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The iconic Chicago Bulls 1990s intro music from The Alan Parsons Project filled Radio City Music Hall during NBC’s “upfronts” a year ago, the annual event where networks try to energize advertisers to spend with them. “Froooom North Carolina, at guard, 6-6, Michael Jordan,” the voice of PA announcer Ray Clay boomed. Advertisement An NBC…

CLEVELAND — Everyone, it seemed, was talking to Curtis Blair during Thursday’s Game 2 of the Cavs-Pistons series. Everyone, that is, except Kenny Atkinson. Cleveland star James Harden held a side chat with the barrel-chested referee at the end of the first quarter. Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff gave Blair an earful more than once. And…

PHILADELPHIA — Tom Thibodeau did not deserve to be fired. James Dolan did the right thing by firing him and replacing him with Mike Brown. Both things can be true in the bizarro world of professional sports, and both things are true today, with the Knicks back in the Eastern Conference finals and playing a…

CHICAGO — One of the greatest moments in Washington, D.C., sports history occurred approximately three miles due south from Navy Pier, where the NBA held its annual draft lottery Sunday afternoon. In January 1988, at Soldier Field, the football team then known as the Washington Redskins upset the Chicago Bears in an NFC Divisional playoff…

PHILADELPHIA — Daryl Morey’s vision for the 76ers played out in two sharply contrasting scenes during the 2026 NBA playoffs. There was a first-round win over the Boston Celtics. A core the president of basketball operations meticulously put together finally found health and cohesion over seven games. Joel Embiid was dominant. Tyrese Maxey was electric.…

Josh Hart has firsthand knowledge of how much Philadelphia sports fans support their teams. The New York Knicks forward is a national championship winner at Villanova University. However, after New York completed a four-game, second-round sweep against the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena in a matchup that felt like it was played at Madison…

There was one sweep in the NBA playoffs on Sunday and there could be another on Monday. The New York Knicks took care of business, to say the least, against the Philadelphia 76ers with another utter demolition on the road in a close-out game. Now, it’s Oklahoma City’s turn. The Thunder are up 3-0 on…

The Minnesota Timberwolves only had to face Victor Wembanyama for 12 minutes Sunday. With the 7-foot-4 star’s ejection 3 1/2 minutes into the second quarter, the No. 6-seeded Timberwolves still had to rally to beat the Wembanyama-less San Antonio Spurs 114-109 in Game 4 at Target Center, evening this Western Conference semifinal series at 2.…

PHILADELPHIA — On Sunday afternoon, the Philadelphia 76ers lost an Eastern Conference semifinal Game 4, 144-114, to the New York Knicks. The defeat ended an up-and-down season for Philly, and it ended a series in a sweep, 4-0. As players filed out of Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sunday night, Sixers star center Joel Embiid left…

PHILADELPHIA — Whoever claims they prophesied Jalen Brunson would be this good is lying. The New York Knicks were indeed searching for a messiah of basketball’s Mecca. They were desperate for a spectacle worthy of Broadway, for Madison Square Garden to again become the Knicks’ home court and not merely a stage for the visiting…