Last Mamba Amalia Holguin Is Ready to Show the World What Kobe Bryant Taught Her As the final member of the heralded Team Mamba squad to finish her high school career,  the Texas-bound guard is ready for a bigger stage.

Amalia Holguin was the youngest AAU teammate of Gigi Bryant. Now, six years after the grief of that helicopter crash and everything that followed, she is the last of that cohort to go off to college. On becoming something bigger than The Littlest Mamba:

My single favorite bit of NFL draft analysis of this entire cycle has to be Ben Solak on @splitzoneduo.com saying that Drew Allar moves like a “Big Bird animatronic.”

Ranking Each First Round NBA Playoff Series by Watchability After Game 1 With eight Game 1s in the books over the weekend, let’s check in on which of these series are worth watching.

One game into each NBA playoff series, we ranked all eight by watchability. Hopefully they all get a *bit* more watchable than what Saturday and Sunday delivered. si.com/nba/playoffs...

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Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Excited to see Adam Weitsman discourse that has nothing to do with the Syracuse basketball team that got worse by the year during his entire run as the program's most visible booster!

NBA Playoffs: Live Updates, Scores As Cavaliers vs. Raptors Tip Off First of Four Saturday Games Donovan Mitchell, James Harden and Cleveland face an excellent Toronto defense as the NBA playoffs begin on Saturday afternoon.

Day 1 of the NBA playoffs begins in about 45 minutes. Come hang. www.si.com/nba/playoffs...

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It is truly impressive how the Mets turned over a significant chunk of the roster and the team looks lost and soulless in the exact same ways as last season.

This is all a distraction

Paul Walter Hauser I really hope they made it worth your time

How NBA Is Reportedly Handling LaMelo Ball’s Trip of Bam Adebayo Ahead of Hornets Game Friday Charlotte plays on Friday with a trip to the playoffs on the line.

The NBA is looking into LaMelo Ball’s trip of Bam Adebayo. How it could impact Friday’s game for the No. 8 seed 👇 si.com/nba/lamelo-b...

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Hornets-Heat Prove Play-In Tournament's Worth With Game of the Year to Open Postseason The Hornets’ season remains alive after a wild finish against the Heat

Conceptually, the play-in is goofy but you can’t deny how good these games often are. www.si.com/nba/hornets-...

Suns vs. Trail Blazers Live Scores and Updates: Portland Clinches Playoff Berth With Win in Frantic Play-In Game After a thrilling Hornets win over the Heat to advance to Friday’s game, Phoenix is taking on Portland with the No. 7 seed on the line.

Welcome to center stage, Deni Avdija. www.si.com/nba/play-in-...

Hornets vs. Heat Live Scores and Updates: Charlotte Wins Overtime Thriller to Advance in Play-in Tournament The first two games of this year’s NBA play-in tournament tip off on Tuesday, with the Hornets taking on the Heat and the Suns facing the Trail Blazers.

After an electric finish in Charlotte, we’re on to the Suns-Trail Blazers, with the winner earning a date against the Spurs. www.si.com/nba/play-in-...

Hornets vs. Heat Live Scores and Updates: Heat Update Bam Adebayo’s Status, Hornets Take Lead in Play-in Tournament The first two games of this year’s NBA play-in tournament tip off on Tuesday, with the Hornets taking on the Heat and the Suns facing the Trail Blazers.

Coby White went nuclear to end the third, the Heat take the lead right back with a big run in the fourth. Oh, and Bam Adebayo’s out. Eventful one in Charlotte. www.si.com/nba/play-in-...

Hornets vs. Heat Live Scores and Updates: Charlotte, Miami Look to Stay Alive in NBA Play-In Tournament The first two games of this year’s NBA play-in tournament tip off on Tuesday, with Charlotte taking on Miami and Phoenix facing Portland.

We’re live blogging the NBA play-in games tonight over at @sportsillustrated.bsky.social—tap in. www.si.com/nba/play-in-...

Nikola Jokić’s Latest Historic First Would Make Him an MVP in Any Other Season Nikola Jokić outdid himself again this season by becoming the first player in NBA history to lead the league in rebounds and assists per game.

Jokić is entering the Jordan Zone when it comes to MVP voting. si.com/nba/nikola-j...

Too good. Shaq better go to that wedding

And now on Inside the NBA, what a time

NBA Playoffs: Ranking the Superstar Matchups We Want to See in the First Round Ranking the six NBA superstar matchups we want to see the most in the first round of the 2026 postseason.

The NBA playoff and play-in seedings will be finalized tonight. Here are the six star matchups we’re rooting for in the first round, over at @sportsillustrated.bsky.social www.si.com/nba/nba-play...

The NBA Is About to Lose a Generation of Rivalries—Here’s How the Next Generation Can Replace Them LeBron James and Stephen Curry have defined a generation of basketball with huge games against each other. Which rivalries will define the next generation?

We’re nearing the end of an entire generation of great NBA rivalries. @tryler.bsky.social breaks down those we’ll say goodbye to in the next few years, and the new rivalries that are poised to replace them for years to come.

We Caught Up With the Viral Pacers Couple—Here’s What They’d Like the Internet to Know Meet Grace and Michael, the couple who became a meme Thursday night for their conversation caught on the Pacers’ broadcast. So, what were they talking about?

This is a 99.99999th% outcome for what this really was. Delightful! www.si.com/nba/pacers/v...

We Caught Up With the Viral Pacers Couple—Here’s What They’d Like the Internet to Know Meet Grace and Michael, the couple who became a meme Thursday night for their conversation caught on the Pacers’ broadcast. So, what were they talking about?

@tomdierberger.bsky.social got to the bottom of the most important question of the NBA season: What the f was he talking about? www.si.com/nba/pacers/v...

Every decade of my career, the tech industry has come up with some new “disruption” that wrecks the livelihood of musicians, siphons off the money and then sells the narrative that this is better for us actually.

It’s the Big Ten’s World. The Rest of College Sports Is Living in It. Michigan’s run through the men’s NCAA tournament cements the fact that the Big Ten is the dominant league in all of college sports.

Bow down to the new college sports overlords. Yes, it’s the Big Ten’s world right now after Michigan won it all. What was once unthinkable is now a reality. www.si.com/college-bask...

Didn’t nail the score, did nail the spread:

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Michigan vs. UConn Live Scores: Updates From Men’s March Madness National Championship Game Follow Sports Illustrated live from Indianapolis for live updates, scores and analysis from the men’s national title game between the Wolverines and Huskies.

Michigan. UConn. Here we go. www.si.com/college-bask...