Basketball News · LatestMonday, May 18, 2026

Yahoo Sports’ Kevin O’Connor with the scoop.

Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green was upset with the NBA MVP announcement being leaked on Sunday and called it "embarrassing for the league.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Top draft pick Azzi Fudd scored a season-high 12 points off the bench and Paige Bueckers added 18 points and seven assists as the Dallas Wings beat the Washington Mystics 92-69 on Monday night. Arike Ogunbowale scored 16 points and Jessica Shepard added 12 points, 16 rebounds and six assists for Dallas (2-2), which won its first home game in three attempts this season. The Wings scored 23 points off 18 turnovers and led by as many as 25 points. Shepard matched the leag...

Here are the NBA playoff games for Monday, May 18, 2026. We’ll have the Western Conference Finals! In addition, the Washington Mystics play the Dallas Wings at 8 p.m. ET tonight on Monumental Sports Network. Enjoy the basketball!

Stephen A. Smith didn't mince words while responding to Jaylen Brown after the Celtics star's "f--k Stephen A" rant during a Twitch livestream.

Aaron Rai's PGA Championship win gave a few bettors big paydays, while the NBA ladder legend struck again. Patrick Everson has the latest.

LeBron James has always made it clear where his family stands when it comes to life's priorities.

Houston Rockets guard Amen Thompson is approaching a contract year.

Kevin O’Connor previews the Conference Finals & NBA Draft with Dusty May & Bryce Simon.

Alexander Rossi was taken to the hospital for evaluation following a brutal crash during Indy 500 practice.

SportsLine simulated the new NFL season 10,000 times to help form your 2026 Fantasy football draft strategy

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Thirty-three drivers are entered in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500. We break down the entire field, ranking drivers 33 to 1.

Jack Harvey and Caio Collet's respective teams issued statements saying they did not intend for a competitive advantage when they violated Indianapolis 500 qualifying rules.

The Washington Wizards have the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. They recently acquired Trae Young and Anthony Davis who will be around a young core that features Alex Sarr, Bilal Coulibaly and the No. 1 pick. But let’s say that the Wizards are a team that players do NOT want to get […]

Knicks forward OG Anunoby was a full participant in practice, but his availability for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals remains uncertain.

Alex Palou's win-today mentality persists despite achieving a historic 2025 that was highlighted by an epic Indy 500 victory.

Adam Finkelstein adjusts his Big Board after scouting prospects at last week's NBA Draft Combine

The Fever are not in the upper half...

The Chicago Sky got off to a hot start to the WNBA season, but the health of young star Rickea Jackson is foremost on their minds after she had a non-contact injury on her left knee in Sunday’s win over Minnesota. Jackson injured her knee in the second quarter and will have imaging done on Monday. The Sky went 3-1 on the season-opening road trip and will return home to face Dallas on Wednesday.

Talk about a good start...

The Sam Houston community is mourning the unexpected death of one of its players

This could be a legacy-building series with dynasty implications

The "NBA on Prime" crew had a few words for Shams Charania after the NBA insider with ESPN spoiled Amazon's NBA MVP reveal.

A slice of pizza from Joe’s, a bagel from Zabar’s, a dirty water dog — only in New York. Getting gouged $100,000 for a ticket to a basketball game — also, only in New York. Knicks fans who are dying to see their team return to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999 […]

NBA insider Marc Stein put out an interesting list of candidate over the weekend.

Steve Kerr was not pleased with his own coaching performance this season, and will look to be better moving forward.

The NBA announced the 2026 MVP on Sunday morning and there was a shocking discovery. No, it wasn’t Shai Gilgeous-Alexander winning for the second straight year, it was the fact...

Luka Doncic finished fourth in NBA MVP voting behind Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama, but one surprising detail from the results has Los Angeles Lakers fans furious.

After what felt like a month, the Knicks finally learned the next team they’ll put to the sword. It’s the Cleveland Knights, no puns intended. Here’s the latest in what will likely be the softest and most casual Bulletin in the next two weeks. Mike Brown On sticking with Mikal Bridges despite outside questions: “I […]