Michael Lee, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—When Kobe Bryant made his first public comments after signing a two-year extension in November 2013, the Los...
(USA Today) – Father Time is running the score up on Kobe Bryant. And this game — one that has spanned 19 remarkable seasons and...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A humbled and emotional Michael Jordan fought back tears, feeling vindicated after years of criticism, after being named the Charlotte Business Journal’s...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cleveland closed out its road trip with a sweep of Los Angeles’ teams in a hint of a turnaround for a...
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio law that singles out professional athletes and entertainers for taxation even when they’re in...
BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kevin Garnett was suspended one game without pay Tuesday by the NBA for head-butting Dwight Howard,...
Joe Vardon, NORTHEAST OHIO MEDIA GROUP SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Cleveland.com)–Barring a setback, LeBron James will participate in practice on Monday in Phoenix as he inches closes...
Terry Wallace, ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS (AP) — Roy Tarpley, the former Dallas Mavericks star center whose NBA career was cut short by drug abuse, died...
JOSEPH WHITE, AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Knicks’ deconstruction project hit a new low, setting a team record with a 13th straight...
(Bleacher Report) – It’s easy to look at the Golden State Warriors and point to their offense as the source of their early season dominance. Steph Curry is having...
BOSTON (CBS) — You may wonder what the 2008 Celtics, and the New Big Three Era has to do with Don Mattingly. It’s a fair...
Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein, ESPN (ESPN.com)—There is a growing level of worry within the Cleveland Cavaliers’ organization about first-year coach David Blatt and his ability...
RAUL DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Russell Westbrook smiled as he walked off the court in San Antonio, blowing a kiss to a spectator...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James was running the gamut of emotions Thursday when he arrived at the arena that he called...
(Fox Sports) – Damian Lillard had everything working Tuesday night, so he decided to try a new move. After making a tying 3-pointer with three...
(ESPN) – This season, we ranked our top 25 under 25 based not on who they are now, but who they can become. It’s not...
Nate Loop, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com)—The month of December is often ripe with trade discussions in the NBA, and although plenty of potential swaps crop up,...
JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics traded point guard Rajon Rondo to Dallas on Thursday night, cutting ties with the last...
(Business Week) – When Malcolm Gladwell wrote a story for the New Yorker five years ago about how underdogs can triumph through unorthodox tactics, he focused on a basketball team...
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...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist During the month of July, the NBA Player’s Association elected Attorney Michele Roberts as their first African-American female executive director, putting...
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...
