Articles filed under Basketball
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How Benet basketball star plans to make an impact at Illinois this seasonJun 13, 2025 5:56 pm - Benet’s first state basketball title was Blake Fagbemi’s last of his high school career, but his collegiate career will start at the same place he hoisted that elusive championship trophy – Champaign, Illinois. Fagbemi committed to the University of Illinois on May 7, not only fulfilling his dream of playing NCAA basketball, but also finding himself at a higher level than he anticipated.
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Game 3: Pacers rally in the 4th, beat Thunder 116-107 to take 2-1 lead in NBA FinalsJun 11, 2025 10:32 pm - Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 off the bench, Tyrese Haliburton scored 22 and the Indiana Pacers reclaimed the lead in the NBA Finals by beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 116-107 in Game 3 on Wednesday night. Haliburton also had 11 assists and nine rebounds for the Pacers, who got 21 points from Pascal Siakam and enjoyed a whopping 49-18 edge in bench points on their way to a 2-1 lead in the series.
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David Greenwood, former UCLA star and Bulls forward, dies at 68 after cancer battleJun 11, 2025 7:04 pm - David Greenwood, who was one of coach John Wooden's last recruits at UCLA and went on to win an NBA championship with Detroit during a 12-year pro career, has died. The university spoke to family members who said he died Sunday in Riverside, California, after battling cancer.
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Sky’s Ariel Atkins says Angel Reese’s ‘crown is heavy,’ urges media to show more respectJun 11, 2025 11:43 am - The Sky’s Ariel Atkins tried to take some of the pressure off teammate Angel Reese’s shoulders, adding, “Her crown is heavy.”
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Vandersloot injury, blowout loss put damper on Sky debut at United CenterJun 07, 2025 10:23 pm - There were lots of reasons for enthusiasm for the Chicago Sky on Saturday night. The team was on a two-game winning streak, opening the Commissioner’s Cup against an Ind...
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A $2.8 billion settlement will change college sports forever. Here’s howJun 07, 2025 11:29 am - A federal judge has approved terms of a sprawling $2.8 billion antitrust settlement that will upend the way college sports have been run for more than a century. In short, schools can now directly pay players through licensing deals — a concept that goes against the foundation of amateurism that college sports was built upon. There are many questions about how this monumental change will impact college athletics.
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NBA Finals: Haliburton caps huge rally with winning jumper as Pacers stun Thunder 111-110 in Game 1Jun 05, 2025 10:28 pm - Tyrese Haliburton scored with 0.3 seconds left for Indiana's first and only lead of the game and the Pacers, the last-minute comeback kings of these playoffs, did it again to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.
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‘We’re getting there’: Ahead of the Commissioner’s Cup, the Sky feels like it is coming togetherJun 05, 2025 5:52 pm - After a difficult start to the season, Chicago Sky players and coaches feel like they’re improving heading into Commissioner’s Cup play.
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NBA Finals: Can small-market matchup revive NBA’s lackluster ratings?Jun 04, 2025 8:34 pm - There was already big news in the NBA this week with the Knicks firing head coach Tom Thibodeau after reaching the conference finals. The small-market Finals between Oklahoma City and Indiana tips off Thursday, Mike McGraw makes a pick.
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Knicks fire coach Tom Thibodeau after Eastern Conference finals tripJun 03, 2025 4:32 pm - NEW YORK — Tom Thibodeau just took the New York Knicks to the Eastern Conference finals, the deepest playoff march in 25 years for a franchise that re-emerged as a conten...