Sometime around 6 p.m. EDT Monday, locked inside a secure room with no way of communicating with the outside world, team executives and others will watch 14 ping-pong balls start to bounce inside a machine.

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich is doing well at home after needing medical attention earlier this week following an incident at a restaurant.

It was the year of the long winning streak in the NBA.

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team will celebrate its season on Saturday during halftime of the Orange & Blue Game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

The Gators basketball team won the national championship on Monday night with a 65-63 comeback victory over Houston in San Antonio. Local photographer Jacob Simons captured both the Final Four win over Auburn and the championship win over the Cougars in photo galleries.

Florida is a unanimous No. 1 in the final Associated Press men’s college basketball poll of the 2024-25 season after winning the national championship.

Gators fans who want to celebrate the national champion men’s basketball team can gather for a welcome home rally in Gainesville at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Gators fans in Jacksonville showed up Monday night to celebrate their team as Florida pulled out a national championship victory over Houston in San Antonio.

With a maxed-out crowd watching from the O’Connell Center and fans across the country glued to their televisions, the Florida Gators brought home the team’s third national title with a 65-63 victory over Houston on Monday night.

The University of Florida is the only school to have won three NCAA Division I titles in both men’s basketball (2006, 2007, 2025) and football (1996, 2006, 2008).

The end of national championship game was gritty and ugly, just the way Houston usually likes it.

Florida wins its third NCAA basketball title and denies Houston its first, rallying for 65-63 victory.

Jacksonville fans at the Island Wing Grill still held out for a Gators championship win as the national game started off a little rocky with turnovers in the first half.

Gator Nation is in San Antonio, Texas ahead of the National Championship game on Monday night as the men’s basketball team gets ready to take on the Houston Cougars.

The Florida Gators men’s basketball team is just hours away from competing for a National Championship against the Houston Cougars in San Antonio, and the University of Florida is hoping to gather as many members of Gator Nation as possible to celebrate the occasion.

Brian Harman is a winner for the first time since the British Open in the summer of 2023.

Sports photographer Jacob Simons made the trip to Texas and captured the game in pictures. Click through the gallery above for action from the game.

Gator fans across the country are celebrating now that their squad is headed to the National Championship Game for the first time in nearly two decades.

Brian Harman was never happier with a round at even-par 72.

Duke star Cooper Flagg is The Associated Press men's college basketball national player of the year.

The $1 million March Madness wager between a pro gambler and an artificial-intelligence site will be decided by the winner of the Duke-Houston game in the Final Four.

Auburn’s season began with some real turbulence on its first trip.

Sam Ryder's neck was bothering him and he wasn't sure he could swing.

Auburn forward Johni Broome returned to practice for the Tigers at the Final Four and said he has no pain in his right elbow and “no limitations” ahead of the Tigers’ matchup with Florida.

Are you planning on traveling to San Antonio to see the Florida Gators in the Final Four? Tell us your experience looking for game and plane tickets.

The moon will appear to take bites out of the sun during a partial solar eclipse in the Northern Hemisphere.

Two smugglers charged after 53 immigrants died in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning have been found guilty.

Early spring may sound nice, but that means seasonal allergies come sooner and last longer.

Dallas Mavericks forward Anthony Davis has practiced with the club's NBA G League affiliate to get some five-on-five work in as he prepares for a possible return from a left adductor strain.

San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox will miss the rest of the season with a finger injury.

The NFL scouting combine is kicking off this week.

The French sports newspaper L’Equipe published a photo of Victor Wembanyama across the entirety of its front page on Friday, the San Antonio star looking down with his hands on his hips.

Palatka native (and wife of The Undertaker) Michelle McCool has been named to the WWE 2025 Hall of Fame class. Set to be inducted in Nevada during WrestleMania weekend in April.

Victor Wembanyama has a new point guard.

Victor Wembanyama sat out the San Antonio Spurs’ game Saturday night against the Miami Heat because of an undisclosed illness.

NBA coaches are obviously convinced: Victor Wembanyama is one of the league’s very best players.

San Antonio police say seven officers responding to a “suicide in progress” call were shot and wounded by a suspect who was later found dead inside an apartment.

A Texas truck driver charged in the deaths of 53 migrants inside a sweltering tractor-trailer with no air conditioning has pleaded guilty.

Victor Wembanyama had 23 points and eight rebounds, Harrison Barnes scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Lakers 126-102 in Los Angeles’ first game back from two postponements due to the wildfires devastating the area.

Three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic was sidelined for Denver’s clash with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night because of an illness.

Mikal Bridges scored a season-high 41 points, and the New York Knicks overcame 42 from Victor Wembanyama in a monster Christmas debut to edge the San Antonio Spurs 117-114 on Wednesday.

San Antonio Spurs point guard Chris Paul moved to second on the NBA’s all-time assists list against the New Orleans Pelicans, the franchise where his 20-year career began.

Adversity finds every team in the NBA at some point.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, every 24 seconds, a fire department responds to a fire somewhere in the U.S. Even the simplest things can potentially catch fire.

Florida CFO and State Fire Marshall Jimmy Patronis confirmed 16 lithium-ion battery fires related to storm surge from Hurricane Helene.

The federal government is warning that allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses too much of a risk to be allowed in the United States.

It can get to be too much.

