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Year after year, the salaries of NBA players increase. Dylan Harper, the Spurs second overall pick last summer, is making $56M on a rookie contract compared to $35M, the total career earnings of his father Ron Harper. It’s not that the senior Harper was underpaid, that was just what a player of his stature made […]
The entire country of Canada will have an early start to their sports viewing experience on Sunday, and the Toronto Raptors could surely benefit from leaning into the hockey pride sweeping the nation. After the Olympic gold medal game between Canada and the United States, the Raptors are set to take on the Milwaukee Bucks. […]
Before every Ohio State men’s basketball game, Connor Lemons gets you ready for that day’s action with key stats, players to know, and prevalent storylines for that day’s game on the “Good Hoops Morning” podcast. Listen to the episode and subscribe: Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio Ohio State Buckeyes at No. […]
The NBA has evolved quite a bit over the last several decades. When it started in 1946, or 1949 depending on whether you count the pre-merger BAA as some do (the BAA and the NBL merged to make the NBA in 1949), the league was very much old school. When Bill Russell came along in […]
Boston’s secret weapon this year has been the play of guys that were, basically, afterthoughts in assessments of the team coming into the season. Sure, among Boston cognoscenti, there were expectations that Jordan Walsh, Baylor Scheierman, Neemias Queta, and Sam Hauser would be able to fill in some gaps caused by the loss of Jayson […]
The Minnesota Vikings are looking to bolster their quarterback room this offseason with at least one quarterback capable of competing for the starting job. There remain enough doubts about J.J. McCarthy’s durability and readiness to operate Kevin O’Connell’s offense that the Vikings are actively pursuing other options to compete for the starting job and possibly […]
The Miami Heat dominated the tanking, injury-riddled Memphis Grizzlies with a 136-120 inside Kaseya Center Saturday night. Many will remember the game because of the Myron Gardner-Scotty Pippen Jr. brawl with 1:55 left in the fourth quarter, but that’s neither here nor there. Actually, let’s rewind it once more, because it was epic; Gardner, who […] The post Heat roll tanking Grizzlies, 136-120, extend win streak to 3 appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .
Bayern star Harry Kane has responded to presidential candidate Xavi Vilajoana’s bid to try and bring him to the Camp Nou. Vilajoana has claimed to have made contact with the England captain and says he’d be a “great fit” for the Catalan giants. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Kane says he doesn’t know anything about it. “I haven’t […]
Ryan Garcia routed Mario Barrios to win the WBC welterweight title on Saturday night in Las Vegas, putting in probably the most complete performance of his career to date. Garcia (25-2, 21 KO) arguably didn’t lose a single round in the fight, maintaining full control after a stunning start that saw him put Barrios (29-3-2, […]
The saddest story at the Winter Olympics in Milan/Cortina maybe that of Lindsay Von who while seeking her second gold and fourth Olympic medal blew out her ACL while training for the downhill. Although she tried to ski through it, Von crashed and fell, ending her pursuit. It was tragically not her first encounter with […]
The first few minutes felt like a track meet tilted entirely in the Spurs’ favor. Inside the friendly confines of the San Antonio Spurs’ weekend home in Austin, the Silver and Black (or teal, orange, and pink) exploded out of the gates Saturday night, racing to an early double-digit lead and would route the Sacramento […]
Nearly 42 minutes into Friday’s game against the Clippers, Marcus Smart hadn’t even taken a shot or scored a point. In true Smart fashion, he proceeded to hit back-to-back baskets and score all seven of his points in the final 6:32 of the game. While Luka Dončić took a lot of the focus for his […]
The Dallas Mavericks (19-36, 5-19 Away) prepare to face off with the Indiana Pacers (15-42, 10-18 Home) at 4 pm CST on Sunday. While Dallas is on the longest losing streak the franchise has seen since before my car renting age of 25, Indiana is also facing struggles as they were just handed back-to-back losses by a […]
