The Los Angeles Clippers, severely punished last week by the NBA for what the league said were salary cap rules violations involving star forward Kawhi Leonard, are under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors, the New York Times reported Thursd...

New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson will host the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" on Sept. 26. Named MVP of the 2026 NBA Finals in June, Brunson guided the Knicks to their first title in 53 years. Hosting "SNL" for the first time, the 30-year...

The New Orleans Pelicans waived veteran Taj Gibson on Wednesday, one day after acquiring the 41-year-old forward/center in a trade. New Orleans added Gibson and AJ Johnson from the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday in exchange for Jordan Hawkins, Micah Pea...

Nikolaj Ehlers collected the hat trick on Wednesday, powering the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-4 back-and-forth victory over the last-place Vancouver Canucks. Sean Walker, Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho all collected one ...

Cutter Gauthier scored Anaheim's first two goals of a three-goal first-period flurry Wednesday night for the host Ducks, who cooled off the surging New York Islanders with a 5-1 win. Beckett Sennecke scored late in the first while Ryan Poehling and Fr...

Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist and Brayden Schenn added three helpers as the St. Louis Blues defeated the host Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Wednesday. Logan Mailloux and Dylan Holloway also scored for the Blues, who improved to 2-0-0 on a four-game t...