Basketball

Tyronn Lue has agreed to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.

As San Diego Police Department Officer Amir Adieh was leaving the scene of a reported house fire in the Nestor community Tuesday morning, a few boys playing basketball in the street caught his eye.

The Los Angeles Lakers have won the NBA Finals and now it’s time for Southern California to celebrate. After defeating the Miami Heat in six games inside the NBA Bubble in Orlando, Florida, the Lakers were crowned champions of the 2019-20 season. After a tumultuous season, including the death of Lakers’ legend Kobe Bryant, the Lakers have won their...

The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat, 106-93, in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to claim their record-tying 17th NBA Championship in team history.

LeBron James flexed his muscles high above his Lakers black jersey, looking too strong to stop. He had just scored while being fouled, finishing a three-point play that gave Los Angeles a one-point lead with 1:34 remaining. When the Lakers fell behind again, he put back his own missed shot to give them a led again with 58 seconds to…

Jimmy Butler was slumped over a video board behind the baseline in the final seconds, exhausted, gasping for air. He gave it all. The Miami Heat needed nothing less. The NBA Finals — and Miami’s title chances — are not over, not after Butler and the Heat pulled off a virtuoso performance in Game 5 on Friday night. Butler had…

One year ago Monday, the 2019-20 Los Angeles Lakers took the court together for the first time. For fans, it was the first time they saw LeBron James and Anthony Davis together in a Lakers’ uniform. Little did they know what the next year would have in store for them. A year later, James and Davis are still on the…

“Mama, there goes that man!” Anthony Davis continued his dominance in his first career NBA Finals, leading the Lakers to a 124-114 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The Lakers lead the series 2-0, and the Heat are left dangling over the precipice, as they juggle a bevy of injuries to their starting lineup….

After Game 2, Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler said his team would need to play near perfect basketball in order to beat the Lakers. Perfection might not be attainable, but in chasing it, he was excellent. Butler scored a playoff-career high 40 points and the depleted Miami Heat stunned the Los Angeles Lakers 115-104 in Game 3, to reset the…

A small number of protesters carrying signs and shouting into megaphones blocked at least two buses chartered by the NBA from briefly from entering the Walt Disney World campus on Saturday night, with the group saying it wanted LeBron James, Russell Westbrook and other top players to take notice

The college basketball coaching great John Thompson of Georgetown has died

Former Georgetown University basketball coach John Thompson, Jr. has died at the age of 78.

A pandemic. A social justice movement. A nationwide call for change. Small businesses in America are operating during unprecedented times – but they aren’t letting COVID-19 stop them. How are they doing it?

So far, so good.

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.