The season has been suspended since March 11, when Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert became the first player to test positive to COVID-19. On Tuesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a call with the NBA’s Board of Governors during which he outlined a timetable for a decision to be made over a possible resumption. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Silver told the Board of Governors he was aiming to make a decision over the next two to four weeks, while ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski suggested the commissioner left the virtual meeting feeling increasingly confident the season will resume....

Milwaukee is set to trade Miles Plumlee to the Hornets in a frontcourt swap for Roy Hibbert and Spencer Hawes, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein. The Bucks will release Steve Novak to make room on the roster for Hibbert and Hawes, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Windhorst reports the Bucks plan on keeping both big men. TRADE RUMORS: These 12 big men could be on the block...

No, of course not. The Cavs might just be getting started. Now that Cleveland has acquired some valuable assets, general manager Koby Altman could be looking to make another big deal. The Cavs have already fielded calls about the Brooklyn pick, according to Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com. MORE: Biggest winners and losers in Cavs-Celtics blockbuster That first-rounder could end up being a top-five pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, giving the owner of the selection an opportunity to take a prospect like Michael Porter Jr....

Back when Doc Rivers was still toiling for the Celtics, working under team president Danny Ainge, Rivers would sometimes chafe at the transactions Ainge would try to make. So when Rivers left the Celtics to take over the Clippers in 2013, he made sure that he was given control over personnel as well as the Xs and Os. But that gets tricky at a time like this. Actually, it’s been tricky for the better part of a year, as Doc the Personnel Man does battle with Doc the Coach over the future of the Clippers franchise....

But the Harden no-show in Game 6 of the conference semifinals against the Spurs last month — Harden had 10 points on 2-for-11 shooting and six turnovers — was not just a bizarre ending to a stellar season for Harden, it was also a concern for many on the Rockets, Beverley included. It was one reason Beverley was open to a trade, and he let the Rockets know it after the year was over....

Most fans see no problem with hockey stars growing out their facial hair, but NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus is not most fans. He’s enjoying the growth of hockey on his network, but not so much the bearded chins and faces that come along with it. MORE: Greatest beards in sports | Must-see Stanley Cup Final photos “The players won’t like this, but I wish they all would stop growing beards in the postseason,” Lazarus said, via the Chicago Tribune....

The Wolfpack changed the tone in the second half, securing a 74-65 victory over the Cardinals in Louisville. MORE: Louisville, NC State honor Black History Month | Tulane’s 30-foot buzzer beater | Michigan State’s Valentine beats OSU It is only the second time in 80 games that Louisville lost after leading at halftime. The Cardinals (20-5, 8-4 ACC) entered Saturday’s game 18-0 when leading at the half, and hadn’t lost to an unranked team on their home floor when ranked in the top 10 since 2005....

It’s a big win for the NCAA’s membership, because that’s where 90 percent of the money winds up being distributed. MORE: Way-too-early Top 25 | Most shocking results in Final Four history It’s a big win for Turner Sports and CBS, they tell us, because there only are so many elite events out there to be secured by major media companies as the distribution of entertainment continues to evolve....

US Magistrate Judge Nathaniel Cousins awarded O’Bannon’s lawyers $44.5 million in fees and another $1.5 million in costs and expenses for their August court victory against the NCAA for preventing former football and men’s college basketball players from earning money off of the use of their image and likeness. MORE: Memphis frees Nichols | Indiana SG tears meniscus | Lauren Hill to be honored at ESPY awards The NCAA had been seeking to reduce fees to approximately $8....

The NCAA Tournament didn’t have a lot of buzzer beaters in 2019. There was Mamadi Diakite’s jumper for Virginia to tie Purdue in the Elite Eight and force overtime, and otherwise a lot of missed opportunities. But if the NCAA hadn’t beaten the deadline it faced this month, imagine what that would have meant for De Sousa. MORE: Top college hoops programs since 2010 He is currently on the NBA Draft early entry list, because what other choice did he have?...

We’re not talking about the allegations by Jerry Sandusky’s victims; this is about the stuff that eventually forced the NCAA to settle with Penn State — specifically, the alleged collaboration between the NCAA and Louis Freeh, and the “take this or else” way the NCAA got the university signature on the consent decree. Just assume that the NCAA went about it the right way — that the scholarship rollbacks (from 25 to 15 a year), the roster reduction (85 to 65), the bowl ban (four years), the vacated wins (112), the fine ($60 million to child sex abuse prevention programs) and the transfer relaxations were all obtained in a way that’d hold up in court....

