Basketball News · LatestSunday, May 17, 2026

Lionel Messi might be entering the twilight of his legendary career, but the Inter Miami superstar has no intention of slowing down ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever star Aliyah Boston will miss a game for the first time in eight years after she was ruled out of Sunday’s matchup against the Seattle Storm with a lower right leg injury. The team announced Boston’s absence roughly two hours before tip-off, ending her streak of 275 straight games played between her pro and college careers. Boston suffered the lower-leg injury in Friday’s loss to the Washington Mystics. She exited in the third quarter, finishing with nine points and f

Here are the results from Week 8 of the 2026 UFL season.

Patience might be the hardest but smartest path for the Suns.

Gilbert is doing his best to mitigate Detroit’s home-court advantage for Sunday’s Game 7 against the Pistons.

Every weekend, we update the Nets’ off-season with information, gossip, etc. to help fans get ready for ... whatever

Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is officially one of the few NBA stars who have won consecutive MVP awards.

Regardless of what happens next, LeBron James has loved playing with Austin Reaves on the Lakers.

Here is how the 13-33 starting spots in the Indy 500 will look following the first stage of Sunday's qualifying.

Stephon Castle has improved his shooting by over 10 percentage points, can he keep it up?

The Indiana Fever reached a historic milestone off the court, and Caitlin Clark immediately made it clear she is already thinking bigger.

Angel Reese had everyone's attention with her pregame outfit on Sunday. The third-year WNBA star, who is playing for a new team, the Atlanta Dream, this season, grabbed everyone's attention with her jaw-dropping pregame outfit before Sunday afternoon's contest. The Atlanta Dream are scheduled to ...

Boston already took the NBA’s lead in championships. Perhaps stealing LeBron next is the way to go this offseason.

The American defender was hurt in Crystal Palace's 2-2 draw with Brentford on Sunday, and his coach, Oliver Glasner, moved to ease fears after the match

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From the moment of my fist keystroke here, there are 10 days, 10 hours and 34 minutes until the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline for college underclassman, those wishing to continue their undergraduate eduction at an institution of higher learning. Flory Bidunga, you are on the clock. And now the Louisville Cardinal fanbase, after enduring a […]

The player you’re really into this week

Game Vitals Where: Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MIWhen: Sunday, May 17 at 8:00 PM ESTWatch: Amazon Odds: Pistons (-4.5) Analysis Game 7, sickos. Lineups Detroit Pistons (3-3): Cade Cunningham, Daniss Jenkins, Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris, Jalen Duren Cleveland Cavaliers (3-3): Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen Question of the Day What’s your score prediction? Go Stones.

All eyes were on Dream forward Angel Reese as she arrived at a Sunday matchup against the Aces, wearing an eye-popping leather creation.

Jannik Sinner is the first Italian man to win the Italian Open in 50 years and in the process became the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 events.

Former Kentucky star guard continues rise to NBA superstardom after leading Oklahoma City to league-best 64 wins.

The Pistons and Cavaliers will square off in a decisive Game 7

Nothing better than a Game 7, amirite? Actually, there’s something even better about today’s matchup, as the Knicks aren’t involved and will be just enjoying the bloodbath from afar! Here’s the latest from Tarrytown as New York patiently waits to know its ECF foe. Mike Brown On supporting Mikal Bridges amid benching questions: “I was […]

Plus, could the Jazz trade up one spot to get the No. 1 pick from Washington?

Even Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark loved the video and called the photographer "goated."

SAN FRANCISCO — The first domino of the Warriors’ offseason fell last week, when Steve Kerr signed to return as their head coach. Now, the real business can begin. “We...

Last season, the NBA's Most Valuable Player announcement timeline went like this: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was announced as the winner one day before he and the Oklahoma City Thunder played a home game in the Western Conference finals. The NBA will reveal this season's MVP on Sunday — one day before Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder play host to a West finals home game against the San Antonio Spurs. The announcement is coming on Amazon Prime Video shortly after 7:30 p.m. EDT.

It’s a week into the 2026 WNBA season, and the questions are already beginning to mount. Can the Las Vegas Aces win a third title in four years? Will the New York Liberty superteam flex its muscles? How about the new tandems forming with Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, or Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd, and the retooled Dallas Wings? History tells its own tale, the one that ends in champagne and ticker tape parades.

Shortly after winning a national championship with UCLA women’s basketball, the Toronto Tempo drafted guard Kiki Rice with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft. Rice was the first-ever draft pick in the expansion team’s history. Now just three games into her WNBA career, Tempo coach Sandy Brondello said Rice has not […] The post Kiki Rice Impresses Tempo Head Coach With Early-Career Play appeared first on LA Sports Report.

It’s only a couple of weeks into the 2026 WNBA season, and already some players have made such strong early impressions that the end-of-season award conversations have begun in earnest. Some have performed exactly as expected.