The 2026 NBA sraft lottery is done, with the Washington Wizards emerging on top. The franchise that badly needs a star to build around may get one with their selection.
- Associated Press
Bam Adebayo scored 83 points, the second-best scoring effort in NBA history, to carry the Miami Heat to a 150-129 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
- GREG MADIA The Daily Progress
Former Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett has a new role, having joined the Los Angeles Lakers as an NBA Draft advisor on Wednesday.
- TIM BOOTH and ANDREW DESTIN Associated Press
Lenny Wilkens, a legendary figure in basketball, has died at 88 Wilkens was a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame, honored as both a player and a coach.
- Bristol Herald Courier
It’s safe to say that Mac McClung has become the face of the NBA’s G League and he’s returning to the minor league circuit for the 2025-26 season.
- TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press
Robotic eyes now track just about everything on basketball courts as the NBA taps into technology to ensure plays get adjudicated correctly.
- KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press
Carmelo Anthony joined Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles for their induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
The Oklahoma City Thunder felt slighted last season when they were left off the NBA's Christmas schedule. That won't be an issue this year.
Shaquille O'Neal knows exactly how much refurbishing a basketball court can mean to a community and the kids who play on it.
The Dallas Mavericks select Duke forward Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.
All of these injuries are not hard to figure out why. Too big. Too fast. Too lean. Too much muscle. Too many games.
The ability of college athletes to cash in on their collegiate fame has led to fewer players jumping early to the NBA draft.
In the ultimate moments of these playoffs, most recently Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Tyrese Haliburton keeps delivering.
Duke star Cooper Flagg is headed to the NBA as the favorite to be the No. 1 overall draft pick.
Anthony and Howard are going into the HOF, twice. Anthony and Howard were announced as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team.
Gregg Popovich will not coach this season. He is not ruling out a comeback in the future.
Luka Doncic has been traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis.
Dubbed The Kid from Akron, with a limitless future, LeBron James is now the 40-year-old from Los Angeles with wisps of gray in his beard, his milestone birthday coming Monday.
Former Chicago Bulls forward Bob Love, a three-time All-Star who spent 11 years in the NBA, has died. He was 81.
As the Spurs star gets set to enter Year 2 of his NBA career after living up to every lofty expectation, he’s not shy about saying that he’s thinking bigger.
LeBron James and his son Bronny made NBA history when they played together for the first time during the Los Angeles Lakers' preseason game against Phoenix.
On the court, he stopped people. Off the court, he helped people. In simplest terms, that is the legacy of Mutombo, the 7-foot-2 mountain of a center who died Monday.
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The 7-foot-2 center out of Georgetown was an eight-time All-Star, four-time defensive player of the year, three-time All-NBA selection and went into the Hall of Fame in 2015.
AP photographers were on hand for a global sports week that culminated with a victory by Argentina at Copa America, a triumph by Spain at Euro 2024 and countryman Carlos Alcaraz lifting the trophy at Wimbledon.
The NBA might not be happy with the NFL making Christmas Day a regular part of its schedule, but its new media rights deals nearly evens the field.
Former NBA player Jontay Porter is pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a federal criminal case tied to the betting scandal that got him banned from the league.
Jayson Tatum has 31 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 106-88 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday in Boston.
Jerry West, nicknamed “Mr. Clutch” for late-game exploits, went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1980 and again as a member of the 1960 U.S. Olympic team.
Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Basketball Hall of Famer and one of the biggest stars of basketball broadcasting, has died.
NBA Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade has launched Translatable, a nonprofit online community dedicated to supporting transgender youth.