Author Archives: Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS  —The Minnesota Timberwolves were stewing over their rough start in Game 1 against Golden State, a reaction coach Chris Finch was pleased to see.Julius Randle had 24 points and

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Vaticans Sistine Chapel.Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the

Stephen Curry sat down after the Golden State Warriors went through their gameday shootaround practice in Minneapolis on Thursday, quickly announcing that hes feeling great.He was not

OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder set league and team records in a 149-106 win over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night

LOS ANGELES— A woman is suing former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott, accusing him of sexually assaulting her during a team event at her high school in 1987, when he was 26 and

BOSTON — A fire alarm was triggered at TD Garden in the aftermath of the New York Knicks 91-90 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night, causing a brief

MINNEAPOLIS — The Golden State Warriors are planning to play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their NBA second-round series against Minnesota, after an MRI exam on

BOSTON —For the second straight game, the New York Knicks found themselves in a hole the Boston Celtics have rarely let teams out of this season.The Knicks again found a way — almost the

The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder looked very much like the dominant teams they were during the NBA regular season in securing lopsided first-round playoff series wins.Suddenly,

Road, sweet road.Home-court advantage? It doesn’t exist so far in the NBA conference semifinals — where visiting teams combined to go 4-0 in Game 1s, the first time that has happened