Articles filed under Basketball
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After a rough offensive showing in its season opener, the Chicago Sky looks to regroupMay 21, 2025 6:04 pm - The Chicago Sky gets another chance to win its first game of the season when it hosts the New York Liberty in the Sky’s home opener Thursday.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder beat the rested Timberwolves 114-88 in Game 1 of West finalsMay 20, 2025 10:33 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 20 of his 31 points in the second half, and the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-88 on ...
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Thunder roll into West finals with 125-93 rout of Nuggets in Game 7May 18, 2025 6:30 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder grew up on Sunday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 35 points, Jalen Williams added 24 and the Thunder rolled into the Western Con...
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The NBA's final 4 is set: Thunder, Knicks, Wolves and Pacers remain, and parity reigns againMay 18, 2025 6:04 pm - The parity era continues in the NBA. The New York Knicks haven't won an NBA championship since 1973. The Indiana Pacers won their most recent title that year — in the ABA...
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Caitlin Clark receives flagrant foul for hacking Angel Reese in Fever’s blowout win over SkyMay 17, 2025 5:49 pm - The Indiana Fever blew out the Chicago Sky in the teams’ WNBA season opener, and the margin was so big that the postgame talk was on a flagrant foul by Indiana’s Caitlin Clark on Chicago’s Angel Reese.
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Brunson, Knicks beat Celtics in Game 6 and advance to face Pacers in Eastern Conference finalsMay 16, 2025 9:52 pm - The New York Knicks reached the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 25 years and ended the one-year NBA title reign of the Boston Celtics with astonishing ease, rolling to a 119-81 victory in Game 6. Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby each scored 23 points for the Knicks, who will face the Indiana Pacers, the same team they met in their last conference finals appearance in 2000.
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Chicago Sky expecting Courtney Vandersloot to help growth of Angel Reese, Kamilla CardosoMay 16, 2025 11:19 am - Courtney Vandersloot wanted a seat. She had just finished a long practice (more than two hours) and then followed that up with a 3-point shooting drill. If she was going ...
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WNBA set to tip off season with host of teams looking to challenge for title, including Clark’s FeverMay 15, 2025 8:46 pm - There are no shortages of challengers to the reigning WNBA champion New York Liberty or star power across the league. A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are some of the veterans who will share the spotlight with Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers as the league, in its 29th season, hopes to continue its rise in popularity.
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Can the Chicago Sky build a winner around Angel Reese?May 15, 2025 11:08 am - The Chicago Sky has revamped its roster, adding veterans around young players Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso in hopes of building a winning team this season.
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As WNBA popularity soars, player salaries remain a big hurdle for the league to addressMay 14, 2025 3:22 pm - Breanna Stewart will start her ninth WNBA season in a few days. The New York Liberty All-Star and WNBA champ has been around the league long enough to watch her peers fight for visibility. She's seen a small uptick in player salaries over the years and watched the WNBA's meteoric rise in popularity.