On Thursday, in their first game since the All-Star break, the Knicks (36*-21) fell way short yet again to the Detroit Pistons. Tonight, they faced off against another tall and physical team, the Houston Rockets (34-21). Through the first quarter, the Knicks set the pace, passed beautifully, and played great defense, but a second-quarter sag […]
Sure it’s early, and we’re only two games in, and the Colorado Rockies are at a promising .500 after trashing the Arizona Diamondbacks earlier today. I get it: Spring training doesn’t matter. But this is — at least for Rockies fans — an interesting team because anything could happen. (And whatever does happen, at least […]
2025-26 Sixers Bell Ringer standings:Tyrese Maxey – 20Joel Embiid – 9VJ Edgecombe – 8Paul George – 6Dominick Barlow – 2Andre Drummond – 2Jared McCain :’( – 2MarJon Beauchamp – 1Adem Bona – 1Justin Edwards – 1Quentin Grimes – 1Kelly Oubre Jr. – 1Trendon Watford – 115th roster spot – 1 The Philadelphia 76ers lost their […]
The Lakers (34-21) will take on the Boston Celtics (36-19) on Sunday as they look to split the season series against their arch rivals. They will also be honoring Pat Riley by unveiling his statue outside Crypto.com Arena. Start time and TV schedule Who: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics When: 3:30 p.m. PT, Feb. 22 Where: Crypto.com […]
Sometimes it seems like a really hot start is the worst thing that can happen to the Spurs. After the Spurs started the game on an 11-0 run the Spurs let up a bit and let the Kings back into the game. They got complacent, and the Kings fed off of the Spurs lack of […]
Even if Joel Embiid does return for their next game, it’s time to raise some alarm bells. The Sixers lost their fourth game in a row, embarrassingly falling 126-111 to the New Orleans Pelicans Saturday night. Tyrese Maxey again ended up with game-high 27 despite a crooked shooting night, going 9-of-23 from the floor along […]
The Phoenix Suns got some difficult news about wing Dillon Brooks this weekend. Brooks will be out for the near future with a broken hand. No timetable for his return has been established yet. Shams Charania of ESPN broke the news today. Phoenix Suns guard Dillon Brooks has sustained a broken left hand and will […]
Portland Trail Blazers All-Star has been named as questionable on the injury report for the Blazers’ game versus the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Also of note, center Yang Hansen and guard Caleb Love are both on assignment to the G League’s Rip City Remix and will not play in Phoenix. The Blazers released the report […]
Tonight, we have the unfortunate duty to bring you devastating news about a member of the Minnesota Vikings. Rondale Moore, who spent this past season with the Vikings on injured reserve, has passed away at the age of 25. The cause of death has not immediately been disclosed. Moore was a standout athlete at Purdue […]
at Boston Celtics (36-19) at Los Angeles Lakers (34-21) Sunday, February 22, 2026 6:30 PM ET TV: NBC/Peacock, NBCSB, Telemundo Radio: 98.5 Sports Hub, ESPN LA 710, Sirius XM Regular Season Game #56 Road Game #29 Crypto.com Arena The Celtics visit the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2nd and final meeting this season. The Celtics win the first meeting in Boston 125-105 on December 5. The Celtics were at full strength for that game while the Lakers were without LeBron James, Luka Donci...
Game Details Who: Philadelphia 76ers vs. Atlanta HawksWhen: Saturday, February 21, 7:00 p.m. ETWhere: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA Watch: NBC Sports PhiladelphiaRadio: 97.5 The FanaticFollow: @LibertyBallers
The Miami Heat return home from their blowout win against the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night to host the Memphis Grizzlies at 8:00 p.m. EST at the Kaseya Center. Here is our GameThread! Injury Report: Miami Heat: Memphis Grizzlies: Starting 5: Miami Heat: Memphis Grizzlies: Broadcast Info: *** To check out our other content, click here. […] The post GAMETHREAD: Memphis Grizzlies (21-33) @ Miami Heat (30-27) appeared first on Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog .