Titans Select Elite Edge-Rusher in 2026 Mock Draft — and more

The Titans, fresh with a new coaching staff, selected a top-tier edge-rusher in the 2026 mock draft. The move aims to strengthen their defense and fill multiple roster needs.

The Boston Celtics outperformed the Philadelphia 76ers with a 114-98 win in their recent NBA game. The victory demonstrates the Celtics' strong performance this season against Eastern Conference rivals.

Game highlights are now available, showing key moments from the Celtics' dominant performance that helped them secure the win.

NEW YORK -- The Brooklyn Nets are now on a eight-game losing streak after Sunday's 106-102 loss to James Harden and the Cleveland Cavaliers, a streak that began prior to the All-Star break. While Brooklyn lost another game amidst a brutal schedule coming out of the game, head coach Jordi Fernandez took the time to praise his players for competing at the necessary intensity.

"We competed and that was our main goal, give ourselves a chance. I'm proud of the way we played," Fernandez said after Sunday's loss to the Cavaliers. While the Nets lost, the end result was that Brooklyn didn't trail by more than 11 points, a massive improvement compared to some of their recent games, such as Friday's 148-111 loss at the Boston Celtics where the Nets trailed by as many as 41 points.

"We played like a basketball team, and I'm proud of the group," Fernandez continued before noting that the goal moving forward is to prepare with the goal of winning now that the team is playing hard. "Tomorrow, [go] watch some film, clean up some stuff that we could have done better. Right now, it's night and day compared to what we went through."

In Sunday's loss to Cleveland, the Nets had to deal with some adversity of their own with center Nic Claxton (thumb) and rookie guard Egor Demin (left plantar fascia) being ruled out for the game. However, the Cavaliers weren't playing at full strength either as guard Donovan Mitchell did not play in the matchup as he continues to nurse a groin injury, but Brooklyn played like none of that mattered.

Not only did this game not stay in blowout territory for long, but the Nets also built as much as a seven-point lead as they found a way to make the Cavaliers entirely dependent on Harden and his greatness as he finished with 22 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists. At the end of the game, Fernandez is trying to take one step at a time with his group and on Sunday, his guys finally responded by playing as hard as he knows they can.

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets' Jordi Fernandez applauds competitiveness in loss to Cavaliers

The Islanders pulled off a third consecutive two-goal comeback win and this time they didn’t even need overtime, though Anders Lee’s winner was practically that, coming with 32 seconds left in regulation on a stunning individual play by the captain.

Oh, also: Matthew Schaefer had another two-goal game, ho-hum, to bring his rookie season goal total to 20 goals at age 18.

It was a wild, back-and-forth affair that saw the teams enter the third period tied 3-3 after the Isles erased a 0-2 deficit and then Bo Horvat erased a 3-2 lead with a terrible-angle shot on Sergei Bobrovsky late in the second period.

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Schaefer scored to give the Isles a 4-3 lead midway through the first period, shooting through legs again but this time benefiting from a couple helpful deflections. To leave him this wide open with time to pick a spot at the top of the slot is both criminal and very welcome:

The Islanders weren’t too bad trying to see out the game with a one-goal lead, but they allowed far too much traffic to develop through the slot once the Panthers pulled Bobrovsky for a sixth attacker. Sam Reinhart tied it with 1:58 to go, and there were some close calls around David Rittich’s net after that to hint this game might not make it to overtime.

But the script flip came on the Islanders’ side, again, after they escaped some bad turnovers and consecutive icings. It started with a bouncing pass to the neutral zone from Tony DeAngelo. Lee not only handled the pass but batted the puck once out of the air as he cut across the neutral zone from left to right. Simon Holmstrom crossed with him, staying on side but mixing up the Panthers’ top D pair just enough to give Lee some daylight down the right wing.

His sweeping power move took Bobrovsky by surprise — or at least, the Panthers goalie sold out completely to face the backhand — and Lee was able to slam it home after carrying around the Panthers goalie and Aaron Ekblad. Gustav Forsling was just a foot short with his emergency reach.

Love Lee’s reaction, acting like it was nothing special, though he and the whole gang it was damned special indeed.

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That’s three consecutive wins and six points to kick off the post-Olympic period.

Those are kind of a big deal because now the Islanders head west for a pretty tough string that starts with back-to-back in southern California Wednesday and Thursday night before the trade deadline.