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📈 Ranking top men's hoops players in the portal
More than 1,000 players have entered the portal less than 24 hours after it opened. Here's the top talent.[read more]
Sources: Griffin, Pirates agree on 9 years, $140M
Rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin and the Pirates are in agreement on a nine-year extension, locking up the top prospect in baseball less than a week after his major league debut.[read more]
Medvedev mangles racket during 6-0, 6-0 loss
Former No. 1 Daniil Medvedev lost his temper, smashed his racket on the red clay court seven successive times and deposited the mangled frame in a trash bin midway through a 6-0, 6-0 loss to Matteo Berrettini at the Monte Carlo Masters.[read more]
Reinsdorf: Next Bulls GM must be sold on Donovan
Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf, who is looking for a new head of basketball operations after firing Arturas Karnisovas earlier this week, said Tuesday that retaining Billy Donovan as head coach would be a major requirement.[read more]
Soler, Lopez trade haymakers, ejected in brawl
Angels designated hitter Jorge Soler charged the mound after Braves starter Reynaldo Lopez threw a high inside pitch, as both players threw punches amid a bench-clearing brawl in the fifth inning of Tuesday's game.[read more]
Redick downplays sideline quarrel with Vanderbilt
Lakers coach JJ Redick subbed forward Jarred Vanderbilt out of early in the second quarter, leading to a heated exchange between the two that Redick described as a "normal interaction" for him.[read more]
Geno apologizes to Staley, says 'I lost myself'
UConn Huskies coach Geno Auriemma said in a statement Tuesday night that he lost himself with his behavior toward South Carolina coach Dawn Staley during his team's Final Four defeat last Friday.[read more]
Mavs dispute claim they erred with Reaves' MRI
The Mavericks disputed Lakers coach JJ Redick's claim that their medical team examined the wrong part of Austin Reaves' body when the guard received an MRI by Dallas' staff.[read more]
Ovechkin: Will make call on future in summer
Alex Ovechkin says he is waiting until after the Capitals' season is over to decide whether he's calling it a career or returning to play one more year.[read more]
'It's painful but worthwhile': What players, coaches and execs are saying about the NBA's tanking problem
With tanking strategies growing in both audaciousness and frequency of use, can the league get its arms around the often-effective practice?[read more]