PHILADELPHIA — Fran Dunphy sat at a long table inside La Salle University’s athletic center early Monday afternoon, his body turned toward a wide window on the other end of a conference room, as if the difficult discussion topic pained him and he was trying to shield himself from the hurt.

A 70-page federal indictment had dropped Thursday ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — De’Anthony Melton heaved the ball over Moses Moody’s head and out of bounds, Brandin Podziemski had his pocket picked by Gradey Dick and the Warriors watched as a desperation attempt missed the rim as the shot clock expired.

Inside Chase Center, where there were more empty seats than usual, the crowd groaned.

Three ...Read more

CHICAGO — For a half-second, Coby White thought about pushing his luck.

It was deep in the fourth quarter of a 138-110 win over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Chicago Bulls held an unshakeable 31-point lead. White had knocked down 3-pointers on his last two trips down the court. There was nothing much to lose and plenty to gain as a crowd ...Read more

The Minnesota Timberwolves likely thought they had an easy win at the end of this four-game road swing.

Fans know that’s sometimes the most dangerous thing for them to think, and the Wolves let go of a game they could have won in a 127-122 loss to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday before 18,186 at Delta Center.

Not long after playing some of their ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — It is possible that, in one instant, the greatest era of Golden State Warriors basketball collapsed, right along with Jimmy Butler’s right knee.

Scans confirmed the worst on Tuesday, what was evident as Butler wailed in pain beneath the Chase Center basket on Monday night: A tear in his anterior cruciate ligament, ending his...Read more

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men’s basketball has been riding high for over a month.

On Tuesday, the Tigers came back to down to earth.

Clemson dropped its first ACC game of the season 80-76 in overtime to NC State at Littlejohn Coliseum, which snapped a nine-game winning streak dating back to Dec. 13 as well as a 10-game home winning streak.

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DETROIT — You could argue this is no time for half measures.

But that’ll be the dilemma now with these Detroit Pistons, who are halfway to a place they haven’t been in 20 years and perhaps nowhere near their full potential.

How best to reach it? And how far should the front office extend itself to try to expedite that process in the ...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Michigan Wolverines will be the first to admit they haven’t been playing their best in recent weeks.

On Tuesday, though, they took a step in the right direction toward getting back to their previous form.

No. 3 Michigan kicked off a three-game homestand and a crucial stretch with four of five contests at home with a...Read more

NEW YORK — Far too often, St. John’s had been on the wrong side of games like this one.

In all five of their losses this season, the Red Storm blew a second-half lead. In three of those defeats, St. John’s led by double digits at one point.

But on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, the Johnnies were the comeback kids.

St. John’s ...Read more

BOULDER, Colo. — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self will not coach Tuesday night’s game against Colorado, KU Athletics has announced.

KU assistant Jacque Vaughn, former head coach of the Brooklyn Nets and Orlando Magic, will take over head coaching duties for the game, as Self will remain in Lawrence following a health episode Monday.

In a ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — I remember the final few months of the Kevin Stallings era of Pitt basketball and just how awful that was.

It was 2017-18, and in just two seasons Stallings and then-athletic director Scott Barnes managed to destroy the house that Jamie Dixon and Ben Howland built.

Petersen Events Center was a morgue, devoid of atmosphere. And ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Jimmy Butler had to be helped back to the locker room early in the third quarter of the Warriors’ 135-112 victory on Monday over the Heat at Chase Center.

He underwent an MRI the same night, and the results will be known by Tuesday. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said he did not want to speculate on how the team will adapt to ...Read more

DETROIT — In a matchup between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons showcased their superiority halfway through the 2025-26 season. The Pistons picked up a 104-103 victory over the Boston Celtics at Little Caesars Arena Monday.

Tobias Harris was the leading scorer for the Pistons, finishing the game with 25 points....Read more

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Amid online rumors of an apparent health scare for Kansas basketball coach Bill Self, a KU Athletics spokesperson announced Monday night that Self was hospitalized Monday “out of an abundance of caution” after feeling “under the weather.”

“Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self felt under the weather earlier ...Read more