Can the Lakers' defensive renaissance topple the Thunder

Lakers hold off Clippers after Austin Reaves injures calf

Austin Reaves sustained a right calf injury during the first half of the Lakers' defeat of the Clippers and is scheduled to undergo an MRI scan Saturday.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Clippers, shorthanded and striving to stay in playoff position, lose a close one to Lakers

Coach Tyronn Lue says his team is up for the challenge of a tough closing schedule while looking to get leading scorer Norman Powell back in the lineup.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Hernández: Lakers find an identity, forged by a true leader in JJ Redick

The revolving door to the coach's office has finally stopped with JJ Redick, who is what the Lakers hoped he would be, and maybe more after win over Clippers.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

The Lakers and LeBron are clearly reveling in what the Luka trade did for their title hopes

The game hasn’t gotten easy for the Los Angeles Lakers since the trade deadline

ABC News - 1d

Luka Doncic, LeBron James are dominant as Lakers extend win streak to seven

LeBron James has 34 points and Luka Doncic has 30 points and 15 assists in easy victory over New Orleans.

Yahoo Sports - 12h

We Can Achieve Great Things

Progressives, who believe in using government to do good things, have built a system that renders government incompetent.

The New York Times - 5d

Can Starmer and Macron win the peace?

And, Trump criticises Zelensky again online.

BBC News - 1d

How Cisco’s AI defense stacks up against the cyber threats you never see

Cisco AI Defense is purpose-built to address the security paradox AI creates with its exponential growth in enterprises

VentureBeat - Feb. 20

NBA Defensive Player of the Year odds: What does Victor Wembanyama's injury mean to the award race?

The Defensive Player of the Year race just changed drastically with Wembanyama now out for the season

CBS Sports - Feb. 20

Chargers, defensive back Elijah Molden agree to three-year extension worth $18 million, per reports

After being acquired in a trade from the Titans, Molden had a career year with the Chargers

CBS Sports - Feb. 21

'We felt at home': Israeli weapons firms out in force at Abu Dhabi defense expo

A record 34 Israeli companies exhibited at IDEX this week, the Middle East's largest defense expo hosted biennially by Abu Dhabi.

CNBC - Feb. 21

Grizzlies' Jaren Jackson Jr. boosts NBA Defensive Player of the Year chances with game-saving block

Jackson blocked Paolo Banchero's leaner as time expired to save the Grizzlies' win over the Magic.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 22

Democrats and former defense officials rail against 'pure pettiness' of Trump Pentagon firings

Democrat lawmakers and former national security leaders are furious over President Trump’s Friday night massacre of top Pentagon leadership, which they warned was a dangerous polarization of the ...

The Hill - Feb. 23

Israel's defense minister says troops to remain in some West Bank refugee camps for 'coming year'

Israel's defense minister says he has instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the occupied West Bank’s urban refugee camps “for the coming year.”

ABC News - Feb. 23

Japan, Philippines agree to deepen defense ties due to mutual alarm over China

Japan and the Philippines have agreed to further deepen their defense collaborations and start talks on an arrangement to protect shared military information in the face of mutual alarm over ...

ABC News - Feb. 24

2025 NFL combine: Ranking top five prospects at each defensive position, including Abdul Carter, Travis Hunter

The NFL combine plays out this week in Indianapolis

CBS Sports - Feb. 24

2025 NFL combine: Top defensive prospect Abdul Carter skipping workouts as he recovers from shoulder injury

Carter plans to work out at his Pro Day in March

CBS Sports - Feb. 24

These stock-market sectors are dominating the S&P 500 so far this year as investors play defense

It may be time for investors to shore up portfolios with defensive stocks — but their appeal goes beyond just providing protection.

MarketWatch - Feb. 25

Women's college basketball Power Rankings: Texas remains No. 1 after another dominant defensive effort

Notre Dame, meanwhile, slipped out of the top three after a double-overtime loss to NC State

CBS Sports - Feb. 25

Defensive end Abdul Carter says he's the best player in NFL 2025 draft class

Pass rusher Abdul Carter says he should be the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NFL draft

ABC News - Feb. 26

The BEST Cavs team EVER, sorry Bron! + Luka Doncic: defensive JUGGERNAUT | The Big Number

Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine have stumbled across undeniable evidence: the 2024-25 Cleveland Cavaliers are the best team in franchise history. Yes, better than the 2016 title-winning team (sorry, ...

Yahoo Sports - 6d

2025 NFL Draft: How I rank the best defensive line, EDGE prospects as Scouting Combine workouts begin

How a former first-round offensive tackle ranks the five best EDGE and interior DL prospects

CBS Sports - 6d

Dividend stocks are soaring in 2025, as investors adopt a defensive strategy amid market selloff

U.S. dividend stocks are soaring in 2025, as investors are on the hunt for ways to play defense amid concerns over economic growth and President Trump’s tariff plans.

MarketWatch - 5d

US defense secretary saw few political drawbacks in backing joint chiefs ouster

Pete Hegseth viewed his political odds as being unchanged in pushing Trump to fire Gen Charles Brown. Don’t let a billionaire’s algorithm control what you read. Download our free app to get ...

The Guardian - 5d

Trump-Zelenskyy clash marks a defining turn away from U.S. defense of democracies

Previous American presidents have had tense exchanges with allies. What made this one different was that it featured a US president siding with an autocratic adversary against a nascent democracy.

NBC News - 4d

Mason Alexander dies at 18: Pitt freshman defensive back killed in car accident

Alexander was an early-enrollee member of the Panthers' 2025 recruiting class

CBS Sports - 3d

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to halt offensive cyber operations and information operations against Russia, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said.

NBC News - 2d

‘Shocked’ reaction to White House Zelensky meeting sends Europe defense stocks soaring

JPMorgan lifts price targets of European defense companies by an average of 25% after furious reaction in European capitals to Trump-Zelensky meeting.

MarketWatch - 2d

South Korean defense stocks track gains in global peers amid rising security concerns

Gains among South Korean names were led by Hanwha Aerospace, Korea Aerospace Industries, Hyundai Rotem and LIG Nex1

CNBC - 1d

EU chief proposes plan to 'urgently' increase defense spending by mobilizing around $840 billion

"Europe is ready to massively boost its defense spending," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday.

CNBC - 1d

Five moves Eagles should make in offseason: Myles Garrett, Zack Baun keep top-ranked defense elite

These are the five moves the Eagles should make this offseason

CBS Sports - 1d

Elon Musk says federal fraud is bigger than the entire defense budget. Could that actually be true?

This isn’t the first time his claims have raised eyebrows

MarketWatch - 1d

Trump asks Congress to criminalize "sex changes on children" and for a "Golden Dome" defense shield

In President Trump's address on Tuesday night, he asked Congress to ban and criminalize "sex changes on children." He also pivoted to the military, shouting out Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ...

CBS News - 14h

Scale AI announces multimillion-dollar defense deal, a major step in U.S. military automation

Spearheaded by the Defense Innovation Unit, the Thunderforge program will work with Anduril, Microsoft and others to develop and deploy AI agents.

CNBC - 2h

Kobe Bryant greets Laker Luka Doncic in new L.A. mural based off 2019 meeting at game

Arutyun Gozukuchikyan's new mural of Kobe Bryant and Luka Doncic captures them embracing each other at a Lakers game in December 2019, a month before Bryant died in a helicopter crash.

Los Angeles Times - Feb. 18