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Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro missed his team's 102-82 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday due to a groin injury. Herro picked up the knock in Game 3, which caused him to miss the final eight minutes of Miami's 109-103 win as it took a 2-1 series lead over Boston.

The Minnesota Timberwolves reached an agreement with Denver Nuggets president Tim Connelly to become Minnesota's new president of basketball operations, the Timberwolves announced on Monday. Connelly's new contract will pay him $40 million over five years and contains a kicker for ownership equity, sources tell The Athletic's Shams Charania and...

Boston Celtics center Robert Williams returned to the lineup for Monday's 102-82 Game 4 win against the Miami Heat, but Marcus Smart sat out after spraining his right ankle in the previous tilt. Smart was considered questionable earlier in the day but is still experiencing significant swelling, Celtics head coach...

Michigan head coach Juwan Howard recently rebuffed interest from the Los Angeles Lakers regarding their head coaching vacancy, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Howard, 49, reportedly turned away the Lakers to remain with the Wolverines, where he'll coach sons Jace and Jett next season. Jace will be in his third season with Michigan, while the younger Jett is entering his freshman year after committing to the school in October.

The NBA announced the three All-NBA teams for the 2021-22 campaign. This marks the fourth straight All-NBA selection for reigning back-to-back MVP Nikola Jokic and his third First Team spot in the last four seasons. The Denver Nuggets superstar averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, and 7.9 assists across 74 regular-season appearances while registering a 32.8 PER - the highest mark in league history.

After last season’s thriller in Happy Valley, Penn State will be making the return trip to Auburn for one of the most anticipated nonconference matchups of the year. Both teams will have two weeks to prepare before facing off against one another, with the matchup taking place on Sept. 17.

Louisville has hired former Cardinals star Milt Wagner as its new director of player development and alumni relations, the program announced Tuesday. The 59-year-old is the grandfather of D.J. Wagner, who is the consensus top-ranked recruit in the class of 2023 and the son of former NBAer Dajuan Wagner. "It's...

Despite facing the seemingly insurmountable odds of completing a comeback from 0-3 down in a best-of-seven playoff series - something no NBA team has ever done before - Luka Doncic continues to believe his Dallas Mavericks could be the first team to pull off the impossible. "I still believe we...

Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin believes that college football has grown into a professional sport. "We're a professional sport, and they are professional players," Kiffin told Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated. "They can get out whenever they want. And how is it not being seen that, unless there are changes of rules around caps and contracts, how is every elite college player not at the end of their season (entering the portal)?"

DALLAS (AP) — Stephen Curry shimmied for the TV crew, Andrew Wiggins shook Luka Doncic with a posterizing dunk and the Warriors are thinking sweep. Curry scored 31 points, Wiggins' playoff career high 27 points included the dunk that was originally called an offensive foul and Golden State beat the Dallas Mavericks 109-100 Sunday night for a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.

Potential trade partners for Russell Westbrook are driving a hard bargain in negotiations. Teams are demanding at least one future first-round pick from the Los Angeles Lakers in order to assume the remaining $47 million on Westbrook's contract if he exercises his player option for next season, sources told The Athletic's Jovan Buha.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ryan Blaney needed two extra laps after thinking he had already won the NASCAR All-Star race and $1 million, staying in front through a green-white-checkered finish after a caution came out just yards before he got to the line the first time. Blaney’s crew...

Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov gave interim head coach Andrew Brunette a ringing endorsement Wednesday. "He did an unbelievable job," Barkov told reporters, according to Colby Guy of Florida Hockey Now. Barkov added, "We all respect him, we all love to play for him, we love to work hard for him, and we had a lot of fun doing it."

DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks had to wait out a rain delay in the middle of the game and sweat out some tense moments near the end. Once they had, they were still alive in the Western Conference finals. Doncic had 30 points and 14...

The Tampa Bay Lightning gushed about Andrei Vasilevskiy after the superstar goaltender posted a 49-save shutout against the Florida Panthers on Monday night to sweep their in-state rivals. "There is never a doubt in our locker room. And a goalie’s job, that if you want to be elite, is to...

Even Luka Doncic couldn't hide his admiration for Andrew Wiggins' athleticism after the Golden State Warriors forward delivered arguably the dunk of the postseason over the Dallas Mavericks star Sunday. "I mean, I got hit a little bit but that was impressive, I'm not going to lie," Doncic said about...

Calgary Flames enforcer Milan Lucic was handed a five-minute major and game misconduct during Sunday's Game 3 for running into Edmonton Oilers goaltender Mike Smith behind the net. The incident occurred midway through the third period with Calgary trailing 4-0. A melee followed the collision. Lucic won't face supplemental discipline...

New Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill doesn't think the criticism quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has received for his arm strength is fair. "Tua actually has one of the prettiest balls I've ever caught ... in my life," Hill said Tuesday, according to Cameron Wolfe of NFL Network. "Tua is a very accurate QB."

Bubba Watson is expected to miss four-to-six weeks due to a torn meniscus, the 12-time PGA TOUR winner announced Monday. The 43-year-old also revealed his withdrawal from this week's Charles Schwab Challenge. The PGA TOUR confirmed the injury Monday evening. Watson put up a strong performance through the opening two...