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• Raptors sign Cole Swider
The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Cole Swider. Swider, 6-foot-8, 220 pounds, is averaging 6.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 17.8 minutes in six games with the Raptors after signing a 10-Day contract on Mar. 26. He also averaged 21.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 34.6 minutes in 31 Tip-Off Tournament and regular season games … Continue reading "Raptors sign Cole Swider"...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: April 11

Yes, Chris Sabo’s bat indeed betrayed him over 20 games in Chicago in 1995. | Mitchell Layton/Getty Images A weird signing ends prematurely, and predictably 1917 The world championship season began in St. Louis, where the White Sox battered the Browns, 7-2. Jim Scott picked up the win, giving up four hits and a run in six innings of relief work for Lefty Williams. Buck Weaver drove in thre...2025
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• I Saw the Collapse In Milwaukee and Lived To Tell the Tale

Roughly an hour and a half before gates opened at Fiserv Forum, across the parkway, and buried within the Deer District, The Mecca Sports Bar and Grill featured more Minnesota Timberwolves fans than Milwaukee Bucks fans. The place started to get busier as the tip-off approached, and Bucks fans filled most of the seats....2025
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• Why the Joe Milton trade is a much better deal for the Cowboys than the move for Trey Lance

Photo by Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Joe Milton trade last week really was incredible. It’s important to have a quality backup quarterback. The Dallas Cowboys have learned this lesson the hard way a time or two. There have been many times over the last two decades where the team has been put in a bad spot due to not having a viable backup quarterback on the roster...2025
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• Auburn-Florida: Time, TV channel, stream for Final Four
The Florida Gators and Auburn Tigers will tip off the 2025 Final Four at 6:09 p.m. ET on Saturday, April 5. We will be live blogging the matchup between these two SEC powerhouses....2025
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• Tiny Nick’s Gambling Picks: 03/31
Locks NBA (1 Unit) LA Clippers Team Total Over 106.5 (-110; Odds via Caesars): 6:00 PM CT on Fanduel Sports SE This depends entirely on whether Kawhi Leonard plays for LA tonight, so keep a close eye on the injury report leading up to tip-off. Leonard is currently questionable, because of course he is, and missed their game yesterday but has been going off when he’s in the lineup, averaging 25....2025
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Hailey Van Lith, who helped Louisville go to a Final Four in 2022, will face her former team for the first time with TCU in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Even if it’s not explicitly stated, part of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee’s job is to make a television show, to put teams on paths that might be compelling must-watch matchups in Marc...2025
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• March Madness 2025: The Best and Worst from Day 2

Photo by Jason Miller/NCAA Photos via Getty Images It can only get better from here, folks. Allow me to be the millionth person to say that at least these second round games look like they’re going to be awesome. They need to be. Round one did not deliver at the level all of us are used to. It was still wonderful. It’s impossible for 32 games in two days not to be. Just not wonderful en...2025
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• The Best and Worst from Day 1 of March Madness

Photo by Ben Solomon/NCAA Photos via Getty Images The madness returned in full-force on Thursday. Let’s break down everything that happened. Let’s just get this out of the way straight from the jump: If you were ranking the best opening Thursdays in NCAA Tournament history, this one wouldn’t be near the top. It wouldn’t be somewhere in the middle either. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t great...2025
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• Surprising Unrivaled injury update could have major implications

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Napheesa Collier is now questionable to play on Sunday night, thanks to a left ankle injury, becoming the latest WNBA. Napheesa Collier is the latest WNBA star who could be held out of Sunday’s postseason Unrivaled action. Collier is now questionable with a left ankle injury, and in turn, relief contract player Kiki Jefferson has been assigned to the Lun...2025
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• Unrivaled Coach of the Year selection makes perfect sense

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images DJ Sackmann, who led Napheesa Collier and the Lunar Owls to a league-best 13-1 record, takes home the honors. Unrivaled has named its Coach of the Year: Lunar Owls head coach DJ Sackmann, a world-renowned basketball skills coach who led his club to a league-best 13-1 record. The Owls, headlined by Napheesa Collier, Allisha Gray, and Skylar Diggins-Smith,...2025
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• Unrivaled playoff preview: Can anyone take down the Lunar Owls?