Yet he stood awfully tall for Albany on Tuesday night. MORE: N.C. State wins Game 2 | Live bracket | Printable | Scoreboard Evans scored 22 points, including two clinching free throws with 12.6 seconds left, to lead the Great Danes to their first NCAA tournament victory, 71-64 over Mount St. Mary's in the First Four. Evans, an often overlooked component in Albany's lineup, belied his height with nine rebounds to go with three assists....

MORE: Sweet 16 schedule | Live bracket Here’s the full schedule for Thursday’s Sweet 16 games. MIDWEST REGION (Cleveland) No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (31-5) vs. No. 7 Wichita State Shockers (30-4) Thursday, 7:15 p.m. (CBS) No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats (36-0) vs. No. 5 West Virginia Mountaineers (25-9) Thursday, 9:45 p.m. (CBS) WEST REGION (Los Angeles) No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers (33-3) vs. No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels (26-11) Thursday, 7:47 p....

So what’s left? A do-over. Now that my entire East Region is in rubble and I have nine picks left in the Sweet 16, I’m going to take a swing at seeing how the games that did develop will turn out. Hope this goes better! MORE: Sweet 16 point spreads | Championship odds Updated NCAA tournament bracket Sweet 16 picks Wisconsin beats Florida Baylor beats South Carolina Gonzaga beats West Virginia Arizona beats Xavier Kansas beats Purdue Michigan beats Oregon North Carolina beats Butler UCLA beats Kentucky...

MORE: NCAA Tournament scoreboard | Vegas lines and pick | Action updates, video and more Georgetown Hoyas (21-10) No. 4 seed, South Region Coach: John Thompson III (11th season) Bid: At-large Starting lineup G L.J. Peak, 6-5, Fr., 8.2 ppg, 2.3 rpg G Jabril Trawick, 6-5, Fr., 8.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg G D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera, 6-3, Jr., 16.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg F Isaac Copeland, 6-9, Fr., 6.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg...

MORE: NCAA Tournament scoreboard | Vegas lines and pick | Action updates, video, more North Carolina State Wolfpack (20-13) No. 8 seed, East Region Coach: Mark Gottfried (fourth season) Bid: At-large/Atlantic Coast Conference Starting lineup G Trevor Lacey, 6-3, Jr., 15.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg G Ralston Turner, 6-5, Sr., 13.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg G Anthony Barber, 6-2, So., 12.1 ppg, 3.8 apg F Kyle Washington, 6-9, So., 6.7 ppg, 4....

There aren’t any huge surprises. On the surface, the Wichita State-Miami line looks suspect because of the seeding, but the Shockers’ power rating is several points higher than the Hurricanes. Both underdogs who won outright on Thursday are still getting points, with Yale at +6 against Duke and Little Rock at +6.5 vs. Iowa State. MORE: College hoops live odds page | Friday March Madness picks These numbers can often change early as bettors hit the market hard when they like a number, so if there’s anything you really like, be sure to get it in while the odds are still favorable....

MORE: Must-see photos | Ranking remaining tournament players | Sweet 16 team rankings | TV, networks, announcers Gonzaga Bulldogs (34-2) No. 2 seed, South Region Coach: Mark Few (16th season) Bid: West Coast Conference Tournament champions Starting lineup G Kevin Pangos, 6-2, Sr., 11.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 4.9 apg G Gary Bell Jr., 6-2, Sr., 8.4 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.0 apg G Byron Wesley, 6-4, Sr., 10.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 2....

The Lions called off contract negotiations until after the season, president Tom Lewand announced Monday. “I’m not going to get into the details,” Lewand said. “Every negotiation is different, and this one has its own character to it. We’ve had productive conversations, and I think it’s the right thing for this team, and it’s the right thing for him.” Suh enters the final year of his five-year, $63.5 million rookie contract this season, when he’ll cost the Lions a $22....

Dr. Bruce Greyson, a specialist in psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia—and one of the world’s leading experts on near-death experiences—has been studying these strange phenomena for more than four decades. Newsweek spoke to Dr. Greyson about his work and what people’s reports of near-death experiences (NDEs) reveal about the nature of life, death and consciousness. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Newsweek: Firstly, can you describe your area of research?...