uk Page 29 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sens captain Brady Tkachuk (upper body) back after 8 games
Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk will play in the team's regular-season finale Thursday against the visiting Carolina Hurricanes after missing eight games with an upper-body injury.,The Senators qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 2017, and Tkachuk wants to be certai...
Damian Lillard’s Remarkable Recovery Comes Just in Time for the Bucks
Damian Lillard has been cleared of blood clots and is ramping up workouts, just three weeks after being ruled out indefinitely....
Duke freshman Kon Knueppel declares for draft
Duke guard Kon Knueppel declared for the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday and will forgo his remaining eligibility.,The 6-foot-7 freshman averaged 14.4 points and shot 40.7 percent from 3-point range in 39 games this past season.,He was the Blue Devils' second-leading scorer behind fellow freshman and pr...
Mavericks GM: 'No regrets' on trading away Luka Doncic
Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison didn't back down on his decision to trade star guard Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday, a move that sparked outrage among the team's fanbase.,The Lakers officially acquired Doncic on Feb. 2 for perennial All-Star forward Anthony Davis in ...
Report: Bucks' Damian Lillard to miss start of playoffs
Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard will miss the start of the playoffs as he continues to recover from a blood clot, ESPN reported Tuesday.,Lillard has not played since March 18 and the team announced on March 25 that he is dealing with deep vein thrombosis in his right calf.,"Damian's most recent ...
Sens F Brady Tkachuk expected to return for start of playoffs
Expect captain Brady Tkachuk to be on the ice for the Ottawa Senators when the Stanley Cup playoffs start on Saturday.,That word comes from head coach Travis Green, who had this simple response Monday when asked if Tkachuk would be back in time for the start of the playoffs: "I do.",Tkachuk, 25, pra...
Luka Doncic’s No. 77 Lakers jersey is NBA’s best-seller
Luka Doncic's trade from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers shook the basketball world, and apparently motivated the fans, too.,Doncic's No. 77 Lakers jersey was the top seller for the 2024-25 regular season according to NBAStore.com sales, the NBA announced Monday.,A native of Slovenia,...
NBA rescinds second technical on Luka Doncic against Thunder
The NBA on Wednesday rescinded the second technical which led to Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic's ejection in a road loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.,The foul, which came at 7:40 of the fourth quarter and the Lakers leading 108-107, was "rescinded upon league office review," ...
Surging, energized Bucks host floundering Pelicans
The Milwaukee Bucks are playing some of their basketball of the season as the start of the postseason looms.,The Bucks have won five games in a row as they host the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. It matches their longest win streak since a season-best seven-game streak from mid-November unt...
Senators weigh sitting F Brady Tkachuk ahead of playoffs
Having clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 2017 on Tuesday, the Ottawa Senators are considering holding out injured captain Brady Tkachuk for the final four regular-season games.,Tkachuk, 25, has missed the past five games with an upper-body injury sustained on a hit from Pittsburgh de...
Lakers' Luka Doncic expects emotional evening in his return to Dallas
The eyes of the basketball world will be on Dallas on Wednesday night when Luka Doncic visits for the first time since the Mavericks and Lakers pulled off a blockbuster trade on Feb. 2 to send the superstar guard to Los Angeles.,Anthony Davis, the other centerpiece of the trade, will make his Maveri...
Duke opens as 2026 NCAA championship favorite
Although consensus national player of the year Cooper Flagg is expected to leave Duke now that his freshman season is complete, oddsmakers still favor the Blue Devils to win the 2026 national championship.,Duke went 35-4 this season, falling 70-67 in the Final Four as Houston pulled off a stunning l...
2025 NFL Draft: Best Wide Receivers Prospects Available
Matthew Golden tops a WR class full of shakeups. From McMillan's upside to Egbuka's polish, here's how the top 5 wideouts stack up this spring....
Houston shocks Duke with late rally, reaches title game
LJ Cryer ignited a 14-point comeback in the final 8:02, J'Wan Roberts made the go-ahead free throws and Houston stunned Duke 70-67 in a memorable Final Four clash between No. 1 seeds on Saturday in San Antonio., ,Cryer shot 6-of-9 from 3-point range and led the Cougars with 26 points, while Roberts ...
Duke's Cooper Flagg becomes rare freshman to win Wooden Award
Duke star Cooper Flagg was named winner of the Wooden Award on Saturday, joining a strong cast of freshmen to be named the nation's top player.,The 18-year-old Flagg joins Texas' Kevin Durant (2007), Kentucky's Anthony Davis (2012) and Duke's Zion Williamson (2019) as the only freshmen to win the co...
2025 NCAA Tournament Final Four: How the National Semifinals Will Play Out
All four No. 1 seeds—Auburn, Duke, Florida and Houston—headline a rare Final Four showdown, each bringing distinct strengths to San Antonio. Here's how it could go down....
Notebook: What Spurs, San Antonio mean to Houston’s Kelvin Sampson
The setting of San Antonio offers more than a nice home-state advantage to Houston in this year's Final Four.,For Cougars coach Kelvin Sampson, Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs provided a career lifeline when his tumultuous tenure at Indiana ended.,In 2008, Sampson was handed a five-year sho...
Duke freshman Cooper Flagg named AP Player of Year
Cooper Flagg of Duke was named The Associated Press men's college basketball Player of the Year on Friday, becoming just the fourth freshman to earn the recognition.,Flagg garnered 41 votes and Johni Broome of Auburn earned 21 in the polling of a national media panel. They were the only two players ...
Powerhouse programs Duke, Houston clash in Final Four
As Duke and Houston prepare to battle Saturday night in San Antonio, the story of the Final Four matchup between these No. 1 seeds is a contrast of two basketball powers at different stages of evolution.,The Blue Devils (35-3), appearing in their 18th Final Four and seeking their sixth national titl...
Why a Duke vs. Auburn Final Would Be the Best 2025 NCAA Championship Game
A Duke vs. Auburn rematch in the NCAA championship game promises the two best teams in an elite matchup, and must-watch basketball....