Lakers Target Luka Doncic in Free Agency — and more

The Lakers are being urged to pursue Luka Doncic, who could be available for approximately $8 million. This potential move would reunite Doncic with the Mavericks, though the feed content doesn't specify the exact connection.

Doncic is described as a talented 6-foot-4 guard, making him an attractive addition to the Lakers' roster. The Knicks reportedly have no interest in retaining him, opening the door for other teams to pursue his services.

The Tennessee Volunteers defeated the Oklahoma Sooners on Wednesday night by the score of 89-66 at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. But at times, it certainly didn’t feel like a blowout on the court.

Nate Ament led Tennessee with 29 points and six rebounds. Ja’Kobi Gillespie was a force on both ends of the floor. In addition to 16 points, he added eight assists and eight steals.

Tennessee didn’t have any problems on the offensive end, particularly in the first half. Three pointers by Ament and Gillespie pushed the Vols out to a double digit lead at 21-11, 26-14, and 31-19. But Oklahoma managed to keep the game relatively close with runs to keep the game just inside single digits going late into the first half. But as the final seconds ticked down, Bishop Biswell took in an offensive board and dished to Felix Okpara for a slam and an and one to make the score 45-36 at the half.

Ament and Gillespie helped take the game by the throat early in the second half. After Gillespie knocked down a long lead to give the Vols a 15-point lead, Ament put one up between the two n’s in Tennessee on the floor for a swish that gave the Vols a 56-38 lead and sent the crowd into a frenzy.

A 9-0 Oklahoma run brought the game back into shouting range for Oklahoma, and the game would go back and forth until Tennessee held a 68-62 lead with around six minutes left.

And that’s when Tennessee finished with an absolutely flurry. DeWayne Brown II hit a cutting Ament down the lane for a thunderous jam. The next time down, Ament found Okpara for a nifty hook shot. The next time down, Ament drive, pulled up inside the free throw line, was fouled, and got the shot to bounce around and in for an and one. He made the free throw, and suddenly, Tennessee was up 75-62 with under five minutes to go and in complete control. They’d finish the game on a 21-4 run to close it out.

Next up for Tennessee is Vanderbilt on Saturday in Nashville at 2:00 pm ET on ESPN.

U.S. hockey star Hilary Knight got engaged to her girlfriend, American speedskater Brittany Bowe, and shared the news a day before the U.S. women’s hockey team is set to compete in the gold medal game.

Knight, 36, proposed to Bowe, 37, during the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. She shared an Instagram video of herself dropping to one knee with a ring in her hand, then later picking up Bowe in celebration.

“Olympics brought us together. This one made us forever,” Knight captioned the post on Wednesday.

Knight and Bowe first met at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, where Knight won her first gold medal in a dramatic final game against Canada. Bowe also won a medal that year, a bronze in the team pursuit.

The couple began dating four years later at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, which featured limited outside interaction due to COVID concerns. Knight won a silver medal, while Bowe earned another bronze.

“That’s the first time we really did have time to connect and get to know one another,” Bowe told People magazine last month. “Hilary would ask, like, ‘Oh, do you want to go for a walk after dinner?’ And that was our first date, going to walk around the Olympic Village masked because everyone was so fearful of getting COVID.”

Bowe has already completed her 2026 Olympics, which she has said will be her last. Knight and her U.S. teammates will face Canada in Thursday’s gold medal match, the latest chapter in a rivalry that has defined international women’s hockey for decades.