Column: LeBron James can still be a great player. On Thursday, he was what the Lakers need: A role player. www.si.com/nba/lebron-j...

Sources: Mikaela Mayer three-division world champion and former U.S. Olympian, the latest to join Jake Paul's women's boxing stable www.si.com/boxing/sourc...

Column: On the ever unpredictable Knicks www.si.com/nba/why-the-...

NEW @sportsillustrated.bsky.social Boxing Newsletter out today: Mailbag! Your questions on ... ▪️The Jai Opetaia/IBF/Zuffa mess ▪️Boots Ennis-Vergil Ortiz ▪️Devin Haney-Rolly Romero talks ▪️MVP's new ESPN deal Subscribe! Free to your inbox www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

NEW pod w/Lance Pugmire: ▪️Jai/IBF dispute ▪️Latest on Boots-Vergil ▪️Will Devin really fight Rolly? ▪️Why Eddie Hearn is in the Aspinall business 🔽 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

NEW @sportsillustrated.bsky.social Boxing Newsletter out today: Mailbag! Your questions on ... ▪️The Jai Opetaia/IBF/Zuffa mess ▪️Boots Ennis-Vergil Ortiz ▪️Devin Haney-Rolly Romero talks ▪️MVP's new ESPN deal Subscribe! Free to your inbox www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

Column: Jayson Tatum's return could not have gone much better. So with its All-NBA forward back, what is Boston's ceiling now? www.si.com/nba/jayson-t...

NEW #OpenFloor NBA newsletter out today: ▪️Inside the rise of the Charlotte Hornets, who are building a sustainable winner ▪️Evan Turner talks Jayson Tatum's return, reasonable expectations, Boston's conference title chances. Free to your inbox! ⬇️ www.si.com/newsletter-nba

NEW ⁦‪SI‬⁩ Pod w/⁦‪Evan Turner‬⁩: ▪️⁦‪Jayson Tatum set to return — what should expectations be? ▪️Charlotte on a roll ▪️Luka/Redick viral moment in LA podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Column: Giannis returned on Monday with one objective—make the playoffs. On Giannis’s rusty return and if the Bucks can make a run www.si.com/nba/giannis-...

NEW #openfloor with @rachel-nichols.bsky.social: ▪️It’s return week! Giannis, Trae and … Tatum? ▪️Lu Dort: Physical or dirty? ▪️State of the Knicks ▪️Joe Mazzulla’s coaching masterclass 🔽 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Brand new boxing newsletter out today: ▪️Inside Zuffa Boxing's brewing war with Matchroom ▪️Berlanga targeting a summer showdown with Eubank ▪️Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney rematch heating up Subscribe -- free to your inbox! www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

NEW pod w/⁦‪Evan Turner‬⁩: ▪️More problems in LA ▪️Zion’s future in New Orleans ▪️Bulls in a (planned) free fall 🔽 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Conor Benn-Regis Prograis will be fought at a 150-pound catchweight, sources familiar with the deal told @sportsillustrated.bsky.social. Benn making his way back down from 160. Prograis, a former unified 140-pound champion, moves up.

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NEW: Sugar Núñez grew up being bullied. In the ring, he is the bully. Inside Nunez’s rise and why his biggest test will come against a man he never dreamed of fighting www.si.com/boxing/eduar...

Column: "It was a good test," said Victor Wembanyama. For San Antonio, any games that feel like the postseason, like Monday's win in Detroit, can help the Spurs be ready for it www.si.com/nba/spurs-sh...

NEW: ▪️Details on Conor Benn’s new deal ▪️What’s next for Ryan Garcia ▪️Shields, Mayer, talking future showdown www.si.com/boxing/boxin...

NEW @sportsillustrated.bsky.social Boxing Newsletter out today: ▪️Ryan Garcia's options after a stellar win ▪️Inside Conor Benn's deal with Zuffa ▪️Shields-Mayer negotiating a catchweight fight ▪️Inside the rise of Sugar Nunez, set to face Navarrete on Saturday. Subscribe 🔽 www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

Conor Benn’s deal with Zuffa Boxing is a one-fight, eight-figure deal, sources told @sportsillustrated.bsky.social. Zuffa has to run Benn out by May 31st. A spot on the undercard of Tyson Fury’s return in May has been discussed, sources say.

NEW pod w/⁦‪Sergio Mora ▪️What can we expect from ⁦‪Ryan Garcia ▪️Is Mario Barrios being underestimated? ▪️Hitchins-Duarte ready for war ▪️Shields-Crews-Dezurn set for rematch And much more! 🔽 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Per Mavericks: Kyrie Irving will not return this season.

Vergil Ortiz Jr has filed an opposition to the temporary restraining order Golden Boy received to block Ortiz from signing to fight Jaron Ennis, according to a copy of the public record reviewed by SI. Ortiz is seeking to dissolve the TRO and deny GBP further relief.

