The NBA will not bring back its All-Star Game mini-tournament next season.

Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that the format used last month — a four-team tournament made up of 24 NBA All-Stars and another team of rookies and sophomores, all playing to a target score of 40 points — “was a miss.”

The game is shifting to NBC next season as part of the league’s new broadcast deal, and Silver said the league and the network are talking about what may work. The league tried something new this season with hopes of sparking some competitiveness, which the game has lacked for years.

“We’re back to the drawing board,” Silver said.

Next year’s game will be during the Milan-Cortina Olympics, so it may seem logical to play off that in some way and utilize some sort of U.S. vs. International format — which has been talked about in recent years.

The game will also be aired on NBC’s family of networks, so it will shift from a Sunday evening to a Sunday afternoon broadcast on Feb. 15, 2026, from Inglewood and the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Men’s basketball

Florida 87, Maryland 71 >> Will Richard scored 15 points, Alijah Martin added 14 points and seven rebounds, and top-seeded Florida played a steady second half to run away from No. 4 seed Maryland and into the NCAA Tournament’s West Region final with a win at Chase Center in Sam Francisco.

Walter Clayton Jr. contributed 13 points and four assists as Florida’s Big Three seniors and their deep supporting cast took down the Maryland “Crab Five” starters — one of Terrapins coach Kevin Willard’s concerns coming into this matchup.

Freshman sensation Derik Queen scored 27 points to lead Maryland (27-9).

Florida (33-4) advances to play Saturday against the winner of Thursday’s late game between third-seeded Texas Tech and No. 10 seed Arkansas.

Alabama 113, BYU 88 >> Alabama broke the 35-year-old March Madness record for 3-pointers with 25 and Mark Sears scored 30 of his 34 points on 3s, a relentless long-range spree that ushered the second-seeded Crimson Tide past BYU in an East Region semifinal.

The Crimson Tide made 25 of 51 3-point attempts to break the record of 21 set by Loyola Marymount in 1990. Sears, a first-team All-America guard, hit the record-breaking 22nd 3 late in the game to make it 97-66.

Sears and the Crimson Tide (28-8) will play either Duke or Arizona for a shot at the Final Four.

Richie Saunders scored 25 points to lead BYU (26-10).

MLB

Orioles OF O’Neill homers on opening day for sixth straight year >> Baltimore Orioles outfielder Tyler O’Neill hit a three-run home run off Toronto’s José Berríos in the third inning of Thursday’s game at Toronto, extending his major league record by homering for a sixth straight opening day.

Playing a season-opening game in his home country of Canada for the first time, O’Neill connected on a two-out, 2-1 sinker, driving in Colton Cowser and Adley Rutschman and putting Baltimore up 4-0.

O’Neill’s opening day home run streak began with St. Louis in 2020 and continued for four seasons, matching a mark held by Todd Hundley (1994-97), Gary Carter (1977-80) and Yogi Berra (1955-58).

Boston’s Hendriks opens season on IL >> Liam Hendriks was placed on the 15-day injured list before Boston’s season opener at Texas because of elbow inflammation, again delaying the right-handed reliever’s debut with the Red Sox after being on their roster all last season while rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

Manager Alex Cora said before the game at Texas that Hendriks would visit Dr. Keith Meister, the Rangers team physician who did his surgery in August 2023. Cora said the 36-year-old Australian pitcher’s last bullpen session during spring training wasn’t good.

Hendriks, a three-time All-Star, agreed to a $10 million, two-year contract with the Red Sox in February 2024.

Rockies give outfielder Moniak $1.25M, 1-year deal >> The Colorado Rockies added outfield depth by agreeing to a $1.25 million, one-year deal with Mickey Moniak.

Moniak hit .219 with 14 homers and 49 RBIs last season with the Los Angeles Angels.

The 26-year-old was released by the Angels on Tuesday after beating the team in salary arbitration. He will receive $483,781 in termination pay from the Angels rather than his $2 million salary.

NFL

Former Texas standout, NFL No. 1 overall pick Sims dead at 65 >> Kenneth Sims, a standout at Texas who became the No. 1 overall draft pick in the NFL draft in 1982, has died. He was 65.

The University of Texas said Sims died on March 21 at his home.

Sims’ death came after a brief illness, according to the National Football Foundation, but no further information was provided. He became a National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Famer in 2021.

Sims was selected with the top pick in the 1982 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. He spent his entire career in New England, but had trouble duplicating the production he had at the collegiate level.