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The start of a new NBA season always commands attention, given a thirst for gravity-defying dunks and sweet shooters, but this year many may tune in simply to see if players will defy rules and kneel during the national anthem. The gesture has become common across the National Football League and President Donald Trump said […] -
Amid NFL’s recent kneeling controversy, the NBA sent a new memo on Friday warning players to follow their league’s rule for coaches and players to stand during the national anthem. The Friday memo was sent just a day after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made the announcement that he expected all players to stand for the […] -
ISTANBUL—The father of U.S.-based Turkish basketball star Enes Kanter has been detained in Turkey in an investigation targeting supporters of the cleric whom Ankara accuses of orchestrating last July’s failed coup, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Friday. It said Mehmet Kanter, a university professor, was detained at his home in the Kadikoy district on […] -
DALLAS—LeBron James has apparently had enough of Charles Barkley’s criticism. Barkley took issue last week with James’ call for the Cavaliers to secure another playmaker to help contend for a second-straight NBA title. The outspoken TNT “Inside the NBA” analyst called James “inappropriate” and “whiny.” James told ESPN following the Cavs 104-97 loss at Dallas […] -
Saying he fears for the country’s future, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich made his frustrations and anger over Donald Trump’s election known Friday night. “He is in charge of our country,” Popovich said. “That’s disgusting.” Popovich spoke before his team played Detroit after initially suggesting he needed more time to put his thoughts together. […] -
WASHINGTON—LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers have brought the mannequin challenge craze to first lady Michelle Obama and the White House. The team tweeted out a video Thursday of players freezing in various poses in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the mansion. James and the first lady were frozen pretending to take a selfie. President […] -
WASHINGTON—You learn a lot about people when they’re down, President Barack Obama declared Thursday, and he wasn’t talking about an election. Obama saluted the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers for rallying from behind to defeat the Golden State Warriors and end a Cleveland pro sports title drought stretching back to 1964. Obama honored the Cavs on the […]
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MIAMI—Ray Allen won championships in Boston and Miami, made one of the most memorable shots in NBA Finals history and has more 3-pointers than anyone who ever played in the league. More than two years after his last game, he’s decided that was enough. Allen announced his retirement on Tuesday in a post on The […] -
MIAMI—A woman performing the national anthem before an NBA preseason game in Miami did so while kneeling at midcourt. Denasia Lawrence opened her jacket just before she started to sing, revealing a “Black Lives Matter” shirt, then dropped to her left knee and performed the song. She said it was her way of protesting racial […] -
Newly acquired New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose is the subject of an active criminal investigation over sexual assault allegations by a woman who said she was gang raped by the star athlete and his two friends in 2013. Los Angeles Police Department detective Nadine Hernandez confirmed the proceedings in a letter dated Sept. 22 […] -
NEW ORLEANS— The NBA has chosen to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans. The league announced Friday that New Orleans would replace Charlotte, which had been set to host the game until the NBA decided last month to move it elsewhere. Unlike several other Southern states, Louisiana has not been swept up in legislative […] -
During his time as a high flying basketball phenom, Michael Jordan remained silent on social and political issues. Now, though, Jordan is donating $2 million toward efforts to bridge racial divides. And along with the pledge of money, Jordan penned a personal missive entitled “I Can No Longer Stay Silent” for sports website The Undefeated on […] -
Former NBA great Nate Thurmond, a tenacious defensive center who played with Wilt Chamberlain and was an iconic sports figure in two cities, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. He was 74. -
MIAMI — Charles Barkley says black people have “got to do better” in response to last week’s shootings of black men by police and the sniper attack that left five officers dead in Dallas. In an interview on ESPN radio’s Dan Le Batard show Tuesday, Barkley said that police “have made some mistakes, that don’t give […] -
OAKLAND, Calif.—Kevin Durant decided his best chance for “growth” means leaving his beloved Oklahoma City behind for a big move out West to join the Golden State Warriors to play alongside Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. In the most anticipated move of the NBA offseason, Durant announced his decision Monday on The Players’ […] -
OAKLAND, Calif.—LeBron James and his relentless, never-count-them-out Cavaliers pulled off an improbable NBA Finals comeback, and Cleveland is title town again at long last. James delivered on a promise from two years ago to bring a championship to his native northeast Ohio, and he and the Cavs became the first team to rally from a […] -
An incident between Cavs and Warriors forwards Lebron James and Draymond Green late in Friday’s Game 4 was a topic of much discussion after James stepped over Green, which quickly escalated into a scuffle (watch video above). The next day, regarding the incident, Lebron said it was Green’s words rather than actions that set him off. “Draymond just said […] -
How each Cavaliers player contributed to the 120–90 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA finals. -
Steph is a no-go for the 2016 Olympic games, held later this year in Rio de Janeiro. “After a great deal of internal thought and several discussions with my family, the Warriors, and my representatives, I’ve elected to withdraw my name from the list of eligible players on Team USA’s preliminary roster for the 2016 […] -
Former NBA star Stephen Jackson, who won a championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003, waded into this week’s gorilla controversy. Jackson posted an Instagram comment of a confrontation he had with a man at his gym. He said that a few older white men were joking around, with saying the 17-year-old gorilla that […] -
Nike expected to sell over $400 million worth of sneakers with the athlete's name in 2015. -
NBA player Karl-Anthony Towns was the No. 1 overall draft pick in last year’s draft and was crowned on Monday, May 16, as the league’s top rookie. The Minnesota Timberwolves center was unanimously chosen—received all 130 votes—by sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada as this year’s best rookie. He is the fifth rookie to be chosen […] -
Which was better: Jordan's 63 against Boston or his "flu game" 11 years later? -
NBA superstar Kevin Durant hasn't been 100 percent honest regarding his height. -
Nice way to break out of a slump. -
It was a wild finish to the Thunder-Spurs game Monday night. Lost in all the action over the final 13 seconds, though, was what happened to Oklahoma City center Steven Adams. -
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