Opening moments of games can often feel long and slow, and may even be boring as the game must teach you how to play it first thing. They’re a necessary evil, but there's a new high bar, as the new ...

Dave McMenamin: "JJ's been nice; we were ass" - Marcus Smart on how the Lakers were coached by JJ Redick in Game 1 vs. how the Lakers players executed in Game 1 This article originally appeared on ...

Dave McMenamin: “JJ’s been nice; we were ass” - Marcus Smart on how the Lakers were coached by JJ Redick in Game 1 vs. how the Lakers players executed in Game 1 This article originally appeared on ...

Every day, someone on ESPN proves why sports fans are taking them less seriously than ever. It wasn't too long ago that former NBA center Kendrick Perkins picked the Spurs to win the championship.

A newly developed technique could teach AI algorithms to see the universe with unprecedented clarity — potentially exposing the cracks in our understanding of the cosmos. Our cosmic rulebook, known as ...

Stephen A. was quiet strightforward. He came to the First Take desk loaded and left nothing on the table. “Move out the way,” he said. “I’m just a bunch of sorry a**s right now. I’m so sick of what ...

And it's the Charlotte Hornets who will live another day. First, Charlotte came back in the final minutes of regulation to send the game into overtime. Then, LaMelo Ball scooped in a game-winning ...

Both video games and gaming consoles have gone up in price over the last year or so. For many gamers, that means making some tough choices about which games we can realistically add to our lineup.

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...

Google Play has introduced a new feature called Game Trials, which will let you play a portion of paid games for free before you commit to buying them. It's now rolling out to select paid games on ...

UCLA men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin is becoming a master at creating viral moments. During and after Tuesday night’s 82-59 blowout loss at No. 15 Michigan State, Cronin created two of them. First, ...

For example, over their first three games together, teams haven’t run much drop coverage (when the screener’s defender sags back toward the basket) against the Harden-Allen pick-and-roll. It’s ...