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Nerlens Noel

September 26, 2016

76ers center Noel: Too many bigs on team, 'Just a logjam'

Shortly after Philadelphia 76ers president and general manager Bryan Colangelo said he is not actively shopping any of his ...

August 10, 2016

Versatile ESPN sportscaster John Saunders dies at 61

John Saunders, the versatile sportscaster who has hosted ESPN's "The Sports Reporters" for the last 15 years, has died, the ...

Amare Stoudemire

Amare Stoudemire retires from NBA

Amare Stoudemire's greatest NBA success was in Phoenix, where as Steve Nash's pick-and-roll partner he was one of the NBA's ...

Al Horford

Celtics introduce Horford, their biggest free agent ever

Al Horford is the biggest free agent ever to sign with the Boston Celtics. And he's going to try to make sure he's not the ...

Knicks' Anthony: He'll lead charge for social change

New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony said in a social media post that he's willing to take a lead role in demanding change ...

Matt Bonner, Dirk Nowitzki

AP source: Mavs have deal with Nowitzki, will add Seth Curry

Dirk Nowitzki's new contract will give the Dallas forward a chance spend 20 seasons with the only franchise he has ever ...

AP source: Al Horford picks Celtics, agreeing to $113M deal

Al Horford ended the waiting game with a simple tweet: "Celtic Pride," it said, followed by 18 shamrocks. The number might ...

AP source: Magic get Bismack Biyombo for 4 years, $72million

Bismack Biyombo is on his way to Orlando to form a menacing new frontcourt with Serge Ibaka. The Magic and Biyombo agreed to ...

AP source: Jerryd Bayless gets 3 years, $27M from 76ers

New Philadelphia 76ers President Bryan Colangelo's biggest priority heading into free agency was to find a veteran point ...

Jeremy Lin, Josh Richardson, Hassan Whiteside

Jeremy Lin tweets that he's heading to the Brooklyn Nets

Jeremy Lin is heading back to the city where "Linsanity" was born. Lin agreed to a three-year, $36 million contract Friday ...

AP Source: DeMar DeRozan staying with Raptors

DeMar DeRozan turned the biggest year of his career into a very big contract. The All-Star shooting guard is staying with the ...

Draft over, and now the Summer of Durant has arrived

Draft night belonged to Ben Simmons. The summer now belongs to Kevin Durant. With Simmons going No. 1 in the draft to ...

Celtics resist overtures, pick Jaylen Brown with third pick

With little mystery surrounding how the first two picks would go in Thursday's NBA draft, the Celtics responded to wider ...

76ers take LSU's Simmons with the No. 1 pick in NBA draft

Ben Simmons was signing 76ers jerseys and eating cheesesteaks before he was even drafted. He'll wear a team uniform for real ...

Nets to get LeVert after dealing Young to Pacers for No. 20

The draft-pick starved Brooklyn Nets traded their way into the first round and came away with an oft-injured player whose ...

Carmelo Anthony

LeBron out of Olympics, leaving Melo alone to chase history

With LeBron James taking a pass, Carmelo Anthony alone will have a chance to become the most-decorated Olympian in men's ...

Feel-good story ends with Rose traded from Bulls to Knicks

It was once the ultimate feel-good story, with the electrifying Derrick Rose leading his hometown Chicago Bulls to heights ...

Marquese Chriss, Elgin Cook

The drama of NBA draft looks to begin with No. 3 pick

While the first two picks in Thursday's NBA draft are essentially locked in, where the drama should start to unfold is pick ...

Former NBA MVP Derrick Rose traded from Bulls to Knicks

Derrick Rose was once writing a great NBA story, the hometown kid leading the Chicago Bulls to their greatest heights since ...

Ben Simmons

Who's No. 1? 76ers have LSU's Simmons in sight in NBA draft

Ben Simmons may as well have walked right into a Philadelphia 76ers pep rally when he took a seat on "The Tonight Show" stage