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images Napheesa Collier, Allisha Gray, and Skylar Diggins-Smith have formed Unrivaled’s most formidable trio. Here’s what it will take for another club to defeat them. Unrivaled playoffs are set to tip off on Sunday, with the Laces and Rose slated to tip off at 7:30 pm, and the Vinyl and Lunar Owls at 8:30 pm. The winners of each Sunday match-up will face off i...2025
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• Angel Reese’s Unrivaled injury threatens team’s postseason chances

Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images Reese, who broke her wrist in September, missed the second half of Monday’s Unrivaled game. Angel Reese has had a phenomenal Unrivaled season; she’s averaged 13.1 points per game and a league-best 12.1 rebounds, and her Rose Club has surged through the standings after a tough start to finish with the league’s second-best record. But, her availability fo...2025
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• Women’s basketball rankings: No. 1 is unchanged, but injuries raise questions as conference tournaments approach

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images Can LSU, North Carolina, Kansas State and Tennessee hold onto their top 16 projections while weathering key injuries? It was a wild week in women’s college basketball and the latest AP Top 25 Poll reflects that. While the Texas Longhorns remained No. 1, USC elevated to No. 2, and Duke jumped up five spots to No. 11 as the week’s biggest riser after defeating North...2025
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• Women’s basketball weekend watch guide: Notre Dame vs. N.C. State is must-see

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images LSU vs. Kentucky could have an impact on NCAA Tournament seeding, while Saint Joseph’s vs. George Mason could help the Atlantic-10 get multiple bids. I’ve already told you why you should pay attention to the Ivy League this weekend. And you already know that players like Notre Dame’s Olivia Miles and South Carolina’s MiLaysia Fulwiley are box-office must-wa...2025
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• Valkyries’ Natalie Nakase spent offseason with unexpected mentor: Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla

Noa Dalzell/SB Nation The new Golden State Valkyries head coach — known for her obsessive work ethic — has spent significant time shadowing the Celtics’ head coach behind the scenes as she prepares for her first season in the lead chair. BOSTON — Natalie Nakase knew she had the opportunity of a lifetime. After years of serving as an assistant coach — in the G League, NBA, and ultimately th...2025
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• Jameis Winston's Elaborate Campaign to Be Trusted as the NFL Draft's No. 1 Pick
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• Memphis' Main Man: How Big Macs, Blues City Made Marc Gasol NBA's Top Center
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• Raptors sign Cole Swider
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• Why the Joe Milton trade is a much better deal for the Cowboys than the move for Trey Lance
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• Cole Swider, Raptors Sign 10-Day Contract

The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Cole Swider to a 10-day contract. Swider, 6-foot-8, 220 pounds, is averaging 21.0 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 34.6 minutes in 31 Tip-Off Tournament and regular season games with Motor City and South Bay in the NBA G League this season. He is shooting .482 (220-456) from the field and .442 (136-308) from three-point range. Swider has scored 20+ poi...2025
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• Phoenix Mercury sign veteran guard in full-circle moment

Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Alex Prince, who was first drafted by the Mercury in 2017, returns to the organization where it all began after a lengthy career overseas. Alexis Prince was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the third round in 2017, after a successful collegiate career at Baylor University. But, like most third-round picks in the WNBA, Prince wasn’...2025
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• Surprising Unrivaled injury update could have major implications
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• Unrivaled playoff preview: Can anyone take down the Lunar Owls?
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• Units are coming to women’s NCAA Tournament: What are they and what coaches think about them

