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The next splash brother: Blake Hinson torched the G-League in his rookie season

By Alex Porter, Senior Staff Writer • April 15, 2025

Reminiscent of his time at Pitt, former Panther Blake Hinson has already broken records and made lifelong fans in his rookie year in the NBA. It won’t come as a surprise for those familiar with Hinson...

Column | 2025 NBA Draft class is one of the best and youngest since ‘05

By Conor Hutchison, Senior Staff Writer • April 7, 2025

While much of the basketball world spends spring dreaming of winning a championship or playing in legendary games, other teams turn toward the future. With the introduction of the NBA’s Play-In Tournament...

Opinion | The All-Star Weekend fell flat. Again.

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • February 28, 2025

Watching the Rising Stars game Friday night, the All-Star Saturday night, and then the game on Sunday night was something I’d look forward to for weeks leading up to the weekend. It was fun to see my favorite players play — when it was worth setting aside time for. This year, I turned it off and watched Shameless instead.

4 Nations Face-Off, Victor Wembanyama and more in this week’s Take Four

By The Pitt News Sports Desk • February 26, 2025

Matthew Tkachuk should be the American captain at next year’s Olympics // Alex Kiger, Staff Writer We’re only a year away from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, and the American hockey...

Who’s On Your Roster? | The NBA’s hottest starting five

By Ava Nicholas, Staff Writer • February 13, 2025

Building the perfect NBA roster is more than just skill — it’s about style, swagger and good looks. This Valentine’s Day, we’re assembling the most elite starting five based on these players’...

Old faces in new places: TPN talks NBA trade deadline

By Aidan Kasner, Matthew Scabilloni, and Ari Meyer • February 12, 2025

As the NBA trade deadline approached, fans saw tons of action around the league in the waning days of deal-making. All-star players found new homes, role players and young studs found new opportunities,...

Point-Counterpoint | Does Bronny James belong in the NBA?

By Ava Nicholas and Ari Meyer • February 4, 2025

Bronny James is just another nepo baby // Ava Nicholas, Staff Writer Bronny James is a talented basketball player, but talent in and of itself does not justify having an NBA roster spot, and his stats...

NBA players are making noise on and off the court

By Ari Meyer, Staff Writer • January 31, 2025

The odds of joining the ranks of professional athletes are among the lowest of any industry in the world. According to statista.com, over 536,000 boys played high school basketball in the United States...

Opinion | Stop promoting gambling

By Jake Vasilias, Staff Columnist • November 5, 2024

In 2014, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver authored an op-ed for the New York Times in favor of legalizing sports betting. This was a relatively shocking take at the time, but sports gambling embarked on a meteoric rise since the 2018 repealing of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. In 2023 alone, the industry took in a record $11 billion in revenue, an increase of nearly 45% from the previous year.

Column | First hand experience of a city minutes after winning a championship

By Ari Meyer, Staff Writer • June 27, 2024

Elation was in the air. They had done it. The Celtics, after 16 years, had won their 18th championship. I had the privilege of visiting Boston during the NBA Finals, specifically the day of Game 5...