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...
The players selected in the first round of the NBA draft Wednesday night in New York:
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1. Dallas Mavericks — Cooper Flagg, forward, 6-8, 221, Duke
Scouting report...
Will Wade's work building N.C. State into an immediate winner included the pursuit of an entrant in the NBA draft, just in case he returned to college.
It wasn't a huge ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — The promise came three years ago from Oklahoma City general manager Sam Presti. It might have been overlooked for a couple of reasons. One, the Thunder we...
NEW YORK — WNBA training camps are set to open this weekend and there's no doubt that No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers is primed for a pro career in the league.
Not all 38...
PHOENIX — Diana Taurasi wanted to take her time before deciding whether to retire.
Once the Phoenix Mercury star made up her mind, the decision came with the same kind of...
SAN FRANCISCO — There will be no Stephen Curry vs. Sabrina Ionescu rematch at All-Star weekend.
The NBA announced Thursday the 3-point shooting event bringing together t...
LeBron James is extending his All-Star records.
The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game on Thursday night, and there wasn't ...
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers will partner with Comcast Spectacor, their current landlord, to build a new arena in South Philadelphia and abandon a deal with the ...
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers have decided not to build a $1.3 billion downtown arena, a surprising move that comes just weeks after the team received approval fo...
When LeBron James broke another NBA record earlier this month, the one for most regular-season minutes played in a career, his Los Angeles Lakers teammates handled the mo...
Caitlin Clark raised the profile of women's basketball to unprecedented levels in both the college ranks and the WNBA, and Dec. 24 she was named the Associated Press Fema...
LAS VEGAS — The NBA's All-Star Game is going to be an All-Star tournament this season, with the league announcing Tuesday it has finalized plans to use a different format...
The NBA is considering going to a tournament-style event for the All-Star Game, similar to what has been used in the Rising Stars competition in recent years, two people ...
CLEVELAND — LeBron James let his son, Bronny, have the Cleveland stage to himself.
As the Los Angeles Lakers superstar watched from the bench, Bronny James scored his fi...
NEW YORK — Breanna Stewart joined the New York Liberty two years ago with one goal in mind: to bring the long-suffering franchise its first championship.
WNBA Finals MVP ...
NEW YORK — Star power, a quest for a three-peat and two franchises looking for their first championships highlight the WNBA semifinals that begin Sunday.
The Las Vegas Ac...
OAKLAND, Calif. — Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager...
The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video on Wednesday after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s $1.8 billion ...
LeBron James saved the U.S. from what would have been a stunning loss.
James’ layup with 8 seconds left was the go-ahead basket Saturday, and the U.S. Olympic team th...
ARLINGTON, Texas — As much as she wanted to play in the Olympics, Caitlin Clark savors the thought of some time off during the WNBA's monthlong hiatus for the Paris Games...
DALLAS — Klay Thompson is moving on from the Golden State Warriors, with the four-time league champion agreeing to join the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks a...
BOSTON — The ownership group that controls the NBA champion Boston Celtics says it intends to sell all its shares of the team.
In a statement released Monday, Boston Bas...
It was the dream that LeBron James first floated a few years ago, the notion of playing in the NBA alongside one of his sons.
And it's a step closer to reality now.
Bronn...
NEW YORK (AP) — Zach Edey is taking his 7-foot-4 frame to Memphis to start his NBA career.
Edey, the former Purdue center who became the first player in more than 40 yea...
PITTSBURGH — Bub Carrington achieved his dream.
The freshman phenom for Pitt basketball was selected by the Portland Trail Blazers, with the pick being traded to the Wash...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — JJ Redick says his extraordinary hiring as the Los Angeles Lakers' head coach means the end of his podcast with LeBron James.
Redick hopes they'...
CLEVELAND — Just days ahead of the NBA draft, the Cavaliers picked their coach.
Kenny Atkinson, an assistant with Golden State who helped Brooklyn rebuild before a puzzli...
BOSTON — The Celtics entered the season vowing to turn recent playoff heartbreaks into happiness.
Eight months later, they toasted the franchise’s 18th championship in w...
In the NBA, it’s already next season.
The offseason, technically, might have lasted for only about an hour. The Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals on Monday night, and whe...
