Expert recap and game analysis of the San Jose Sharks vs. Los Angeles Kings NHL game from January 7, 2026 on ESPN.

The NBA started in the late 1940’s, so if you take the league’s official starting point as 1946, with the BAA which merged ...

Expert recap and game analysis of the Florida Panthers vs. Colorado Avalanche NHL game from January 4, 2026 on ESPN.

The NBA is never boring -- and this season is no different. There have been surprising starts, both in good (we see you, Pistons) and bad (unfortunately, we see you, too, Clippers) ways. There have ...

Don't let the calendar fool you. As we hit the mid-December mark in the NBA, the sample size is getting too big to ignore. The pretenders are fading, the contenders are separating, and the anomalies ...

Roughly one-third of the 2025-26 NBA season is over. With a chunk of the league's attention on the upcoming NBA Cup championship game on Tuesday, it can be easy to lose sight of simply how much ...

Through 25 games, no team in NBA history has been better than this season's edition of the Oklahoma City Thunder. With their dominant, 49-point victory Wednesday, Dec. 10 over the Phoenix Suns, the ...

Yesterday, we handed out quarter-season awards for the 2025-26 NBA season. That process is more of a starting gun for the races than a definitive prediction for who will win. At the risk of tarnishing ...

Maybe this is the season the NBA Cup really takes hold of the basketball audience. This year's quarterfinals for the NBA's in-season tournament have set up nicely, with a mix of expected title ...

The quarterfinals for the third edition of the NBA Cup were finalized on Friday night. The New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs won their respective groups in ...

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) drives to the basket against Boston Celtics guard Jordan Walsh (27) in the first quarter at TD Garden. Credit: David Butler II-Imagn Images As we head into ...