Basketball

Maria Taylor has officially been named NBC Sports’ lead studio host for the NBA and WNBA, according to an NBC Sports press release. NBC reacquired the rights to NBA games in an 11-year agreement with the league last summer and will begin its coverage in 2025/26. Taylor will host NBC Sports’ NBA studio programs on Sunday and Tuesday nights alongside analysts Carmelo Anthony and … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Taylor, Parker, Avdija, Power Rankings

Checking on on this year's rookie class as well as a must-see matchup between the Indiana Fever and the Dallas Wings on Friday. … [Read more...] about WNBA Preview: Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers set to square off for the first time in the pros

The Pacers appeared in the Eastern Conference Finals in 2024, but benefited from injuries to key Bucks and Knicks players during the first two rounds, then were swept out of the third round by the Celtics. While they were viewed as a solid team, the Pacers were also a No. 6 seed that had only avoided a play-in game due to a tiebreaker edge over a Philadelphia with an identical … [Read more...] about 2025 NBA Offseason Preview: Indiana Pacers

Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals averaged 16,353,000 viewers on ABC, making it the most-watched game in six years since 2019. The seven-game series won by the Oklahoma City Thunder over the Indiana Pacers averaged 10,266,000 viewers and delivered the seven most-watched broadcasts on all of television since the first week of May. The game peaked with 19,281,000 viewers between … [Read more...] about Game 7 Averages 16.36M Viewers, Most-Watched NBA Game Since 2019

Tyrese Haliburton has been diagnosed with a torn right Achilles tendon. Haliburton suffered the injury in Game 7 of the NBA Finals which the Indiana Pacers went on to lose to the Oklahoma City Thunder by a final score of 103-91. Haliburton will soon undergo surgery on the Achilles with Dr. Martin O'Malley at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and will likely miss the … [Read more...] about Tyrese Haliburton Suffers Torn Right Achilles Tendon