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Many college basketball fans are feeling a divine spirit after Catholic cardinals elected the first American pope last week. As a result, bets on Pope Leo XIV's alma mater -- Villanova -- have increased twentyfold in the past week.

Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell was set to have an MRI on Monday of the ankle that he injured in a Game 4 blowout loss to the Indiana Pacers in the second round of the playoffs.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a model of lethal emotionless consistency for Oklahoma City.

Instead of swishes, there were far more clanks by the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder in the first quarter of Game 4. Their slumbering offenses combined for 25 points to open the game, matching the record for the fewest in the opening ...

The fate of the Washington Wizards and a handful of other NBA teams will be decided by ping pong balls on Monday night. The league's lottery will determine the order of picks for next month's draft.

Mitchell Robinson looked so crushed by one airball on a free throw that he had his head in his hands early in Game 3 on Saturday.

Former NBA star Charles Barkley said that while he supported transgender people, it was stupid to allow biological men to compete against women in sports.

Angel Reese's rookie year surpassed nearly all expectations.

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.

Caitlin Clark's return to Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye Arena for the WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and Brazilian national team averaged 1.3 million viewers on ESPN, the network announced Tuesday.