Photo by Nicholas Faulkner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Men’s college basketball teams have received payouts for appearing in and playing in the NCAA Tournament since 1991. Now, the money is coming to the women’s game. Charlie Baker publicly set an expectation last year standing in the media workroom in Cleveland, Ohio’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Moments before tip-off in the nationa...2025
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• Angel Reese’s Unrivaled injury threatens team’s postseason chances
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• Cole Swider, Raptors Sign 10-Day Contract
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• Phoenix Mercury sign veteran guard in full-circle moment
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• Surprising Unrivaled injury update could have major implications
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• Unrivaled Coach of the Year selection makes perfect sense
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• Unrivaled playoff preview: Can anyone take down the Lunar Owls?
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• Indiana basketball star exposes team’s toxic fan problem

Indiana basketball can’t win until the fans grow up, and Oumar Ballo’s comments prove it. Indiana men’s basketball has had a nightmare season, and now their postseason fate rests in the hands of the NCAA tournament selection committee. The Hoosiers are out of the Big Ten tournament after a humiliating 72-59 loss to the Oregon Ducks on Thursday afternoon. The Ducks ran away with the game despite an...2025
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• Phoenix Mercury sign veteran guard in full-circle moment
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• Unrivaled playoff preview: Can anyone take down the Lunar Owls?
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• Units are coming to women’s NCAA Tournament: What are they and what coaches think about them
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• Duke’s win over UNC showed that the ACC Rookie of the Year race is a no-brainer

Duke freshman forward Toby Fournier muscles her way past a Cal defender for a shot on Jan. 16, 2025, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Cooper Flagg isn’t the only stellar freshman at Duke. Toby Fournier has the potential to be a star. DURHAM, N.C. – A bit more than 90 seconds remained and No. 16 Duke had essentially already won the game against rival...2025
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• Valkyries’ Natalie Nakase spent offseason with unexpected mentor: Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla
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• How a knee injury made Olivia Miles a better 3-point shooter and turned Notre Dame into a contender

Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles plays against North Carolina on Jan. 5, 2025, in Chapel Hill, N.C. | Mitchell Northam, SB Nation While sidelined last season, the All-American playmaker gained a new perspective that has helped the Fighting Irish become the best 3-point shooting team in women’s college basketball. Olivia Miles says that she sees the game of basketball as art. A self-taught hoo...2025
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• Jazz-Pels, Lakers-Clippers to tip off NBA restart
The NBA will resume its season on July 30 featuring the Jazz vs. Pelicans and Lakers vs. Clippers....2020
• Chicago Bulls announce 2015-16 schedule
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• Marreese Speights Says Warriors Can Stop LeBron James: ‘We’re the Best Team in the NBA’
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• Russell, Randle and Ingram Tip Off USA Training Camp
D'Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and Brandon Ingram competed against talent from across the league — including each other — at day one of USA Basketball training camp....2016
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• Fan Creates Awesome Video That Shows Final Possession of Recent NBA Finals
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• Blake Griffin on Facing Spurs: ‘We’re the Underdogs in This’
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• Memphis' Main Man: How Big Macs, Blues City Made Marc Gasol NBA's Top Center
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• Lakers at Grizzlies: 10 Things to Know
Here is what you need to know before the Lakers tip off on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday....2014
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• Have the Rams given any hints to who has edge at running back before Week 7?

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Everything Sean McVay and the Rams coaching staff has said about the running back situation Who will start and get the majority of carries for the L.A. Rams in Week 7? It is one of the bigger questions this week around the NFL is who will start at running back and get the majority of the carries for the Los Angeles Rams after the team placed two players, inc...2023
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• 3 Keys to San Antonio Spurs Spurs Closing out Clippers in Game 6 Home Contest
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• Daily Fantasy Basketball 2014: Best NBA FanDuel, DraftKings Lineup for Nov. 19
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• Today in White Sox History: April 11
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• Why the Joe Milton trade is a much better deal for the Cowboys than the move for Trey Lance
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• Auburn-Florida: Time, TV channel, stream for Final Four
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• Tiny Nick’s Gambling Picks: 03/31
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• Final Four predictions for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, from our college basketball expert