A Latino voting rights group is calling for a federal investigation after its volunteers said Texas authorities raided their homes and seized phones and computers.

U.S. authorities have announced the indictment of a Guatemalan suspect who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio.

Someone is going to have a very difficult task on Saturday.

Gas prices are once again on the decline across the U.S. That's bringing some relief to drivers now paying a little less to fill up their tanks.

Authorities say seven people have been arrested after smuggling 26 migrants near San Antonio, Texas, in a secret compartment of a trailer with little water and in sweltering heat.

Seven migrant smuggling suspects have been arrested and 11 migrants are hospitalized after a law enforcement sting near San Antonio.

Victor Wembanyama’s latest accolade was like none other.

Red Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. The locations span across more than 20 states — cutting back on Red Lobster’s presence in cities like Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Sacramento.

This happened last year and is a part of a series where we are looking back at viral videos.

Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history.

LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are staying in New Orleans for a couple more days.

In the small town of Comitancillo in Guatemala’s mostly Indigenous highlands, two murals memorialize the nearly two dozen local migrants who died in mass tragedies en route to the United States recently.

More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four states — California, Texas, Florida and New York.

Akshay Bhatia started with a three-shot lead in the Valero Texas Open and at one point fell behind.

Akshay Bhatia has opened with a 63 to build a three-shot lead in the Valero Texas Open.

Victor Wembanyama’s celebratory tossing of a basketball into the stands was costly.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 40 points and added 20 rebounds and seven assists, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame Jalen Brunson’s career-high 61 points to beat the New York Knicks 130-126 in overtime on Friday night.

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San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama will miss Monday’s game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sprained left ankle.

Nikola Jokic scored 31 points and the Denver Nuggets beat San Antonio 117-106 on Friday night in a game played in the Texas capital as the Spurs drew a record crowd in their bid to broaden their regional fan base.

Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022.

Nejc Gradišar scored in the 26th minute of his international debut following an American giveaway, and Slovenia extended the United States’ winless streak against European opponents to six with a 1-0 victory in an exhibition between nations missing top players.

A show produced by Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has won a Daytime Emmy.

Devin Vassell had 36 points, Victor Wembanyama had 13 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs snapped an 18-game losing skid with a 129-115 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

Brain lesions occur in 90 percent of patients over 65, and they are often among the first signs of dementia. The key is knowing how many lesions are lodged in the brain, and where they are.

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich grabbed the microphone and chastised the crowd at the Frost Bank Center, telling fans to stop booing former Spurs All-Star Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers.

Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder seemed to be trying to avoid creating a rivalry after the much-anticipated first regular season meeting between two of the NBA’s top rookies.

Bill Self says he intends to finish his coaching career at Kansas, one day after the announcement of a lifetime contract that will pay the Hall of Famer $53 million over the first five years.

Victor Wembanyama made the tying basket with 20 seconds left in regulation, the opening basket in overtime and finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds in his first NBA victory, helping the San Antonio Spurs beat the Houston Rockets 126-122.

The Victor Wembanyama era is underway in San Antonio.

The annular solar eclipse carved a path through San Antonio and gave viewers a chance to witness the spectacular astronomical event.

NCAA President Charlie Baker is expected to testify in front of a Senate committee next week during the 10th hearing on Capitol Hill over the last three years on college sports.

Coaches Becky Hammon and Sandy Brondello friendship goes back to their days in San Antonio.

One of six men charged in Texas over 53 migrants who died last year in a sweltering tractor-trailer has pleaded guilty to smuggling-related charges.

The sweltering heat wave in Texas has the power grid manager again asking residents to cut electricity use.

A vision of putting an armed guard at every school in Texas is crashing into the reality of not enough police or funding.

Maximizing player rest and limiting travel demands were again part of the NBA’s formula for the coming regular season.

Victor Wembanyama’s debut at NBA Summer League is Friday night.

More tickets go on sale Wednesday for four sports at the Paris Olympics that will be staged in cities far from the French capital, including soccer and basketball.

Beyond medical bills in the millions and the weight of trauma and grief, mass shooting survivors and their family members contend with scores of changes showing how their lives have been upended by violence.

After being pulled in many directions as one of the most hyped prospects in the NBA history, French phenom Victor Wembanyama is finally enjoying being a player again.

Potholes have been a nuisance for drivers and the majority of our viewers want to see road improvements.

Victor Wembanyama’s official height is 7 feet, 3 1/2 inches.

Scorching heat blamed for at least 13 deaths in Texas and another in Louisiana is blanketing more of the Southeast.

U.S. authorities have announced the arrests of four men they say were part of a human smuggling effort last year that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor-trailer in the scorching Texas summer.

The first dinner that Victor Wembanyama had in his new home city was filled with San Antonio royalty.

The chants from hundreds of fans, some of whom waited outside for hours in nearly 100-degree heat, started at the very moment Victor Wembanyama stepped out of the private plane that carried him to his new NBA home.

No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama of San Antonio and No. 2 pick Brandon Miller of Charlotte might go head-to-head on the first day of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

The San Antonio Spurs are looking to end their four-year playoff drought with the addition of Victor Wembanyama.

There are very specific rules that NBA teams must follow right now when it comes to mentioning the name of 7-foot-3 French star Victor Wembanyama.

Corey Conners won the Valero Texas Open for the second time in five years Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory over rookie Sam Stevens.