Although it still requires approval from the NBA Board of Governors, the recent $6.1 billion sale agreement of the Boston Celtics is paving the way for another potentially lucrative opportunity for the NBA: expansion. The league, which currently has 30 franchises, continues to study models for expansion, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday during a news conference at the conclusion ...
NBA commissioner Adam Silver was in meetings with league owners Thursday in New York when he began receiving texts, asking if he is following the acrimonious back and forth between Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith. “I saw some of the headlines that came out of it. I mean it is fascinating,” Silver said ...
What an elite sports day March 27, 2025, is. Opening Day. Four games of the men’s March Madness Sweet 16. Mikaela Shiffrin competing at the skiing World Cup finals. Playoff pictures in the NHL and NBA coming into focus. ESPN’s “First Take” had plenty of topics to lead the show on Thursday morning, today of all days. But like everything ...
BOSTON — The booming applause for Ilia Malinin started nearly 15 seconds before the end of his short program Thursday at the 2025 world figure skating championships. Not since he first landed a quadruple axel in competition had he heard that sort of roar during his performance, as opposed to after. ‘I was not expecting them to cheer me on ...
Despite being an ocean away, Rosie O’Donnell can’t seem to keep her mind off President Trump. The two have an ongoing feud that goes back decades, and after Trump was elected a second time, the comedian moved her family to Ireland. But she still posts anti-Trump content on her social media accounts every few days. On Thursday, the 63-year-old posted ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at restoring what he calls ‘truth and sanity’ in American history by reforming the Smithsonian Institution, protecting national monuments, and countering divisive ideology in public institutions. Trump’s order directs Vice President Vance to work on eliminating ‘improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian museums, research centers, as well as the ...
The No. 1 Duke Blue Devils and No. 4 Arizona Wildcats both have aspirations of playing in San Antonio next weekend, but one of those dreams will die Thursday. Cooper Flagg and Duke have been the juggernaut they were advertised to be, winning their first two March Madness games by a combined 67 points against Mount St. Mary’s and Baylor. ...
The men’s NCAA Tournament continues in the Sweet 16 with a Cinderella of dubious origin. Can a John Calipari-coached team truly be considered a Cinderella? Regardless of the answer, the 10-seed Arkansas Razorbacks are the lone seed lower than a six to make it past the first weekend of March Madness, with Calipari’s squad dispatching Rick Pitino’s St. John’s Red ...
Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin have been linked together since both No. 1 overall picks entered the league in 2005-06. So while Washington Capitals star Ovechkin is chasing down Wayne Gretzky’s career goal record, Pittsburgh Penguins star Crosby passed The Great One in another category on Thursday night. Crosby guaranteed that he will record his 20th season of averaging at ...
WASHINGTON — A chilly day, a spate of shadows and some dominant stuff made MacKenzie Gore unstoppable on Opening Day. The Washington Nationals left-hander struck out a career-high 13 – and set a franchise record for Opening Day punchouts – to shut out the Philadelphia Phillies for six innings Thursday. Gore had to be that good. Cy Young Award runner-up ...