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Could we see an all-No. 1 seed Final Four for just the second time ever? The madness returns Thursday night and figures to give us some of the most competitive showdowns we’ve ever seen during the tournament’s second weekend. Let’s make some predictions. East Region Action resumes on Thursday night and the first game to tip-off might be the most entertai...2025
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• Louisville players say there’s ‘no bad blood’ with Hailey Van Lith ahead of March Madness matchup
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• March Madness 2025: First Round Schedule and How to Watch
The road to history begins now. Find the full March Madness first round schedule below, along with where to watch every game live. March Madness—where dreams are realized, legacies are built, and heartbreak is never more than a buzzer-beater away—is officially set to tip off. It all starts Tuesday night in Dayton, Ohio, with the […] The post March Madness 2025: First Round Schedule and How t...2025

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• NBA Trade Rumors: Raptors are surprise suitor for Warriors All-Star, Jazz and Clippers make deal

Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images The Jazz and Clippers made a move, while rumors about what the Warriors’ package for Jimmy Butler — and how the Raptors might facilitate a deal with the Heat — fell into place. The 2025 NBA Trade Deadline is less than a week away, which means that teams around the league are finally starting to get active as they look to get things done before the...2025
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• I’ve covered hundreds of pro basketball games. Unrivaled was unlike any other.

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league — co-founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart — is creating a spectacularly unique basketball environment. MEDLEY, FLORIDA – On Monday night, I had the opportunity to attend my first-ever Unrivaled basketball games — back-to-back full-court 3-on-3 games that featured WNBA stars lik...2025
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• Caitlin Clark will not play in Unrivaled — but here’s which WNBA stars will

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled will pair Arike Ogunbowale with Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Plum with Alyssa Thomas, DiJonai Carrington with Breanna Stewart, Jackie Young with Brittney Griner, and more. After weeks of anticipation, social media buzz, and anticipation, Unrivaled has released its six club rosters and accompanying head coaches. And, on November 20th, perhaps t...2024
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• Aces rookie Kate Martin joining Unrivaled is a win-win for both her and the league

Photo by Ian Maule/NBAE via Getty Images Martin should help drive considerable buzz around the new 3x3 basketball league given her enormous popularity. Add Kate Martin to the list. Martin, fresh off of a rookie campaign with the Las Vegas Aces, is officially the latest addition to Unrivaled Basketball League, the new 3x3 women’s professional basketball that will take place during the WNBA...2024
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• WWE NXT (10/22) Draws Over 700,000 Viewers Against NBA Season Tip Off
Viewership and ratings information for the October 22nd episode of NXT. Programming Insider reports that the October 22nd episode of NXT drew 702,000 viewers. This number is up from the 639,000 viewers the show drew last Tuesday. Tuesday's episode scored a 0.16 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, down from the 0.18 demo rating on October 15. NXT was up against NBA season opener between the Bost...2024
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• Hakeem Olajuwon fasting during Ramadan left teammates in awe, but him simply feeling ‘lighter’

In this excerpt from “Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon” New York Times bestselling author Mirin Fader explains how Hakeem Olajuwon came to fast during Ramadan, and how it left those around the Rockets during his career in amazement. Olajuwon had been contemplating whether he should fast on game days during Ramadan. In that month, commemorating the time when the Qur’an was revealed to ...2024
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• Courtney Williams (and her dad) are ready for the WNBA Finals

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx star led the way in a decisive Game 5 victory, clinching her team’s spot in the WNBA Finals. Her father knew it was coming. MINNEAPOLIS — Courtney Williams quite literally couldn’t miss. After each shot, the trademark grin across her face widened. Just a few feet away was her father, Don Williams, well-known at Target Center for being...2024
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