Basketball News

September 22, 2018

Women's World Cup gets underway in Spain

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup gets underway on Saturday with eight games. The U.S. will tip off against Senegal in ...

September 22, 2018

Silver memo: Hire more women, improve workplace conditions

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants all teams to hire more women, especially in leadership and supervisory positions, and is ...

September 20, 2018

From G League to GM, 76ers turn franchise over to Brand

Only two years out of the NBA, Elton Brand is set to return to the league as a 39-year-old general manager of the ...

September 20, 2018

A final bow for 'Miss Val,' UCLA's Kondos Field to retire

Valorie Kondos Field nearly quit while she was behind. Nearly. Her first year as the women's gymnastics coach at UCLA in 1991 ...

September 20, 2018

Mavs owner Mark Cuban donates $10M after workplace probe

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has agreed to contribute $10 million to help further the cause of women in sports and raise ...

September 19, 2018

AP source: 76ers name Elton Brand general manager

Elton Brand is in charge of the Philadelphia 76ers. A person familiar with the situation says the Sixers have made Brand ...

September 18, 2018

Michael Jordan donates $2M for hurricane relief in NC

Michael Jordan grew up playing high school basketball in Wilmington, North Carolina. So when the former NBA star watched the ...

September 18, 2018

Urban Meyer's return and the exit of Vontae Davis

Urban Meyer returns to coaching after a three-game suspension, and most Ohio State fans couldn't be happier. The AP's Mitch ...

September 17, 2018

Easier gambling has sports worried about fighting the fix

It's early in a college basketball game and Team A, playing methodically and using up most of the 30-second shot clock, falls ...

September 17, 2018

One Last Dance: Wade returning to Heat for a final season

Dwyane Wade looked into the camera, stood alone in the middle of a darkened room and talked for 10 minutes. He struggled with ...

September 15, 2018

Ginobili content with retirement after 16 seasons with Spurs

Manu Ginobili walked into the San Antonio Spurs practice facility and saw the intense efforts of his young teammates in ...

September 14, 2018

Milwaukee officer involved in NBA player's arrest fired

A Milwaukee officer involved in the stun gun arrest of Bucks' player Sterling Brown has been fired because of social media ...

September 13, 2018

Rhode Island governor defeats liberal primary challenger

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island, who made a case for a second term by highlighting the state's improving ...

September 13, 2018

Stewart, Storm surge past Mystics 98-82 for WNBA title

Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart fretted following the regular-season opener after the Seattle Storm lost at home to the Phoenix ...

September 13, 2018

Tropical storm drops light rain as it nears Maui, Big Island

Tropical Storm Olivia began dropping light rain Tuesday on Maui and the Big Island as it approached the state and prompted ...

September 12, 2018

Westbrook has procedure on knee; status for opener in doubt

Thunder All-Star guard Russell Westbrook underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee on Wednesday, putting his ...

September 12, 2018

Booker fuels 2020 talk with South Carolina Dem fundraiser

Fueling speculation about his White House ambitions, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker will headline a Democratic fundraiser in ...

September 12, 2018

Prisons chief: Supplier error got Nevada its execution drugs

Nevada's prisons chief testified Tuesday that after more than 200 drug companies refused to supply drugs for use in an ...

September 12, 2018

In simulation, Category 4 hurricane devastated East Coast

Just months ago, disaster planners simulated a Category 4 hurricane strike alarmingly similar to the real-world scenario now ...