7:04 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment said Friday it will discontinue the proof of vaccination requirement for fans entering its venues, beginning March 1. MLSE owns the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs, NBA’s Toronto Raptors, Major League Soccer’s Toronto FC and the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts. The move follows
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12:15 PM ET Brianna Williams If you’re curious how a Venn diagram might look of the 2022 NBA All-Star Game, Kendall Jenner and K-pop, then you’ve come to the right place. NBA All-Star Weekend is here. The league’s midseason showcase will see some of the biggest stars meeting in Cleveland to play for bragging rights
9:49 AM ET Four months into the season, the odds to win the NBA championship have seen significant change at the top. The Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors, considered second-tier contenders to begin the season, enter the All-Star break as the favorites to win the NBA title at sportsbooks around the nation. Meanwhile, the
THINK OF THE MOMENT as Trae Young doing exactly what he says he’s going to do, knowing and trusting his path. Think of the decision Trae didn’t make. Early in Trae’s senior high school season, Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari flew to Oklahoma hoping to get a commitment from the five-star recruit. Coach Cal sat
9:53 PM ET Anthony Davis will be out at least four weeks after an MRI showed that the Los Angeles Lakers star has a mid-foot sprain, the team announced Thursday. Davis suffered the injury in the team’s 106-101 win against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. He underwent X-rays at Crypto.com Arena that revealed no fracture,
2:37 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Beginning Thursday, fans of the NBA and cool memorabilia will have a new collection to pick from. Pop culture collectible company Funko is releasing new NBA trading cards, along with a new NBA SLAM Magazine collection. Funko is partnering with Panini, the NBA’s exclusive trading card partner, to release new
8:00 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN After Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid battled for the right to be named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player all last season, it appears this year’s chase for the award could once again come down to the two All-Star big men. Embiid, after coming in second to Jokic in last year’s
11:27 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Lakers big man Anthony Davis exited Wednesday night’s game against the Utah Jazz with a right ankle sprain and will not return. X-rays revealed no fracture, and according to the team, Davis will be re-evaluated after the upcoming All-Star break. Davis came down on Rudy Gobert‘s heel,
12:53 AM ET NEW YORK — As Tom Thibodeau watched his beleaguered Knicks blow a 28-point lead to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, even he couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing. The veteran coach flailed his arms and shook in apparent disbelief as he watched his team get outhustled down the stretch in
12:29 AM ET Jamal CollierESPN CHICAGO — Chicago Bulls All-Star forward DeMar Derozan stayed on a roll offensively heading into the All-Star break and set an NBA record in Wednesday’s 125-118 victory over the Sacramento Kings. DeRozan scored 38 points on 16-for-27 (59%) shooting on Wednesday, making him the first player in NBA history to