
On Wednesday, New York Knicks star forward Carmelo Anthony reacted to the alleged robbery that resulted in his teammate, Cleanthony Early, being shot in the knee in Queens earlier that day. A reporter asked Anthony if Early’s shooting underscores “the need for
by Trent Baker1 Jan 2016, 8:57 AM PST0

Former NBA great Shaquille O’Neal announced his future plans Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record” to run for sheriff. Shaq told host Greta Van Susteren when he retires, he would like to be elected as sheriff in Orlando,
by Trent Baker24 Dec 2015, 6:07 AM PST0

On Christmas Day, the NBA will be running Everytown for Gun Safety gun-control ads, featuring Golden State Warriors’s Stephen Curry, Los Angeles Clippers’s Chris Paul, New York Knicks’s Carmelo Anthony, and Chicago Bulls’s Joakim Noah.
by AWR Hawkins24 Dec 2015, 12:31 AM PST0

Stephon Marbury didn’t enjoy as much success in the NBA that he’d hoped, but becoming a member of the Beijing Ducks has brought him much more acclaim. In fact, he’s become so famous there that a museum dedicated to his career is set to open in China’s leading city.
by Warner Todd Huston23 Dec 2015, 12:30 AM PST0

A group of team owners got together to petition the NBA to step in and solve the management problems of the Philadelphia 76ers, several sources now say, and the pressure led to the hiring of Jerry Colangelo for a senior position on the troubled team.
by Warner Todd Huston9 Dec 2015, 12:28 AM PST0

The Golden State Warriors have won 22 straight games to open up the current NBA season, setting a record for the best start by any team in the history of the league. So it’s no surprise that Warriors forward Andre Iguodala joked that the only way teams could defeat them is by shooting them dead.
by Daniel Nussbaum8 Dec 2015, 2:21 PM PST0

Los Angeles Lakers guard Nick Young was ejected from Sunday’s game against the Detroit Pistons when he shoved Pistons forward Anthony Tolliver after a hard foul. “I didn’t punch him or nothing,” Young told ESPN. “I pushed him. It shouldn’t be that bad.”
by Trent Baker7 Dec 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

As a list of altercations and accusations of misconduct off the court grows, insiders report that Philadelphia 76ers rookie Jahlil Okafor will be assigned a “body guard” to help keep him out of trouble when he goes out in public.
by Warner Todd Huston1 Dec 2015, 12:17 PM PST0

Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant announced his retirement from basketball effective at the end of the 2015-2016 campaign, saying that “this season is all I have left to give.”
by Warner Todd Huston29 Nov 2015, 5:20 PM PST0

The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant debuted his new Nike shoe in hopes of paying tribute to the Maryland county where his basketball career began. But now officials of that county call the name picked for the shoe “offensive.”
by Warner Todd Huston26 Nov 2015, 1:00 AM PST0

Following a weekend of football that saw controversial calls in the Redskins-Panthers, Bengals-Cardinals, and Patriots-Bills games, NBA coaches and officials engage in verbal contretemps after an on-court dispute between a coach and referee involved physical contact. The National Basketball Referees
by Warner Todd Huston25 Nov 2015, 2:04 AM PST0

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had a few pointed comments about racism and law enforcement in an Interview with Bleacher Report prior to the November 3 release of the HBO documentary/biography Minority of One revolving around the former NBA superstar.
by William Bigelow3 Nov 2015, 10:26 AM PST0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LeBron James needed one simple slam to hit another major milestone.
by Breitbart News3 Nov 2015, 8:45 AM PST0

In an interview with GQ Sefolosha claims that he was a victim of police brutality. He concedes he called a cop a “midget” and said “I can f— you up.”
by Robert Wilde30 Oct 2015, 1:15 AM PST0

A Memphis Grizzlies fan made, presumably, the shot of a lifetime on Wednesday night. With the chance for free Sonic tater tots for life, the young fan drained the shot from deep and celebrated wildly. If Sonic ever brings back the sweet potato
by Trent Baker29 Oct 2015, 3:52 PM PST0

On Tuesday, Barack Obama, always eager to increase his ubiquitous presence with an appearance on TV, attended the season opener between the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers in Chicago, offering trenchant analysis of the NBA on TNT.
by William Bigelow28 Oct 2015, 7:27 AM PST0

Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James expressed his excitement that President Barack Obama might be in the audience during the upcoming season opener between with the Chicago Bulls in Chicago on Tuesday night.
by Warner Todd Huston27 Oct 2015, 1:28 PM PST0

The Los Angeles Lakers roster will include 35-year-old veteran forward Metta World Peace, known most of his life as Ron Artest and for a short time as “The Panda’s Friend.”
by Robert Wilde26 Oct 2015, 4:04 PM PST0

The official Twitter feed for the Philadelphia 76ers featured a slam on John Kasich, Ohio’s Republican governor and GOP candidate for president. The team quickly deleted the message, but not before it raised eyebrows.
by Warner Todd Huston23 Oct 2015, 12:42 PM PST0

The National Basketball Association announced its appointment of former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey to the new role of special adviser to league commissioner Adam Silver.
by Warner Todd Huston3 Oct 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

A clever advertising campaign hatched by the Atlanta Hawks draws the talents of Ashley Madison to seduce customers to buy the special ten-night package deal at a preferred price with options.
by Robert Wilde19 Sep 2015, 12:10 AM PST0

On Wednesday a woman filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court claiming that Chicago Bulls All-Star point guard Derrick Rose and two of his boyhood friends drugged her and raped her in August 2013.
by Robert Wilde28 Aug 2015, 12:09 AM PST0

In the wake of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s popularity plunging, friends push former NBA Commissioner David Stern, a munificent donor to the Democratic Party, to run as a 2017 New York City mayoral candidate.
by William Bigelow20 Aug 2015, 8:48 AM PST0

Adidas lured Houston Rockets guard James Harden away from Nike this week with a 13-year, $200 million offer. Harden’s agent, Rob Pelinka, reported that Nike took a pass on trying to match the offer, so his client soon laces up
by Warner Todd Huston15 Aug 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

On Tuesday the Minnesota Timberwolves announced that coach and president of basketball operations Flip Saunders has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a curable form of cancer.
by Warner Todd Huston12 Aug 2015, 12:02 AM PST0