Basketball News · LatestTuesday, Jun 2, 2026

The world's biggest playmakers are set to shine at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Check out who is favored to notch the most assists.

Which players will lead their teams in goals scored during the 2026 FIFA World Cup? Here's the latest.

The teams are coming off a high-scoring Sweet 16 affair in the 2026 NCAAs, and both could be top-10-good next season

We have the final 26-player squads that can win the FIFA World Cup, so let's go through all 48 teams and rank where they stand.

The Indiana Fever sits at a perfectly average 4-4 through the first eight games of the 2026 season. Returning from an injury-ridden campaign, Caitlin Clark is averaging 20.

Paige Bueckers watched her WNBA rookie threads shatter a sports memorabilia record but did not buy into her own hype, laughing off the record-breaking price tag. MeiGray, an authenticator and retailer of game-worn, game-used, and stadium memorabilia, hammered down the winning bid of $64,720 on Friday.

Duke fans knew, but for the rest of the basketball world, Jared McCain was a revelation this spring.

Who’s the better bet in the 2026 NBA Finals?

Can the defensive-minded Dream and Valkyries start their Cup chase with big wins?

Multiple watch party options throughout the city for fans to attend

Lively still has work to do, but readiness for the start of next season appears likely

Zohran Mamdani’s relentless quest to corner the youth vote has continued with the news that New York’s mayor has repealed bedtime for the city’s children during the hometown Knicks’ NBA finals run. The Knicks are in the finals for the first time since 1999, and the series against the San Antonio Spurs starts on Wednesday. Mamdani signed an executive order on Monday titled “repealing kids’ bedtimes for Knicks Finals run.”

Anyone who has watched Dallas Wings rookie Azzi Fudd knows how gifted the 23-year-old is offensively. But, as has been the case for most of her young career up to this point, there is a whole lot more to her game as well.

Minnesota rides a five-game win streak to the top while Indiana's offensive struggles drops it from top 10.

The Houston Rockets need another guard, but they don’t need to break the bank to find him.

Knicks vs. Spurs is primed to be a great NBA Finals matchup, and these are the on-court storylines to keep an eye on

These are the best player-team fits in the 2026 NBA Draft.

Catch up on the storylines behind this summer's biggest hit, the World Cup, with this handy recap.

Ahead of the 2026 World Cup, ESPN brings you our list of the tournament's next young stars aged 21 or under. Who is good enough to make it?

How to watch Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever play the Atlanta Dream this Thursday.

Who will raise the Larry O'Brien Trophy, the Knicks or Spurs? Our experts make their picks.

Indiana entered the season as one of the league's most talked-about teams, but the latest rankings show just how much work remains.

With extensions kicking in and a tax bill set to soar, major financial decisions loom for Oklahoma City's budding dynasty.

Ahead of Wednesday's Game 1 in San Antonio, Tim Bontemps canvasses the league on the keys to Spurs-Knicks.

For a brief stretch, concern swept through the Indiana Fever fanbase. A lopsided 100-84 loss to the Portland Fire dropped Indiana to 4-4 on the season, and a heated sideline moment between head coach Stephanie White and Caitlin Clark only intensified the scrutiny.

On paper, the matchup between the Dallas Wings and Seattle Storm had all the ingredients of a compelling battle between two young cores. With recent top-10 draft picks such as Paige Bueckers and Flau’jae Johnson taking the floor, there was every reason to expect a tightly contested game with momentum swinging back and forth.

Kentucky Basketball finally lands Milan Momcilovic. Is BBN also on assistant coach watch?

Just one more sleep, and the lights will shine bright. Just one more day for the Knicks to finally grace the NBA Finals stage once again. We’ve been waiting for 27 years. We can make it there. Mike Brown On the pressure of coaching in the Finals: “You have to have some sort of fight […]

It sure is nice rooting for one good blue and orange team.

Dallas is winning games again, and Paige Bueckers' postgame comments showed just how much expectations have changed.