My latest video explores the NBA’s massive plans to expand to Europe.

The Illini roster appears to be largely set for the 2026–27 season, with the program adding just one transfer from the portal this offseason. In recent years, Illinois has taken until late May to finalize its roster, but this cycle has been notably quiet.

In the spring of 1991, three dynasties were dying at the same time.

By TERRY LYONS, Editor-in-Chief of Digital Sports Desk

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In the eighteen years since the SuperSonics last set foot on an NBA court, the wound that was left behind has calloused but is still gentle to the touch. The Seattle Storm became a staple in the WNBA, winning four league titles with the help of some legends of the game. The Seattle SuperHawks, an independent basketball team, arrived to provide a pathway…

(This is a throwback interview from January 2015, and has been mildly edited for currentness.)

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May 10th, Mother’s Day, is a day dedicated to expressing a little extra gratitude to your mother, getting her flowers, buying her that one thing she’s been wanting, and going to get brunch together. To most, that’s a stress-free and enjoyable day, but to me, it’ll be the most stressful and anxiety-inducing day of the year. H…

If you know anything about basketball, you probably know that it’s dominated by the United States. That’s where the sport originated and grew, and became a cultural phenomenon in the years since it was first created by Dr. James Naismith in the 1890s.

We reach WNBA season tip, PLL season begins, NLL semifinals, Upshot basketball begins, NBA, PWHL and Stanley Cup playoffs continue, MLV Finals, PBR World Finals, NCAA Lacrosse playoffs, NBA Draft Lottery, El Classico, NASCAR Watkins Glen, IndyCar Indianapolis, ATP and WTA Rome, PGA Myrtle Beach, LPGA Michigan, French motorcycle Grand Prix, Giro d'Itali…

In making this list of desirable targets for the Pelicans this summer, I probably had a list of 30+ players that I’d target if I were them, and, lucky for you, I whittled it down to ten!

I admit I haven’t watched the entire series against OKC. It’s not easy when knowing roster construction is such a severe issue, not just from the point of balanced talent, but also not enough of it.

On Sunday afternoon in a private room at Chicago’s McCormick Place, fourteen numbered ping-pong balls will tumble inside a transparent lottery machine. A representative from Ernst & Young will watch. So will deputies from the league office and one delegate from each of the fourteen participating teams. The balls will mix for twenty seconds. One will be …

Mostly going to be a nerdy NBA blog. May do a couple Mets posts in dog days of summer.

As a new WNBA season — the 30th in league history — gets underway Friday night, you’ll see Caitlin Clark in more than just Fever games.

Hey Morning Squad,

What if he ran for President? That would have been more sensible for Steve Kerr than trying to stun the Oklahoma City Thunder and Victor Wembanyama. He was wrong at the last Democratic National Convention, claiming, “After the results are tallied, we can — in the words of the great Steph Curry — we can tell Donald Trump: ‘Night, night.’ ’’

12 May 2026 06:01 UTC - by Chris Walker

in one of the most impressive beginnings to a career in the history of the nba, bill walton came onto the scene as hot as ever. despite playing only 86 games across his first two seasons due to injuries, once he was relatively healthy, it was hard to deny that the young walton was on all-time great trajectory.

It’s common knowledge that small markets get ignored, but the Oklahoma City Thunder sure are hotly debated in the NBA world. Last playoffs I wrote an article in response to HoS friend Kevin O’Connor asking, “Why does everyone hate OKC?”

New Providence head coach Bryan Hodgson kicked off The Field of 68’s Off the Carousel series with an insightful, wide‑ranging conversation with Jeff Goodman.

10 May 2026 15:27 UTC - by Chris Walker

No formal bids have been submitted, but substantial investor outreach is already under way. PJT Partners, acting as the league’s adviser, is vetting potential ownership groups ahead of a formal bidding phase expected later this year.