JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — All these years, Kobe Bryant has been chasing Michael Jordan. The bar doesn’t get any higher than that....
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and multiple Brooklyn players wore “I Can’t Breathe” shirts while they warmed up...
JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers were 16 seconds into their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Henry Sims was stepping...
DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Harvey Pollack is the last original NBA employee, the man who scribbled “100” on a piece of paper...
STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wanted to send a strong message on the league’s lack of tolerance for...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Now there’s a sight to calm the jittery nerves of Chicago Bulls fans: Derrick Rose on the court instead of on the...
LOS ANGELES (USA Today) — As Oklahoma City Thunder players and coaches filed out of the Staples Center with the longest of faces Thursday night,...
(Grantland) – A couple of weeks ago, my wife and the baby and I were at the YMCA near our home in Houston. We’d gone there to go swimming, but...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Shortly after showering, and maybe rinsing off a forgettable performance, LeBron James smiled and laughed as he dressed...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — For LeBron James, the journey begins anew. Right back where it began. Nearly four months since proclaiming “I’m...
GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steve Nash hoped for one more chance to show off his playmaking skills after fighting injuries and...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press will periodically look at the changing landscape of the NBA during the upcoming season from...
(SB Nation) – When the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers play a preseason game in Brazil on Saturday, it will be the first time LeBron James’...
RACHEL COHEN, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA and its television partners couldn’t wait to extend their contracts. The league renewed its deals...
(USA Today) – Lakers head coach Byron Scott has a Herculean task in front of him, as he tries to bring the Los Angeles Lakers...
TOM WITHERS, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — The crowd’s deafening roar was so loud LeBron James couldn’t hear his name announced. Unsure of whether to...
(TIME) – Sure, there are assumptions he makes that are cringeworthy—but the questions about how to attract more white fans were entirely reasonable. Well, the...
CHARLES ODUM, AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks are sticking with general manager Danny Ferry even though the team’s new majority owner wants...
(USA Today) – Two different NBA owners have been toppled in the past four weeks because of racially radioactive comments they’ve made in recent years....
(USA Today) – Atlanta Hawks co-owner Michael Gearon wanted Hawks controlling owner Bruce Levenson to either ask for general manager Danny Ferry’s resignation or fire...
(The Washington Post) – At the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., in 1995, African American men showed solidarity for African American businesses by waving dollar...
by Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry generated an instant headline...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James will play his first game since rejoining the Cleveland Cavaliers at home Oct. 30 against...
JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former NBA Commissioner David Stern prefers to look at the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers for...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — One of the last things Miami Heat President Pat Riley told LeBron James before free agency began this...
