Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points, and the Thunder beat the Timberwolves 114-88 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

Rhyne Howard made a go-ahead free throw with 9.1 seconds left, and the Atlanta Dream withstood a thrilling fourth-quarter rally led by Caitlin Clark.

Leonie Fiebich’s familiarity with the Liberty from last season is what made her reintegration with minimal prep mostly seamless this past weekend.

Dodgers outfielder Kiké Hernandez unknowingly suffered a bowel movement during a playoff baseball game, he retold during a podcast released this week. 

Islanders captain Anders Lee on Lou Lamoriello's departure: “It was tough. [We’ve] been through a lot together.”

Wednesday night that conference finals drought — the league’s third longest — ends with Game 1 against the Pacers at Madison Square Garden, a gift to the Knicks diehards who wondered if they would die before such a day would come. 

Steve Cohen is preaching patience.

It is possible the education of Will Warren is unfolding rapidly.

Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges have thrived under pressure, both key contributors in the Knicks’ wild playoff run.

It will be a close series. 

Cheers were few for the visiting team on Tuesday, through a confluence of bad luck on well-struck balls and noncompetitive at-bats.

General manager Brian Cashman, not surprisingly, is pleased with his team’s results for the first six-plus weeks of the year.

Mike Sullivan has surely grown and changed over the 12 seasons since he last stood behind the Rangers bench as an assistant coach on John Tortorella’s staff. 

Jalen Hurts and A.J. Brown reiterated why they skipped a trip to the White House last month.

The runner who died during the Brooklyn Half Marathon on Saturday was revealed to be a former college football player. 

Angel Reese isn't letting go of the ongoing Caitlin Clark drama she's embroiled in.

Karl-Anthony Towns has certainly not shaken the "soft" characterization. Chris Bosh shared a similar style, and it worked out just fine for him.

Walker Buehler and Alex Cora hit the exits early on Tuesday night, but not after getting their money's worth.

For their first appearance in the Eastern Conference finals in a quarter century, it is only fitting that the Knicks will square off against Indiana — their opponent in each of their past three trips to the NBA’s semifinal round. 

Carlos Mendoza stood by his player, a night after Soto was slow departing the batter’s box and watched a ball he thought he had struck for a home run hit off the Green Monster.