LAS VEGAS — The Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks are used to being on the NBA's biggest stages, both of those teams having won championships in the last four season...
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is working on a deal to sell a majority stake in the NBA franchise to the family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company, a person ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Gregg Popovich called Spurs' fans booing of Kawhi Leonard “hateful” and “mean-spirited,” and the San Antonio coach has no regrets taking the microphone an...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Stephen Curry scored 30 points, including the winning layup with 0.2 seconds left, to help the Golden State Warriors defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 141-...
PHOENIX — Victor Wembanyama strolled through the hallways at Footprint Center after the best game of his short NBA career when he passed 13-time All-Star Kevin Durant, st...
Damian Lillard is being traded by Portland to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday, a deal that ends...
NEW YORK — The NBA took steps Wednesday to try to ensure that its star players appear in more games, particularly nationally televised matchups and the in-season tourname...
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers will unveil a statue of Kobe Bryant outside their downtown arena on Feb. 8.
The 17-time NBA champion Lakers announced the plan Thurs...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — This was the last act of the World Cup preseason for Team USA.
A few hours before flying to the Philippines on Monday for its World Cup ...
NEW YORK — The New York Knicks sued the Toronto Raptors, their new head coach and a former Knicks scouting employee on Monday, saying the defendants conspired to steal th...
WNBA teams are scoring at near record levels thanks in strong part to a quicker pace of play and some impressive individual efforts.
Teams are averaging 82.6 points a ga...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Tyronn Lue has waited a long time for this trip.
He was supposed to have the USA Basketball logo on his chest on foreign soil long ago —...
Doris Burke will become the first woman to serve as a game analyst on television for a championship final in one of the four major professional U.S. sports leagues.
ESPN ...
MALAGA, Spain — The U.S. World Cup basketball team got its first big test of the summer Sunday, and a perfect shooting night from Jalen Brunson helped ensure the American...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers have agreed on a three-year, $186 million contract extension, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Frid...
A former National Basketball Association player was ordered to spend 10 years in prison for leading a scheme to defraud the league’s health care plan out of more than $5 ...
Collectibles broker Sotheby’s expects Wilt Chamberlain’s 1972 NBA Finals jersey to sell for more than $4 million in an upcoming auction.
Sotheby's calls the jersey Chambe...
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James said his family is “safe and healthy” three days after his oldest son, Bronny, went into cardiac arrest.
The top scorer in NBA history posted...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Langston Galloway, John Jenkins and Eric Mika helped USA Basketball qualify for this summer’s FIBA World Cup, and they’re getting a reward for t...
Michael Jordan’s days as the majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets are truly finished.
The NBA’s board of governors has approved Jordan’s sale of a majority stake in th...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oh yes, Stephen Curry always heard the noise, the constant scrutiny about his size and stature and how he looked years younger than most everybody el...
STATELINE, Nev. — Stephen Curry took a four-point lead Friday in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament.
Curry had 27 points in the opening round und...
LAS VEGAS — Brittney Griner didn't know what to expect when the WNBA season began, how she would respond after the trauma she experienced of being incarcerated in Russia ...
LAS VEGAS — Chris Paul worked out with new teammate Stephen Curry on Sunday morning in Las Vegas. His assessment of the session: They didn't miss too many shots.
Evidentl...
LAS VEGAS — No charges will be filed following a brief investigation of the altercation involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and ...
MIAMI — As Portland tries to create a trade market for Damian Lillard that extends beyond the Heat, the agent for Lillard has advised other teams not to pursue a trade fo...
NEW YORK — WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are starting a new women's basketball league to give top players another option to play in the U.S. in the offs...
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Before holding his first interview session as a pro, Cavaliers' second-round draft pick Emoni Bates politely introduced himself to media members.
“Em...
LAS VEGAS — There are just some tickets that are hard to get in Las Vegas. Like Adele, for example. Or Garth Brooks. Or U2, which starts a residency there this fall.
And ...
NEW YORK — WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are starting a new women's basketball league to give top players another option to play in the U.S. in the offs...
