4:50 PM ET Former NBA player Royce White says his basketball days are over as he prepares for a career in mixed martial arts. White, a first-round draft pick of the Houston Rockets in 2012, said he believes he could one day compete for the UFC’s heavyweight belt. “I’m one of the best athletes in
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2:36 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Anthony Davis will play limited minutes and likely will be held out in the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night. New Orleans Pelicans‘ head coach Alvin Gentry said the plan remains to utilize Davis around “20-to-23” minutes and that he will likely not see action
7:31 AM ET ON FEB. 1, the Indiana Pacers woke up in Miami with a four-game losing streak, their All-Star Victor Oladipo was recovering from season-ending surgery, they’d slipped to fifth place in the Eastern Conference and there were no firm plans for help to come at the trade deadline. For every NBA team in
1:20 AM ET TORONTO — After the Celtics suffered their worst loss of the season, a 118-95 drubbing at the hands of the conference rival Raptors, Boston starting shooting guard Marcus Smart said the team “is just not together,” in contrast to the Celtics’ squads in recent seasons that exceeded expectations. “What are the main
6:18 PM ET The NBA has rescinded the technical foul called on Golden State Warriors center DeMarcus Cousins for tossing Jeremy Lamb‘s shoe off the floor in Monday night’s win over the Charlotte Hornets, according to a league source. The league has been cautious about objects flying into the stands, but upon further review, the
6:43 PM ET All-Star center Joel Embiid and backup center Boban Marjanovic are both out for the 76ers’ game Thursday against the Thunder in Oklahoma City, the team announced Tuesday. Embiid is in Philadelphia for rehab on his sore left knee and has not yet been re-evaluated. The Sixers said they expect they will have
3:27 PM ET The Portland Trail Blazers, in Boston for Tuesday night’s game against the Celtics, were stuck in an elevator for about 30 minutes at a practice facility at Emerson College. Stuck in the elevator with the squad 🤦🏻♂️ 😂 @trailblazers pic.twitter.com/2Yu5zrdFfH — Enes Kanter (@Enes_Kanter) February 26, 2019 Big men Enes Kanter and
2:33 PM ET Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has put four of his NBA championship rings up for auction. Abdul-Jabbar has hundreds of items from his memorabilia collection available in the auction, being conducted by Goldin Auctions, with “much of the proceeds” going to his Skyhook Foundation charity to help benefit kids learn about
11:23 AM ET Former NBA player Mike Bibby is under police investigation after being accused of sexual abuse and harassment from a teacher at the high school where he works as a coach, according to The Arizona Republic. The Paradise Valley Unified School District confirmed to The Republic that Phoenix police are investigating the allegations
2:53 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dirk Nowitzki had no idea why LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers called a timeout with 9.4 seconds remaining and his team leading by nine points Monday night. Rivers’ reasoning became clear seconds later when he walked to the scorer’s table, picked up the public address announcer’s microphone and gave