While the remaining NBA playoff teams are locked in second-round battles, the league’s worst squads are eyeing the ping pong balls that’ll decide their draft fate. That’s right, in addition to the high-stakes hoopla, tonight’s the Cooper Flagg sweepstakes NBA Draft Lottery at 7 p.m. ET. In the meantime, here’s the latest from a wild weekend on the hardwood.

Last Friday, the NWSL and Alex Cooper’s Unwell — the league’s new hydration partner — announced Unwell FC, an interactive fan program at select NWSL games this season. This follows the trend of beverage brands getting into women’s sports sponsorships, something marketers should lean into as they look for creative ways to stand out.

On Wednesday, the NY Liberty announced a partnership with Rihanna’s billion-dollar Fenty Beauty empire. The collab is the latest example of a popular, celeb-driven brand carefully curating its sports sponsorships, namely by working with teams and athletes that have prestige and influence.

Forget the yellow brick road, it’s time to skip skate down the Walter Cup freeway as the PWHL’s second-ever postseason hits the ice. Both Game 1s are already in the books, but these feisty best-of-five semis are just beginning.

Hold onto your acorns because, though they moved at a glacial pace, the Utah Hockey Club will now be known as the Utah Mammoth, a thrilling development amid a flurry of Round 2 Stanley Cup Playoff updates. Let’s skate to it.

Think your bestie’s bachelorette was chaotic? Try the NBA Playoffs. For the first time in league history, two 60-win teams are down 0-2 in the second round — an unprecedented double whammy that has us questioning everything.

Turns out home is where the heartbreak is after all four second-round hosts lost their respective Game 1s for the first time in NBA history.

And just like that, the spicy NHL Playoffs second round is officially underway. Here’s what you need to know about the four remaining series as the quest to hoist Lord Stanley continues.

After a wildly successful sophomore season, the puck drops on the PWHL postseason tonight, with four of the league’s six teams competing to hoist the Walter Cup. Here’s everything you need to know before the icy and spicy fun begins.

Last Friday, 10.5K fans showed up at Kansas City’s CPKC Stadium to watch the USA Rugby women’s 15s take on Team Canada. While the bout resulted in a loss for the Americans, the game set a new U.S. attendance record for the sport fueled by its recent surge in popularity.

We’re flipping out over the first guest in our Inside the Lines series: former UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi, who took the internet by storm with her viral 2019 floor routine, a massive comeback after significant time away from the sport due to injury.

Last Friday, sports data insights platform SponsorPulse made the case for why Canada is primed for women’s soccer fandom. The latest data affirms that even though Canadian interest in the sport is surging, the North remains an oft-overlooked market for American companies looking to reach soccer fans.