Basketball

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Alex Taylor is the founder and captain of Hoop York City, a New York City organization that gives female basketball players an empowering space to play the game. Taylor’s mission is to inspire woman to become entrepreneurs and help shift the perspective of a sport that often favors men.

Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers knelt alongside one another before the first games of the NBA restart.

WNBA star A’ja Wilson discusses the passing of Rep. John Lewis and how his loss is a reminder to her to use her platform to make change.

NBA and MLB are both gearing up for modified seasons, but reports that players have tested positive for COVID-19 are raising concerns that the precautions to keep players and staff safe won’t be enough. So will sports fans actually get to watch professional baseball and basketball this year? Sports injury expert Will Carroll weighs in.

The sudden suspension of the NBA season was a double disappointment for Anthony Davis. “It happened on my birthday, which is kind of a bummer because I couldn’t do anything,” the Los Angeles Lakers’ seven-time All-Star big man said with a laugh. Davis turned 27 on March 11 when the NBA shut down amid the coronavirus pandemic. After a few…

It’s not socialism, just smart business. The NBA figured out long ago its best team was only as strong as its weakest. It’s a lesson the United States could stand to learn in the fight to end inequality.

NBA players have until June 24 to commit to playing in the upcoming basketball restart. Players who choose to participate in the upcoming season will be subject to strict coronavirus guidelines.

Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has died

The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Vanessa Bryant, got a birthday surprise from her late husband, Kobe Bryant, on her 38th birthday. Bryant shared on her Instagram account on Tuesday, that she had discovered a letter from Kobe a day prior, but waited to open it on her birthday. In the post, which appears to show Bryant’s hand clutching an envelope, she wrote: “Yesterday I...

A Tulane University basketball player who recently declared for the NBA draft has been charged in a Georgia slaying

A signed Michael Jordan Team USA jersey from 1992 is up for auction with bidding starting at $25,000.

The NCAA announced on Wednesday that its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be held without fans in response to the coronavirus pandemic, limiting attendance to “essential staff and limited family.”

No sporting events … either live or on TV … is no fun for fans or players. But there is another aspect of American sports being shut down that could get extremely expensive.

The NBA released a statement Wednesday saying it was suspending the season until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for coronavirus.

Los Angeles Lakers forwards LeBron James and Kyle Kuzma, as well as Clippers forward Paul George, discuss the Lakers, 112-103, victory in the third round of the Battle for LA.

Hours after the NBA sent out a memo to teams to begin developing processes to play games without fans in attendance, the league’s biggest superstar has chimed in with his thoughts on the subject. “Nah, that’s impossible,” said Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James when asked about the possibility of playing an NBA game inside an empty arena. “I...

There will be no need for motivational speeches or extra energy drinks on Friday night at Staples Center. The two best teams in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks, will meet on the floor in a potential NBA Finals preview that for many is already a foregone conclusion. The Bucks have the reigning NBA’s Most Valuable...