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Jalen Smith is re-signing with the Pacers after the Suns declined his third-year rookie-scale team option. Per multiple sources, the forward agreed to a three-year, $15.1 million deal. And along with a 10% trade kicker, this contract includes a player option for the 2024-25 season. On Feb. 10, the Suns traded the forward and a
For the first time in a while, Terri Jackson, the executive director of the W.N.B.A. players’ union, felt hopeful about Brittney Griner. Griner’s wife, Cherelle Griner, had spoken on the phone with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday morning. That evening, Jackson attended a rally to support Brittney Griner at the Footprint
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In a landmark court ruling (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization), the Supreme Court removed constitutional protections for those seeking an abortion. For nearly a half-century seeking an abortion was legal nationwide. In recent years, states sought to place severe limits and, in some cases, outright bans, on the medical procedure, including Texas, the site
Following the snapping of their four-game winning streak last Friday, the Connecticut Sun enjoyed some well deserved time off before retaking the court on Wednesday. And they — immediately and authoritatively — got back to their winning ways. After blowing out the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday and putting away the Seattle Storm on Friday, the
A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) and Breanna Stewart (Seattle Storm) lead the voting after the first round of fan returns for the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game. This season the annual event takes place Sunday, July 10, in Chicago at Wintrust Arena, the home of the defending league champion Chicago Sky. The game will be televised
It was a tough night for Warriors big man Draymond Green in Wednesday’s 116-100 Game 3 loss to the Celtics. After fouling out of the game with just two points in 35 minutes, Green was asked about whether or not he’s “conscious” of what he says on his podcast and the possibility that he’s giving
SAN FRANCISCO — A peek at Golden State’s practice Saturday wouldn’t have suggested that the Warriors are trailing the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. Stephen Curry was making most of his shots, as usual. Klay Thompson was bobbing his head in time with the music in between his own shot attempts. Draymond Green was
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Photo: Darron Cummings/Associated Press Former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, to put it mildly, did not favor the appointment of Doc Rivers as the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Recently he revealed that he told the Sixers general manager Elton Brand not to hire Rivers who led the Celtics to a championship in 2008. Arenas
The celebration began with about a minute and a half left in the game. Golden State took its starters out so the crowd could shower them with love. Curry sat on the bench looking almost like he couldn’t believe it, then the buzzer sounded and he jumped up and down waving a towel in the
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Heat guard Jimmy Butler celebrated his team’s series-ending victory over the 76ers in Game 6 of the conference semifinals by trashing Tobias Harris. The 11th-year veteran did not hold back. As Butler walked into the locker room, the guard was filmed yelling, “Tobias Harris over me?!” And his expletive-filled rant in the video refers to
Chris Paul collected more total fouls and turnovers than points in Games 3 and 4. • Suns vs. Mavericks: Complete series coverage The Phoenix Suns call themselves a “paint-to-great” team, but in Games 3 and 4 of this best-of-seven Western Conference semifinals series, the Dallas Mavericks kept stealing away the former. Well, great. Still, the positive
Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Ja Morant scored career-high 47 points as he led the Grizzlies past the Warriors in Game 2 of the second round of the playoffs. The 22-year-old point guard revealed the message that Steph Curry gave him after Game 1, saying he was able to return it after Memphis tied the
After an ejection during Sunday’s Game 1 of the Warriors-Grizzlies series, Draymond Green is trying to set the record straight. In an “emergency” episode of “The Draymond Green Show” live from his hotel room in Memphis, Green discussed the nature of his ejection and why he believes that it was only called because of his
During last year’s offseason, the Brooklyn Nets were the No. 1 favorite to win the Eastern Conference for the 2021-22 NBA season — even before trading for Ben Simmons. The majority of NBA analysts were riding the sportsbooks’ bandwagon by picking the Lakers and Nets to represent their respected conferences. Those predictions never manifested. Other
0 of 3 Frank Franklin II/Associated Press This season was championship-or-bust for the Brooklyn Nets, so it’s time to officially declare it a bust. Brooklyn’s title hopes came to an abrupt end Monday when the Boston Celtics finished their four-game sweep with a 116-112 victory in Game 4. The campaign started with dreams of Kevin
Trae Young felt The Kennel’s pressure in Sunday’s Eastern Conference series opener between the Heat and Hawks. In the first quarter of Atlanta’s 115-91 loss to Miami, Young and Heat star Jimmy Butler had to be separated after Young fouled Butler on a fast break. They got tangled up on the play before touching heads
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Paige Bueckers. Photo: Hoopfeed. MINNEAPOLIS – UConn sophomore guard Paige Bueckers started off her homecoming in the best way possible way Friday night, leading her team to a win over the reigning national champion and No. 1-seeded Stanford (32-4) in the Final Four. In the second game of the night’s NCAA tournament semifinals, the No.
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Mar 27, 2022; Spokane, WA, USA; Stanford Cardinal guard Haley Jones. Credit: James Snook-USA TODAY Sports Mar 27, 2022; Spokane, WA, USA; Stanford Cardinal players and coaches dance in celebration after the game against the Texas Longhorns in the Spokane regional finals. Credit: James Snook-USA TODAY Sports Mar 27, 2022; Spokane, WA, USA; Stanford Cardinal
With only 11 games left this season, every moment counts for the Golden State Warriors. In Sunday’s game against the Spurs — the Warriors’ first matchup without the injured Steph Curry — Golden State attempted to take the lead within the final seconds. However, two last-minute fouls shifted the trajectory of the game and left
Photo: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris returned to action after a four-month absence. He was out with a whiplash injury which was caused by Nikola Jokic who shoved Morris during a game back in November. Inevitably, the topic of the scuffle with the reigning NBA MVP came up after Morris’ return.
New team, same romance. Kristaps Porzingis’ girlfriend, Laura Vizla, was in Washington D.C. to watch the 7-foot-3 Latvian drop 25 points in his Wizards debut on Sunday in a 133-123 win against the Pacers. The couple enjoyed a date night after the game at an unnamed restaurant, where they posed for photos at a private
YoungBoy Never Broke Again finally has a trial date in his federal firearms case, and his defense is eager to get started, one of his lawyers tells Rolling Stone. The rap prodigy is set to face a jury May 16 in Louisiana’s Middle District, the court announced Monday, a little more than a week after
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was detained by Russian authorities after trying to exit the country due to the presence of hashish oil in her luggage reports the New York Times. “The Russian Federal Customs Service said Saturday that its officials had detained an American basketball player after finding vape cartridges that contained hashish