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NEW YORK — Conversations about WNBA officiating and Caitlin Clark have now expanded to include NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Silver said Thursday that Clark has become a...
July 16, 2026
NEW YORK — If LeBron James knows where he will play this coming season, he's still not saying. The NBA's career scoring king and current free agent spoke publicly for the...
July 16, 2026
MIAMI — All eyes in the NBA are on LeBron James, even amid a huge cycle of changes around the league. Giannis Antetokounmpo got traded to Miami for Tyler Herro. Jayl...
July 03, 2026
MIAMI — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made his sales pitch. So did DJ Khaled, the New York Jets and the Winnipeg Jets. Even the PGA Tour took a swing, trying to appeal to someo...
July 01, 2026
LeBron James is leaving the Los Angeles Lakers, which means another decision awaits. A mere 16 years after his first famed “decision” — the one that saw him leave Clevela...
June 30, 2026
MIAMI — Giannis Antetokounmpo wants more championships. So do the Miami Heat. Their interests are officially aligned — and the Heat finally have another superstar. Ending...
June 23, 2026
NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding its schedule to 50 games per team next season — the most in the league's 30-year history. The new collective bargaining agreement that w...
June 17, 2026
NEW YORK — By the time Jalen Brunson and the Knicks returned home, it was as easy to find something orange around New York as at Halloween. The city was caught up in thi...
June 15, 2026
SAN ANTONIO — Knowing New York had waited 53 years to see the Knicks hoist the NBA championship trophy, owner James Dolan didn't even wait to be handed the 30-pound gold-...
June 15, 2026
SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama, the tallest man in these NBA Finals, is about to face the tallest order of his basketball career. And he's fine with that. Wembanyama an...
June 12, 2026
NEW YORK — Donald Trump was booed loudly by fans inside Madison Square Garden when he was shown on video screens during the national anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA Fin...
June 08, 2026
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Donald Trump confirmed he will attend Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday at Madison Square Garden, but said he doesn't have much sympathy...
June 05, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY — The last time Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder played a Game 7 it was the ultimate game of ultimate games, one that decided last seas...
May 29, 2026
NEW YORK — Victor Wembanyama was the unanimous pick as Defensive Player of the Year this season, and the only unanimous All-Defensive team selection as well. The San Anto...
May 22, 2026
When LeBron James spoke to the media at the end of his 23rd NBA season, he expressed that he wasn’t sure what the future held for him and his Hall of Fame career. “When t...
May 22, 2026
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke was found dead Monday at a home in the Los Angeles area, a person familiar with the terms of the ongoing investigation said Tuesd...
May 12, 2026
Jason Collins, the NBA’s first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with...
May 12, 2026
The WNBA is poised for a historic 30th season after a transformational new collective bargaining agreement was reached in March. Now the league can focus on the play on ...
May 06, 2026
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — LeBron James and Bronny James made NBA history last season when a father and son played together for the first time. They took their family dynamic t...
April 16, 2026
NEW YORK — Azzi Fudd is on her way to Dallas as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft with a $500,000 payday waiting for the former UConn star. A record-setting six UCLA playe...
April 14, 2026
NEW YORK — The intense, all-night negotiations over the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement were new to many on both sides. The grueling discussions lasted eight days...
March 25, 2026
NEW YORK — The WNBA will have its first million dollar players after the league and its players’ union reached a deal in principle on a transformational new collective ba...
March 18, 2026
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James will sit out of the Los Angeles Lakers' game against the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night due to left foot arthritis, a decision that will pr...
February 10, 2026
The first-ever World team for the NBA All-Star Game is already looking loaded. And the fate of LeBron James' record streak of All-Star selections will now be decided by c...
January 19, 2026
LAS VEGAS — WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Friday there's work to be done to repair relationships with players in the league, while adding that there were “inaccu...
October 03, 2025
HENDERSON, Nev. — A'ja Wilson was named one of five finalists Friday for WNBA MVP, putting the Las Vegas Aces star in potential position to become the league's first four...
September 19, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Fever finally got a chance to celebrate Thursday night in Atlanta. A smiling Caitlin Clark, dressed again in street clothes, rushed the court ...
September 19, 2025
The PIAA board of directors voted Wednesday on a first reading to adopt a 35-second shot clock in basketball for the 2028-29 season. The vote, 22-9, advances a proposal f...
July 21, 2025 Sports
NEW YORK — The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030. Cleveland will begin p...
June 30, 2025 Sports
The players selected in the first round of the NBA draft Wednesday night in New York: ___ 1. Dallas Mavericks — Cooper Flagg, forward, 6-8, 221, Duke Scouting report...
June 26, 2025
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