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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander celebrates with fans after Game 4 in a first-round NBA playoffs basketball series against the Phoenix Suns, Monday, April 27, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Thunder becomes the 14th player to win back-to-back NBA MVPs

May 17, 2026 at 10:09 p.m.

By TIM REYNOLDS OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — 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...

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards kneels on the court after sustaining an injury during the first half of Game 4 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Wolves鈥� Anthony Edwards has bone bruise in left knee and is likely to miss weeks, AP source says

April 26, 2026 at 10:34 a.m.

Edwards was hurt in the first half of Minnesota鈥檚 112-96 win over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.

Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano talks to forward Lionel Messi (10) on the sideline during a hydration break, in the first half of a Leagues Cup group stage soccer match against Atlas, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Javier Mascherano is out as Inter Miami鈥檚 coach ahead of Rapids game in Denver

April 14, 2026 at 12:52 p.m.

Mascherano and Lionel Messi led Inter Miami to the MLS Cup title in December, the latest victory in their long line of successes together. Barely four months later, Mascherano is...

United States’ gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor celebrates at the finish after the women’s monobob competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Elana Meyers Taylor nearly lost hope. Her team, her husband and the Spurs helped her to Olympic gold.

February 17, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

Barely two months after nearly quitting -- her husband, former bobsledder Nic Taylor, flew to Norway after those texts to talk her out of it 鈥� Meyers Taylor won the...

United States' gold medalist Elana Meyers Taylor kisses her medal on the podium of a women's monobob competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Gold for Elana! Meyers Taylor, 41, wins Olympic monobob title at Milan Cortina Games

February 16, 2026 at 5:51 p.m.

The 41-year-old U.S. bobsledder 鈥� a mother of two special-needs children, an athlete whose career was jeopardized by concussions, someone who dealt with plenty of doubt in recent years 鈥�...

FILE – Katie Uhlaender, of the United States, slides during fourth run at the skeleton world championships, Friday, March 7, 2025, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

CAS says it lacks jurisdiction over US skeleton athlete Katie Uhlaender鈥檚 Olympic appeal

February 2, 2026 at 1:22 p.m.

U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender鈥檚 last chance to make the Olympic field may have been lost Monday, with the Court of Arbitration for Sport saying it lacks the jurisdiction to...

IOC doesn鈥檛 move on US request that Katie Uhlaender get an Olympic skeleton wild-card spot

January 26, 2026 at 7:49 p.m.

Katie Uhlaender鈥檚 hopes of making the women鈥檚 skeleton field for next month鈥檚 Milan Cortina Games have been thwarted again, after U.S. officials said Monday that the International Olympic Committee didn鈥檛...

FILE – Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2024 inductee Chauncey Billups speaks at a hall of fame news conference at Mohegan Sun, Oct. 12, 2024, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, file)

NBA starts review of policies after gambling-related arrests of Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier

October 27, 2025 at 1:28 p.m.

The NBA, in reaction to the arrests of Miami guard Terry Rozier and Portland coach Chauncey Billups last week for their alleged role in gambling schemes, has started a review...

Head coach Chauncey Billups of the Portland Trail Blazers claps during the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups charged in Mafia-backed poker scheme

October 23, 2025 at 3:12 p.m.

Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested in connection with a federal investigation into sports betting, people familiar with the matter...

FILE – Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant gestures during the second half of an NBA basketball game on March 9, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Kevin Durant is going from the Suns to the Rockets in a blockbuster trade, AP source says

June 22, 2025 at 11:29 a.m.

The Houston Rockets are acquiring 15-time All-Star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns in a blockbuster deal struck Sunday, a person with knowledge of the...

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