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A singer named Sevyn Streeter, scheduled to perform the national anthem before the Philadelphia 76ers home opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder, showed up to sing wearing a jersey with the words “We Matter” on it. Streeter says the team decided to not let her sing the anthem.

One of the few, in fact, maybe the only openly conservative player in the NBA, Charlotte’s Spencer Hawes, has a lot to say and would “love” to have a discussion with Hillary Clinton-endorser LeBron James.

Speaking on the conduct he expects from his players during the national anthem presentation, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he hopes to see his players on their feet.

Anti-American protests have now spread to the NBA, as a singer performing the national anthem suddenly took a knee as she sang at the start of a Sacramento Kings game.

Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James vows to not join San Francisco 49ers second-string quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s “Star Spangled Banner” protests and intends to stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem during the 2016-17 basketball season.

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James spoke Monday about about race relations, and admitted that he is fearful of what would happen in four years when his son is driving and gets pulled over. “It’s a scary-ass situation that if my

Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade is “kind of conflicted” over a tweet by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The tweet by Trump was about Wade’s cousin, Nykea Aldridge, who was shot last month in Chicago. Wade said on one hand

American basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire said he decided to leave the NBA to play for Hapoel Jerusalem for ideological rather than financial reasons.

TEL AVIV – Retired NBA forward Amar’e Stoudemire has reportedly closed a deal to play with Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team, a team he co-owns.

Former NBA great and current basketball studio analyst Charles Barkley will embark on a mission to explore racial division in America in The Race Card, a new television series greenlit by TNT on Sunday.

In an email to his team, Charlotte Hornets co-owner Felix Sabates criticized the NBA for moving the 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina because of the state’s bathroom law.

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter revealed that he was on the receiving end of a slew of social media death threats during and after the failed coup in his native nation of Turkey.

Once relegated to “dumb jock” roles on the gridiron or the field house, modern day sports figures are using their brand and money to be movers and shakers at Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention and as Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

For the first time in five years, an NFL franchise is more valuable than the usual soccer juggernauts of Europe. The Dallas Cowboys now lead the world with an overall value of $4 billion despite their championship drought. Forbes’ annual

TMZ Sports spoke with Sacramento Kings forward Matt Barnes on the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, as well as the Dallas shootings that took the lives of five police officers. Barnes delivered a message to “the youth,”

Certain Hall of Famer, two-time NBA MVP, and the owner of five NBA championship rings Tim Duncan retires after nineteen seasons with the San Antonio Spurs.

Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett took aim at the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player for overcharging young basketball players (ages 9-16) to participate in “The Warriors Overnight Camp Featuring Stephen Curry.”

On the heels of police shooting two African American men and the subsequent sniper murders of five Dallas, Texas, police officers, New York Knicks small forward Carmelo Anthony jumped to his Instagram account to demand that athletes get involved in politics to “fix the broken system.”

Friday on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” it was reported that White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said earlier this week that President Barack Obama has “discussed” being part of an ownership group for an NBA franchise once his time as president comes

After exiting the White House next January, President Barack Obama’s next career move might be owning an NBA team.

Sunday night’s Game Seven NBA Finals contest between the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers and last year’s NBA champions the Golden State Warriors enjoyed the highest-rated sports telecast on ABC or ESPN in a decade.

On Friday’s broadcast of “First Take,” co-host Stephen A. Smith reacted to Ayesha Curry, wife of Golden State Warriors guard Steph Curry, claiming the NBA is rigged. Smith suggested to Curry to be more like Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James’

U.S. Customs has reported the seizure of some $680,000 in counterfeit championship rings representing most of the major North American sports leagues.

The NBA launched a marketing campaign for 30 shirts bearing rainbow-colored team logos to benefit a controversial homosexual-advocacy group.

The commissioner of the NBA says that parity will never exist in his league the way it does in the NFL, and that’s a good thing.

On the Thursday broadcast of “First Take” on ESPN2, ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith reacted to an article by ESPN “The Undefeated” writer Marc Spears that laments the “bleak outlook” for blacks in NBA executive positions. Smith called the lack

The Golden State Warriors trailed the Oklahoma City Thunder, 48-42, at the end of the first half of Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. Then Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) arrived.

Monday at the Game 7 of the NBA Western Conference Final in Oakland, CA between the Golden State Warriors and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) made an appearance. The Vermont senator was in attendance

Former NBA stars Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley have always been known for their huge personalities. On Thursday, a couch behind the scenes of their television show “NBA on TNT” got to meet their huge bodies. The two locked arms,

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver put his foot down on Thursday, asserting that for the 2017 All-Star Game be held in Charlotte, it is “necessary” that North Carolina change its law mandating people use only public restrooms corresponding to their biological sex in government buildings.

President Barack Obama and Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry teamed up for a PSA promoting the My Brother’s Keeper mentorship program, which addresses opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color. In the PSA, Obama defeated Curry in

Transgender advocates are bashing State Farm insurance commercials featuring NBA players dressed in drag as “painful” to transgender people.

The NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder is urging the state senate’s president pro tempore, Brian Bingman, to kill two pro-gun bills now moving through the legislative body.

The NBA is reporting a $93 million payroll short fall as the salary cap is set to rise to $92 million, reports say.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed rumors that the NBA could move its 2017 All-Star game out Charlotte, NC to protest the controversial North Carolina bill that requires public school and university students to use public bathrooms according to their biological sex.

“It’s manifest destiny,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver responded Friday when asked why it was necessary to emblazon corporate logos on all NBA team jerseys starting in the 2017-18 season.