sport, and fans will get to see who is the better shooter. During this month’s NBA All-Star weekend, Curry and Ionescu will compete in a three-point shootout on Saturday night between the Three-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest. Over the weekend, Kevin …

[ad_1] It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Oklahoma Sooners. They’re 1-3 in their last four and 3-5 in their last eight games. Their most recent loss was an 11-point loss to UCF. Winning on the road in the Big 12 has been tough, but the Sooners have also struggled to hold serve on their home floor. They’re …

[ad_1] Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren will headline the Panini Rising Stars game in Indianapolis during All-Star Weekend. The two frontrunners for the top rookie honor have already squared off twice this season and it’s a competitive budding rivalry that fans can expect to enjoy for years to come. Two newcomers enter the top 10 after putting up impressive numbers …

[ad_1] Big Ten men’s basketball action on Peacock is in full swing with a Tuesday night doubleheader. The Indiana Hoosiers pay a visit to the Ohio State Buckeyes at 7 p.m. EST (coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. EST) before the night concludes with a Midwest clash between Michigan State and Minnesota. Mike Woodson’s Hoosiers aim to move past Saturday’s stunning …

[ad_1] Stephen Curry became the sixth different player this season to score at least 60 points when he had exactly 60 in a 141-134 overtime loss to the Hawks on Saturday. This will be Curry’s first game since joining Kobe Bryant as the only two players to score at least 60 points in a game at age 35 or older. …

[ad_1] Don’t look now but Michigan State basketball has won five of their last six games, with an opportunity to go to Minnesota tomorrow night and play a Golden Gophers team that has been playing much better ball since their loss to the Spartans on Jan. 18. Before the game, Tom Izzo addressed the media for his weekly Monday presser. …