LEXINGTON, Ky. — Make it five wins in a row for Mark Pope and the Kentucky Wildcats.

The Cats defeated Ole Miss 72-63 Saturday, scoring a victory over former UK guard Travis Perry in his return to Rupp Arena and securing their fifth straight win in SEC play.

Kentucky was never behind in the second half, though Ole Miss did briefly tie the ...Read more

CHICAGO — On Saturday, Derrick Rose will reach a new level of distinction in Chicago.

The retired point guard doesn’t need any introduction. He’s a former NBA MVP, a kid raised on Simeon hoops who elevated a new era for the Bulls. And this weekend, his jersey will be added to the rafters alongside the likes of Michael Jordan and Scottie ...Read more

Mike Brown, you’ve caught up to speed.

It took Brown 44 games (45 if you include the scrubbed NBA Cup final) as Knicks' head coach to pick up where Tom Thibodeau left off in the Eastern Conference finals, implementing a substitution pattern in Saturday’s 112-109 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers that felt all too familiar to those who’...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The halftime cheers that warmed Williams Arena, with Minnesota fans celebrating a six-point lead over unbeaten Nebraska, froze as if they were left outside in the subzero temperatures on Saturday.

A 21-4 run by the undefeated Cornhuskers took the wind out of the Gophers players, too.

“For the first time,” coach Niko Medved ...Read more

DURHAM, N.C. — Having made their California swing — successfully and assertively — Duke’s Blue Devils were back in Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday.

Wake Forest was in the house, and the Demon Deacons got the start they wanted, taking an early lead. But it didn’t take long for the No. 5 Blue Devils to crank things up, smooth things out...Read more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — If there’s one sequence that best summed up No. 22 North Carolina’s helplessness, early on, in its 85-80 come-from-behind victory over No. 14 Virginia on Saturday, it’s this: the time UVA pulled down three offensive rebounds in a single possession.

You read that right. Three rebounds in a single possession.

Just ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Miles Bridges is used to the routine by now.

Seemingly every year, as the calendar approaches February and the NBA trade deadline nears, rumors surrounding the Charlotte Hornets forward run rampant across the internet and social-media sphere. And the sundial is once again approaching that point on the programming schedule.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The NBA has postponed the game between the Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors on Saturday at Target Center, after federal agents shot and killed a man in south Minneapolis, the league announced.

The teams are now set to play on Sunday at 4:30 p.m., the time they were scheduled to play Saturday. The teams are also set to play...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Chris Coyne had a chance to win $1 million earlier this month, but that wasn’t enough to get him out of reading his son a bedtime story.

His friends were coming over the next afternoon to watch the final slate of NFL games as Coyne neared the prize. So his wife said it was his night to make sure one of their two children was ...Read more

Detroit — The Detroit Pistons battled back from a 14-point deficit and made several attempts to close the gap on the Houston Rockets on Friday night. Despite gaining strong momentum early in the fourth quarter, their efforts fell short, resulting in a 111-104 loss at Little Caesars Arena.

With the loss, the Pistons' overall record fell to 32-...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — On a night the Michigan men’s basketball program celebrated its past, the Wolverines gave fans another reason to cheer on the present.

After raising Trey Burke’s No. 3 jersey to the Crisler Center rafters, No. 3 Michigan used a pivotal second-half run to take down Ohio State, 74-62, in Friday’s rivalry game.

Yaxel ...Read more

The Celtics escaped Brooklyn with a stunning victory Friday night thanks to Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard and clutch plays by a pair of 2025 draft picks.

Rookie Hugo Gonzalez drilled a game-tying 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds remaining in overtime, and Boston pulled away in the second OT to defeat the Nets, 130-126, at the Barclays Center.

Brown...Read more

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Make it the honored six.

Trey Burke, the former Michigan star who led the Wolverines to the 2013 national title game, had his No. 3 jersey raised to the Crisler Center rafters at halftime of Friday’s contest against Ohio State.

Burke, a 6-foot guard from Columbus, Ohio, is the first men’s basketball player to receive ...Read more

NEW YORK — The biggest thing standing between Rick Pitino and the 900th win of his Division I coaching career is his son.

Pitino, who is one win away from that round milestone, and St. John’s are set to face Xavier on Saturday afternoon in Cincinnati.

His 43-year-old son Richard Pitino is in his first year as Xavier’s head coach.

“I ...Read more

MIAMI — Retired Miami police officer Marcos Tomas Perez has been sentenced to three years in prison and must repay the Miami Heat about $1.9 million after pleading guilty to selling hundreds of stolen Heat jerseys, including those worn in games by LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

Perez, 62, a former Heat and NBA security employee, was also ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James downplayed any suggestion of a rift between him and Lakers governor Jeanie Buss on Thursday following an ESPN report that detailed how the now-minority owner of the team had started to turn on the Lakers superstar.

"Quite frankly, I don't really get involved in that, or the reports, or whatever the case may be," ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — When the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers faced each other at Intuit Dome on Dec. 20, both teams were struggling. After that game, they began to move in opposite directions.

The Lakers were 19-7 before that game and the Clippers stood at 6-21. Since the Clippers’ win that night, they’ve gone 14-3 — and the ...Read more