Basketball

6/26/2026 |  Clark’s Fever continue to lead WNBA viewership (Sports Media Watch) Caitlin Clark and the Fever continue to rank as the biggest viewership draw in the WNBA, posting another one of the season’s top audiences last weekend.
Saturday’s Fever-Dream WNBA regular season game averaged 1.7 million viewers on ABC, marking the third-largest audience of the season behind Fever-Liberty on CBS earlier this month (2.6M) and Wings-Fever on the opening weekend of the season (2.5M).

6/25/2026 |  The NBA draft brings more paint presence to the Southwest Division with a plethora of big men (Associated Press (AP)) The NBA’s Southwest Division could become a showcase next season for rookies who do their best work in the paint.
Memphis took Duke forward Cameron Boozer third overall in the NBA draft Tuesday night and added forward Karim Lopez of Mexico later in the first round.
The Dallas Mavericks used their top draft choice to select Morez Johnson Jr. at ninth overall from the reigning NCAA national champion Michigan — just hours after announcing they had hired new coach Dusty May away from the Wolverines. 

6/25/2026 |  NBA draft finishes up in New York, where some second-round picks are revered (Associated Press (AP)) NEW YORK (AP) — Some of New York’s biggest basketball heroes were second-round draft picks.
Like Jalen Brunson, the guy marching through Manhattan with the Larry O’Brien Trophy in his arms last week during a joyous championship parade celebration. And Willis Reed, the guy who limped onto the floor before and during the early minutes of Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to lift the Knicks to their first championship.

6/25/2026 |  Indiana man charged after being accused of stalking WNBA player Sophie Cunningham (Associated Press (AP)) An Indiana man was charged Wednesday on accusations he stalked WNBA player Sophie Cunningham and sent her threatening and explicit messages on social media.Kevin Singh, 48, faces felony charges for stalking and intimidation, as well as a misdemeanor harassment charge. He was arrested Tuesday, according to the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.

6/25/2026 |  Lawsuit Claims NCAA's New Age-Based Eligibility Unfair to Class of 2022 (Athletic Business) A group of 15 college basketball players have filed a lawsuit in Ohio that alleges the NCAA's new aged-based eligibility framework is unfair to the high school class of 2022.