Sports

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 2-0, but things have hardly been easy for the defending NBA champions. Both contests they’ve played went to double overtime, the latest coming Thursday night in an NBA Finals rematch…

TORONTO — George Springer can’t even remember what time it was in the wee hours Tuesday morning when he strolled into his Toronto condominium, his cell phone still buzzing, trying to not wake up his…

One of the more highly anticipated women’s college basketball non-conference games of the upcoming 2025-26 season is changing venues due to the ongoing government shutdown. The top-25 matchup between No. 1 UConn and No. 19…

PORTLAND, OR —  Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups was arraigned Oct. 23 on charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. Billups…

Former NBA player Damon Jones provided non-public injury information about the status of two players in NBA games, according to allegations listed in Thursday’s federal indictments related to a wide-ranging gambling scandal announced by FBI.…

FBI agents arrived at Terry Rozier’s Orlando, Florida, hotel room by 6 a.m. Thursday, ready to arrest the Miami Heat guard for his alleged role in an illegal NBA gambling scandal that reverberated throughout the…

Our runup to the start of college basketball continues. Today it’s the women’s turn as we unveil the preseason rankings in the USA TODAY Sports women’s basketball coaches poll, which has a lot of familiar…

Two years before Chauncey Billups was named in an FBI indictment on Thursday, Oct. 23, a professional poker player said a rigged poker game was “built around” Billups, the head coach of the Portland Trail…

AI-assisted summary The FBI arrested over 30 people, including NBA figures Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier, in a major gambling scandal. Billups is charged in connection with an illegal poker operation tied to the Mafia.…

AI-assisted summary The NBA has placed Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier on immediate leave following federal indictments. The indictments are part of a wide-ranging illegal gambling scheme with alleged ties to organized crime. Billups is…