Steph Curry injury endangers Warriors’ title dreams

The Golden State Warriors were already struggling to repeat as NBA champions. Without their MVP, that effort might be doomed. Curry got hurt when Dorian Finney-Smith bumped knees with him during the Warriors’ win over the Mavericks. He immediately exited the game and got X-rays in the locker room. The lateral contact to the knee […]

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Islanders sign Bo Horvat to eight-year contract extension

The New York Islanders agreed to an eight-year contract extension with recent trade acquisition Bo Horvat. The terms of the contract have not been officially disclosed at this time, but Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that the extension carries an $8.5M average annual value. The deal will keep him under contract until he is 36 years […]

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Syracuse HC Jim Boeheim says he ‘misspoke’ about Wake Forest, Pitt

Jim Boeheim believes college basketball is in a terrible spot, but the longtime coach says he misspoke on Saturday when he accused some ACC opponents of buying their teams. Following his team’s 77-68 win over Boston College, Boeheim spoke about his future at Syracuse. He said he is excited about the young core the Orange […]

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NBA conducted ‘laser investigation’ about Ja Morant

During the Grizzlies’ win over the Pacers on Jan. 29, Ja Morant’s father, Tee, and his friend Davonte Pack were yelling at Pacers players.  When the Pacers’ Andrew Nembhard told the elder Morant to “shut up,” the younger Morant confronted him. Pack was eventually escorted out after he walked on the court to curse at […]

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Lakers trade offer for Irving came up woefully short

Once seen as the frontrunner in the Kyrie Irving sweepstakes, the Los Angeles Lakers are going home empty-handed.  On Saturday afternoon, the Brooklyn Nets traded the disgruntled guard to the Dallas Mavericks for two players and multiple draft picks.  How close were the Lakers to landing Irving? Not very close, according to SNY’s Ian Begley, […]

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NBA investigated postgame incident involving Ja Morant

The NBA investigated a frightening postgame incident involving a conflict that members of Ja Morant’s entourage had with members of the Indiana Pacers following a Jan. 29 game in Memphis. Morant’s associates aggressively confronted members of the Pacers’ traveling party following the game and had a red laser trained on them from an SUV Morant […]

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Stephen Curry expected to miss several weeks with leg injury

Warriors All-Star point guard Stephen Curry is expected to be sidelined for several weeks with a left leg injury, sources inform Shams Charania of The Athletic. Curry left Golden State’s victory over the Mavericks on Saturday night in the third quarter after suffering the injury. He subsequently underwent imaging that determined the ailment was more […]

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Cam Thomas can fill (some of) the Nets’ Kyrie Irving void

Cam ThomasPhoto: AP One man’s trash being another man’s treasure has never meant more than it has in regards to Brooklyn Nets combo guard Cam Thomas. One day after Irving threw the Nets into the dumpster bin and demanded a trade, he sat due to “calf soreness,” which has become the NBA’s go-to diagnosis for […]

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Jim Boeheim says he ‘misspoke’ about Wake Forest, Pitt

Jim Boeheim believes college basketball is in a terrible spot, but the longtime coach says he misspoke on Saturday when he accused some ACC opponents of buying their teams. Following his team’s 77-68 win over Boston College, Boeheim spoke about his future at Syracuse. He said he is excited about the young core the Orange […]

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