Every playoff series has a defining moment. It can be a crushing check, a timely goal or a one-sided fight. It can be virtually anything that galvanizes one team and debilitates its opponent. And that ...

Orlando, Fla. — They’re in danger of throwing it all away. The 60-win season. The No. 1 seed it earned them. Even some of the hard-earned momentum the Pistons have gathered as a franchise the past ...

After trailing for most of Thursday’s Game 3, the New York Knicks had a chance to win it in the closing seconds, with the ball in the hands of Jalen Brunson — their captain, their closer, last ...

Dr. Worthen, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the author of “Spellbound: How Charisma Shaped American History From the Puritans to Donald Trump.” See more of ...

Tonight’s NBA slate features Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic facing Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers in this exciting NBA Eastern Conference Play-In game. Kickoff takes place at 4:30 p.m.

‘Dead game’ is a term thrown around loosely now. You’ll often hear players say it whenever a game drops a few spots in the Steam concurrent players chart, gets a bad balance update, or makes a change ...

When you think of genre defining games, for me, DayZ immediately comes to mind. As survival games have continued to arrive thick and fast in recent years, the impact Bohemia's zombie-stomper has had, ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Barry Iverson / Getty. The game’s success lies in pushing a gentle-but-distinct nostalgia button for a generation missing the experience of visiting the local ...

When previous commitments keep you from catching your team on television, keep up with it using free apps that quietly deliver scores and more to your phone. By J. D. Biersdorfer J. D. Biersdorfer ...

Duke basketball freshman sensation Cameron Boozer has been the best player in all of college basketball this season, and it isn't really close. Entering his collegiate career as one of the most ...

LOS ANGELES - Iran's sports minister on Wednesday said the country's team cannot take part in the upcoming World Cup after the United States killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in its ...