The Oklahoma City Thunder easily defeated the Orlando Magic on Tuesday, but the win came with a potentially significant cost. Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sustained an abdominal injury during the contest, and will be out at least through the All-Star break due to the issue, per ESPN's Shams Charania. 

The severity of the injury is not known at the moment. The team plans to re-evaluate Gilgeous-Alexander after the break, meaning he'll miss — at minimum — five games before a possible return.

It's unclear when Gilgeous-Alexander sustained the injury. The 27-year-old turned in a strong performance during the Thunder's 128-92 win over the Magic on Tuesday, scoring 20 points and dishing out nine assists in nearly 28 minutes on the court. 

This story will be updated.

In 2025, the Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders played the first-ever NFL game in Spain. The whole event went well enough that the NFL is going to do it all again in 2026.

The league announced Monday it would return to Spain for another international game next season. It's part of a multi-year partnership with the country, meaning the league will likely play multiple games in Spain over the next couple years. 

The 2026 game will be played at Bernabéu Stadium, which hosted the Commanders and Dolphins this season. That contest, which took place in November, went to overtime, with the Dolphins picking up a narrow 16-13 win over the Commanders. The NFL has not announced which teams will take part in the Spain game in 2026.

With the announcement, the NFL now has seven international games on its schedule for the 2026 season. The league will play one game in Australia, one game in Brazil, one game in Germany, three games in the U.K. and one game in Spain. The NFL has confirmed the Los Angeles Rams are one of the teams that will play in Australia and the Jacksonville Jaguars are one of the teams playing in London. But the league has not announced additional teams for its international games next season. The NFL has also not announced dates or times for any international game in 2026.

The league first starting playing international games in 2007, when the Dolphins faced the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium in London. Since then, the league has essentially had at least one international game in every season, though no international games took place during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

The NFL has made an attempt to expand the countries in which it holds games, with Brazil, Ireland and Spain all being added to the mix since 2024. 

Tennessee managed to take down Auburn on Saturday, but things got a little too close for comfort for Volunteers coach Rick Barnes. Following the contest, Barnes attempted to make light of some of his team's late-game mistakes ... and immediately regretted it.

While giving credit to Auburn, Barnes took issue with some of Tennessee's passes down the stretch. He added, "Sometimes, I wonder if my guys are betting on games," and immediately realized that was not the best thing to say.

Barnes' response read:

"At the end of the game, some of the passes that we throw, I don't know what to say other than sometimes I wonder if my guys are betting on games. I shouldn't say that. Erase that. I'm just wondering what's happening. Because I know we're too good of players to do that."

At that point, Barnes may have looked over at Tennessee's communications team before uttering, "Was that a bad ... I apologize. I shouldn't have said that. But that fact is, we've gotta get smarter."

Barnes was joking when he made the original statement about gambling, which drew laughs from those at the press conference. While he clearly didn't mean any malice, he quickly realized the error of jokingly accusing his players of betting on games. 

With the rise and normalization of legalized sports gambling, there have already been a handful of NCAA betting scandals involving current and former players. In September, players from Fresno State and San Jose State were banned for their alleged involvement in a gambling scandal. That same month, the NCAA said it was seeking additional sports-betting violations against 13 former players from six different schools. 

Given those scandals and the severity of the issue, Barnes knew he screwed up. He quickly backtracked, was apologetic and made it clear he was joking, but only after he had already delivered one heck of a quote.