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Gregg Popovich, Joffrey Lauvergne
October 17, 2017
10 things to know as the NBA season gets underway
Happy New Year, NBA. The 72nd regular season starts Tuesday night, when Boston heads to Cleveland and Houston goes to Golden ...
Gregg Popovich
October 17, 2017
Spurs' Popovich labels Trump 'a soulless coward'
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has called President Donald Trump "a soulless coward who thinks that he can only ...
LeBron James, Kyrie Irving
October 17, 2017
Rude welcome: Irving set for return to 'rowdy' Cleveland
Kyrie Irving is coming home to where his NBA journey began six years ago. There will be familiar faces and new sounds.
LeBron James, Stephen Curry
October 17, 2017
Cavs, Warriors gear up to begin championship quests again
Minutes after LeBron James lost the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors four months ago, he vowed to return to the gym ...
Rick Pitino
October 17, 2017
Rick Pitino out at Louisville as expected amid federal probe
Rick Pitino has been able to roam the sidelines as Louisville's iconic men's basketball coach, even defiantly at times, ...
LaMarcus Aldridge, PJ Tucker
October 17, 2017
AP Source: Spurs, Aldridge agree on extension
LaMarcus Aldridge and the San Antonio Spurs have at times seemed an ill-fitting pair, with a player who spent nine years in ...
LeBron James
October 16, 2017
LeBron's status for opener vs. Celtics still unclear
Following Cleveland's final practice before a season opener against Boston with playoff-level hype, Cavaliers coach Tyronn ...
Katie Smith
October 16, 2017
Katie Smith named coach of the New York Liberty
Katie Smith couldn't think of a better place to get her first chance to become a head coach than New York. Smith will take ...
Dennis Smith Jr, Frank Kaminsky, Kemba Walker
October 16, 2017
Welcome, Rook: Ball, Tatum, Fultz and more making NBA debuts
If there was one takeaway from Lonzo Ball's first training camp and preseason, it was this: He doesn't sound like his dad.
October 14, 2017
Tar Heels unveil 2017 NCAA championship banner
North Carolina hung another banner on a Friday night filled with Midnight Madness-style preseason events across college ...
Grey Sankey
October 13, 2017
UNC set to move past academic probe, not celebrating ruling
North Carolina can move forward, closing one of the most embarrassing chapters in the school's history now that the ...
Larry Scott
October 12, 2017
Pac-12 forms task force to seek answers for issues in sports
The Pac-12 Conference is launching its own task force to develop reform proposals in the wake of a federal bribery ...
October 12, 2017
Correction: College Basketball-Fraud Charges story
In a story Oct. 10 about three college basketball coaches charged in a bribery scheme, The Associated Press reported ...
Kyrie Irving
October 12, 2017
Kyrie Irving says Boston is 'a real, live sports city'
Boston star Kyrie Irving has added more spice to the Celtics-Cleveland season opener. Irving, who asked to be traded out of ...
Andrew Wiggins, Shaun Livingston
October 12, 2017
Andrew Wiggins signs contract extension with Timberwolves
A five-year contract extension worth nearly $150 million sat in front of Andrew Wiggins for more than two months. Not only ...
Eric Gordon, Mike D'Antoni
October 12, 2017
Less time, fewer timeouts among adjustments for NBA coaches
Mike D'Antoni ran an offensive system known as seven seconds or less, so he likes things fast. Good thing, because NBA ...
LeBron James
October 11, 2017
LeBron aggravates ankle injury; opener vs. Celtics in doubt
LeBron James won't play again this preseason, and there's a chance he'll miss Cleveland's hyped opener with Boston.
October 11, 2017
NCAA to form commission in response to bribery scheme
The NCAA said it will form a commission to study the inner workings of college basketball in response a federal investigation ...
Steve Kerr
October 11, 2017
Kerr pushes Warriors to keep joy, chase repeat championship
Steve Kerr recently threw out a perplexing question to his star-studded Golden State roster: What should he tell a team that ...
LeBron James, Justin Holiday
October 11, 2017
James returns, Cavaliers debut new starting lineup
The King has returned. LeBron James made his preseason debut Tuesday night after missing Cleveland's first three games with ...
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