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One of the most gregarious and beloved players in NBA history has died at the age of 71. Two-time NBA champion and Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton died ...

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said on Monday he thinks former first lady Michelle Obama would easily defeat former President Donald Trump if she decided to run against him in ...

A Toronto Raptors player has been banned for life by the NBA for gambling. The NBA released a statement Wednesday explaining the ruling against Jontay Porter, 24, a forward with ...

When it comes to joking about skin color, basketball culture seems to have its own set of rules. Or at least it once did. Nowadays, of course, race-mongers have turned ...

Sometimes our attempts to draw closer to God do not go exactly as planned. But, if we allow it, he can bring good from all things. On March 6, center ...

After a career making history in college and pro basketball, John Stockton is taking his name, and his game, to a different kind of court. The former Utah Jazz point guard, ...

A former NBA prospect and actor has been sentenced to 90 years to life after being found guilty of a string of sexual assaults. Rashid Byrd, 39, was sentenced on ...

You can often gauge how strong an argument is by the number of words needed to explain it. It's nothing new. The 14th–century friar William of Ockham is credited with ...

The National Basketball Association took a drubbing in the TV ratings on Christmas Day as its games didn't even pull in one quarter of the viewers the National Football League's ...

"Kobe’s transcendent spirit is always and forever in our hearts – inspiring us every day."

Kyrie Irving, one of the NBA's most controversial players, is at it again, this time saying that he doesn't really even consider himself an American player -- even though he ...

One of the NBA's more understated rivalries of the late- 1990s involved Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks going to battle against Alonzo Mourning and the Miami Heat. ESPN ...

The NBA's uncomfortably sycophantic relationship with China (and its money) has officially drawn the ire of multiple GOP lawmakers -- and it's all thanks to the Lunar New Year. To ...

LeBron James celebrated making NBA history on Tuesday night by dropping an F-bomb on live television and in front of fans, following a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. James' ...

NBA superstar Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha, have spent years participating in "social activism," but when it comes to having affordable housing units built near their own multimillion-dollar California ...

Full disclosure: I have been an avid basketball fan for nearly 30 years, and I have never seen anything like this before. In one of the most embarrassing things ever seen ...

The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics on Saturday night in overtime, but the real story to emerge from that classic rivalry game involves the referees -- and ...

"I'm not doing that."

The Los Angeles Lakers lost at home on Sunday to the Portland Trailblazers 106-104. The defeat dropped the Lakers to 0-3 on the year. At this point in an 82-game ...

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman said last week that he would travel to Russia to seek the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner. But after the U.S. government publicly discouraged ...