Per Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo will sit out the final three games of the regular season with a left soleus strain:

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver acknowledges in a Q&A with reporters following the league's BOG meeting that there was 'a bit of an adjustment along the way' with officiating in-season, which the league says has worked out to two fewer fouls per team per game.

The annual 'I work hard, but Jesus, this is next level work hard' from Dane Brugler ... The Beast is back!:

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Extended playoff yak from Marcus and me, including the first round series we'd like to see, what the NBA will do if the Warriors (Steph) AND Lakers (LeBron) don't get out of the play-in, whether the Celtics will get snubbed in postseason awards & more!
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Perfection.
Congrats to dawnstaley and South Carolina Women's Basketball on an undefeated, championship season!!

Caitlin Clark is great.
Kamilla Cardoso is great.
Iowa is great.
South Carolina is great.
Bluder and Dawn are great.
This title game is great.
Paige is great. Aziaha James is great. JuJu is great.
ESPN's studio show is great.
This tournament is great.
Can we all stop hating on…

Strasburg's 2019 season was incredible on its own. But Game 6 of the 2019 World Series was otherworldly. He gave up two first-inning runs, found out he was tipping his pitches, adjusted, and buried the Astros thereafter over 8 1/3 innings, as he did everyone that postseason (1.98…

Quietly, the end of an era for the Nationals:

I love when elevator shaft doors open.
#IYKYK

How the hell did these two teams not make the NCAAs??

PMers: The circuitous path that Ted Leonsis and Mayor Muriel Bowser took to get what each wanted, and needed, to keep the Wizards, Caps and a fully functioning Capital One Arena in D.C., as Leonsis' planned move to Virginia disintegrated. In The Athletic: bit.ly/3vB7ceW

Y'all were great!

The crazy, circuitous path that Ted Leonsis and Mayor Muriel Bowser took to get what each wanted, and needed, to keep the Wizards, Caps and a fully functioning Capital One Arena in D.C., as Leonsis' planned move to Virginia disintegrated. In The Athletic: bit.ly/3vB7ceW

The crazy, circuitous path that Ted Leonsis and Mayor Muriel Bowser took to get what each other wanted, and needed, to keep the Wizards, Caps and a functioning Capital One Arena in D.C., as Leonsis' planned move to Virginia disintegrated. In The Athletic: bit.ly/3vB7ceW

I have no dog in the hunt. But how a team with a NET of 29, went 28-6, won the MVC regular season title, lost in the MVC tournament final, and that plays the fun way Indiana State Basketball plays DIDN'T make the NCAAs is lost on me.

So, so happy for Coach Harding! Been on the grind for a minute!

PMers: The NBA, like almost every U.S. sports league and affiliated entities, has fully embraced gambling in recent years. But a troubling consequence of that is starting to occur at games: fans verbally abusing players after losing bets. In The Athletic: bit.ly/3J0Rg8D

I cannot tell you how many hours I spent doubled over laughing with my brother over something Joe Flaherty did or said on SCTV. He was brilliant. Our favorite was Vic Arpeggio, the private eye who played the sax (terribly) in a jazz band by day. RIP to the legend.

Youth groups/teams: the Wizards' G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go, is hosting a playoff game tonight at 6:30 against Long Island at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Congress Heights – & is giving out FREE tickets (limit 4/each). Link: fevo.me/43KByIn

The Nationals hope to be competitive again in 2025, but to do that, they'll have to make big strides in '24. In particular, the young players already on the ML roster will have to improve even faster than they started to show last season. In The Athletic: bit.ly/3TF269j