NEW: “I just want to win here so bad,” says Cade Cunningham. Inside the stunning rise of the New Bad Boys, who play like the old Pistons—and believe they can win like them www.si.com/nba/pistons-...

NEW: How high did Shakur Stevenson rise in @sportsillustrated.bsky.social's pound-for-pound rankings? Plus Devin Haney inches forward and a familiar name rounds out the top-ten www.si.com/boxing/pound...

NEW: Last May, all the damage Ryan Garcia had done to his body caught up with him. The drinking. The drugs. "My brain needed to heal," says Garcia. Inside Garcia's tumultuous two-year stretch -- and why he believes he is on the other side of it www.si.com/boxing/ryan-...

NEW pod w/Sergio Mora: ▪️Could Charlo muscle in between Boots and Vergil? ▪️What kind of trainer does Brian Norman need? ▪️Is Wardley a must-win for Daniel Dubois? ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

The Last Round, @sportsillustrated.bsky.social’s boxing newsletter, launches today! In the first issue I went into camp with Ryan Garcia, who opened up about his battles w/drugs and alcohol, why he nearly backed out of Rolly fight and much more. Subscribe! 🔽 www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

Column: Finally, the NBA gets the All-Star game right www.si.com/nba/all-star...

The Last Round, @sportsillustrated.bsky.social’s Boxing Newsletter, launches on Monday. Subscribe — it’s free! www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

Column: Tanking? A big issue, said Adam Silver. Clippers investigation? Nothing to report. Expansion? Getting closer. On Saturday, the commissioner was pressed on the league's big issues. But he is still searching for answers www.si.com/nba/adam-sil...

Column: Tanking? A big issue, said Adam Silver. Clippers investigation? Nothing to report. Expansion? Getting closer. On Saturday, the commissioner was pressed on the league's big issues. But he is still searching for answers www.si.com/nba/adam-sil...

The Last Round, @sportsillustrated.bsky.social’s Boxing Newsletter, launches on Monday. Subscribe — it’s free! www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

The return of @sichrismannix.bsky.social on today’s DP Show! One of my favorite guests and guest-host. And of course the, “You got it, Dan.”

NEW #OpenFloor pod @sportsillustrated.bsky.social: ▪️ @pablo.show on the NBA's Clippers/Aspiration investigation, why he thinks there is already a "smoking gun," where it goes from here and what he would ask Adam Silver ▪️ George Karl on his new ABA doc "Soul Power." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Alex Sarr update, per Wizards

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Column: Nearly a third of the NBA is in a race to the bottom. Before the All-Star break. That's not a tanking problem. That's an epidemic. www.si.com/nba/tanking-...

NEW pod w/Mauricio Sulaimán: ◾️Why did the WBC strip Shakur Stevenson? ◾️Are there too many interim champions in boxing? ◾️Are the WBC ratings a meritocracy? ◾️The threat of Zuffa Boxing to the sanctioning body system ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

SI’s boxing newsletter launches next week! Subscribe at @sportsillustrated.bsky.social. Free and straight to your inbox! www.si.com/boxing/newsl...

NEW pod with @rachel-nichols.bsky.social: ▪️Why it was an “A+” deadline in Washington ▪️Why Milwaukee did the right thing with Giannis ▪️Indiana’s big gamble, Clippers reboot, more 🔽 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Winners, losers from a wild week www.si.com/nba/trade-de...

Latest trade deadline chatter @sportsillustrated.bsky.social: ▪️’Wolves believed to need four (or more) teams to get in the Giannis mix ▪️Kings vet could hit the buyout market ▪️Reax to Tuesday’s flurry ⬇️ www.si.com/nba/trade-de...

NEW pod with @rachel-nichols.bsky.social: ▪️Jazz take a big swing ▪️Bucks weighing tough Giannis decision ▪️Boston gets its big man. More! ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Sources: Clippers, Cavs, have had advanced discussions on a James Harden-Darius Garland swap. Details: www.si.com/nba/trade-de...

NEW pod w/Sergio Mora Breaking down Shakur Stevenson's masterclass, Keyshawn's return, Xander's unification, Josh Kelly's upset and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

LeBron over Kawhi. Huh.

The NBA has just suspended 76ers forward Paul George for 25 games for violating the league’s anti-drug program

NEW pod w/Evan Turner: ▪️Clippers shocking turnaround ▪️Warriors conundrum ▪️Giannis injuries affecting trade value? ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

NEW #OpenFloor newsletter out today: ▪️Warriors aggressively looking for upgrades—but what happens if they don’t make any? ▪️Inside Clippers recent surge ▪️Plus Giannis notes, LaMelo, more! ⬇️ www.si.com/newsletter-nba