Basketball News · LatestMonday, May 11, 2026

Jody Demling, who has called 11 Preakness winners, reveals his 2026 Preakness Stakes picks for Saturday, May 16 at Laurel Park with Golden Tempo not in the field

Gary Parrish's first mock draft after Sunday's lottery has a few surprises

An elbow to the neck of Naz Reid sent Wemby to the showers early

The NBA Draft Lottery is finished and we now know which teams will be picking in what order. This means there is pretty much 20/20 vision as to where Arizona standouts Brayden Burries and Koa Peat will be heading. It would be the third consecutive year that a Wildcat was taken in the NBA Draft […]

The Rays, meanwhile, are the leaders of the (admittedly weak) American League

Plus, every NFL team's reason for optimism in 2026

Even with a short roster, New York is a front-runner, Phoenix has no shortage of talent, and the Dream are even better.

The WNBA is officially back. What Trojans should USC fans be watching in the league this year?

Duke fans know what this guy can do. The NBA is about to find out.

Are any of these players on your fantasy league’s waiver wire? If so, consider adding them to your team.

From OKC avoiding a superteam to Giannis fallout, breaking down lottery night through a Celtics lens

The Houston Rockets could make major moves this summer. Here’s a more minimalistic plan.

It will be hard to top sealing the LaLiga title in El Clásico against rivals Real Madrid, but 2025-26 is a season that has left Barcelona wanting more.

Stephanie White was frustrated after the Dallas WIngs handed them a three-point loss on the opening day. After all the talk around the Fever defense and working on it in the training camp, the Fever conceded 107 points.

The Lakers want to get and keep stars. OKC's dominance is showing how antiquated that strategy truly is.

The Lakers are the latest team to cry foul over the way Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder are officiated.

Before one of the most anticipated drafts in recent memory, here's everything that transpired as the ping-pong balls were selected.

This was a fun sequence for sure.

The Indiana Fever and Dallas Wings went band for band for 40 minutes and it came down to one play for the game to be decided. First Caitlin Clark missed a potential game-winning three and then Paige Bueckers handed another opportunity to the Fever by missing both her free throws on the other end.

Cleveland needs to clean this area up if they want to even the series.

KAT is looking to earn his first trip to the NBA Finals.

The WNBA has no shortage of talented players right now. If anything, the problem is actually the opposite.

Olivia Miles’ preseason debut didn’t quite give her what she was looking for in terms of a genuine WNBA test. “I don’t think this game was a fair test just because they’re a bunch of young rooks too.

In the Seattle Storm’s first season after a roster overhaul, it’s been their rookie, Flau’jae Johnson, who’s doing most of the talking so far. Arriving at the Seattle shores, Johnson was put immediately under pressure in the roster as the team was looking to move on from their veterans- Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith.

Welcome to The Athletic’s 2026 WNBA power rankings. We’re tweaking the format this season to focus a little more on the teams moving up and down, so expect even more movement than usual. That’s especially true for the start of the season, after the defending champs lost by 33 points on their home court, the runners-up forgot how to play defense in the second half of a back-to-back, and the other two 2025 semifinalists lost heartbreakers at home. It wasn’t just the expansion teams who were unable

With the 2026 NBA Draft lottery done, these are the prospects and college teams with the most on the line at the league's annual scouting combine.

Marine Johannès’ wizardry and more point guard heroics allowed the Liberty to overcome foul trouble in an OT win in DC.

AJ Dybantsa is calling it already: The NBA draft class of 2026, in his mind, is one of the best in the history of the league. “Since I’m in this draft class, I’m going to say we’re one of the best draft classes,” said Dybantsa, who led Division I men's college basketball in scoring this past season. An unforeseen trade or something popping up in the medical exams that will take place over the next few weeks could change things, but for now, it seems like the first four names Commissioner Adam...

Frank Olivieri, owner of Philadelphia's iconic Pat's King of Steaks, will begrudgingly wear orange and blue while slinging sandwiches at Dario’s Pizza in West Hempstead after the Knicks' beat the 76ers.

The Cavaliers are hoping to become the 35th NBA team to climb out of a 2-0 hole.