• Frank Ntilikina embracing Olympic chance after lost Knicks season

    Frank Ntilikina embracing Olympic chance after lost Knicks season

    Frank Ntilikina will play plenty Sunday vs. Gregg Popovich and the U.S. Olympic Team in Tokyo. The France-Team USA rematch is on when they meet Sunday at 8 a.m. (EST) in the Olympic Games...
  • Nets will try to pry Gregg Popovich from Spurs to begin coaching search

    Nets will try to pry Gregg Popovich from Spurs to begin coaching search

    The Brooklyn Nets are going big-game hunting in their search for a new head coach. The team is interested in longtime Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and will look into whether they can pry him from San Antonio, according to The Athletic. The Nets were knocked out of the playoffs on Sunday, getting swept by the …
  • Angry old coaches are NBA’s first return controversy

    Angry old coaches are NBA’s first return controversy

    It’s now for real. And already a touch of Covid-19 controversy. The NBA Board of Governors voted 29-1 Thursday to bring back their season, with training camp beginning June 30 and the season reopener July 31 with a 22-team format in Orlando, Fla., the league announced. However, on TNT Thursday night, commissioner Adam Silver touched …
  • Knicks mailbag: Don’t rule out LeBron James playing here

    Knicks mailbag: Don’t rule out LeBron James playing here

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. Will LeBron James ever play for the Knicks? — Jeffrey Bernstein I will never rule this one …