Basketball

A bus driver was killed while helping bring home fans from a second-division basketball game in Italy in an act of violence that Premier Giorgia Meloni denounced Monday as “unacceptable and insane.”

Famous basketball halftime performer Red Panda suffered an injury during a routine at the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final on Tuesday night. 

The Shaolin Temple in Henan province, China, confirmed on Tuesday that San Antonio Spurs player Victor Wembanyama was staying at the site for a ten-day retreat after photos of the NBA star wearing dressed as a monk and sporting a shaved head began circulating on Chinese social media.

Missouri Tigers men’s basketball prospect Keiner Asprilla has been charged with rape in the first degree, first-degree sodomy and kidnapping. He is being held at the Boone County Jail.

Former U.S. college basketball player Jarred Shaw could face the death penalty in Indonesia after his arrest for allegedly smuggling cannabis candy drugs.

NBA Hall of Fame head coach Phil Jackson is no fan of games played on Easter Sunday – or any other day of sacred Christian worship.

An 81-year-old high school girls’ basketball coach in New York recently pulled the hair of one of his players during a heated moment on the court.

A shocking viral video shows a high school basketball player in Georgia sending two opposing players to the floor with vicious haymakers.

Dawn Staley, women’s basketball coach for the University of South Carolina, publicly celebrated Biden endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. 

A reporter at the WNBA’s Chicago Sky’s post-game presser was heard talking about his “intimate relationship.”

Duke basketball player Cooper Flagg is sending shock waves throughout basketball — college, professional, and the Olympics, alike.

China has a basketball player who, if she were in the NBA, would be one of the tallest players in the league, and she’s only 17 years old.

A New Jersey school board cancelled the “Nuttin Butt Azz” basketball tournament after video emerged showing women in thongs twerking.

In a pre-draft interview with Yahoo, DeJean claimed that he could beat the #1 scorer in women’s college basketball history, fellow Hawkeye Caitlin Clark, in a game of one-on-one.

Former WNBA star Val Whiting has condemned the growing push by transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports.

A six-foot-tall man with a beard playing as a “transgender female” on a Massachusetts charter school girls basketball team who was seen on video brutally knocking down a female player on the court was the same player reportedly suspended from another team because he was caught leering at a half nude girl in a girl’s locker room.

Racial slurs were made against members of Utah women’s basketball players as they walked from their hotel to a restaurant, an Idaho official said Tuesday.

The refs at a New Jersey high school basketball game are suffering backlash after invalidating a buzzer-beating, game-winning basket.

The Wisconsin-Indiana basketball game on Tuesday night had a bit of a hiccup when the fire alarm suddenly went off, forcing fans to evacuate. 

A second Ukrainian basketball player has succumbed to his wounds and died after a knife attack, allegedly at the hand of a migrant gang. 

A girls’ basketball team in Massachusetts reportedly forfeited a game against another team with a transgender player.

The members of Ireland’s women’s basketball team showed their support for Hamas and refused to shake the hands of their Israeli opponents.

Bryan Williams, the coach ousted from a Yonkers high school girls basketball team, claims that the school scapegoated him.

Gavin Newsom (D) had a particularly awkward moment during his trip to China wherein he was filmed knocking over a child during basketball. 

A wild melee ensued at a California high school basketball game over the weekend after a referee punched a coach, sparking a riotous scene on the sidelines.

A high school basketball player from Alabama died suddenly Thursday after a medical emergency at his school, according to reports.

The L.A. Clippers’ Amir Coffey was arrested Sunday and charged with firearm possession after police allegedly found a loaded gun in a vehicle in which he was riding.

LeBron James’ son, Bronny, suffered a cardiac arrest during a workout at USC on Monday, TMZ Sports reports.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, sidelined from the league after wearing shoes reading “Free Tibet” to a basketball game in 2021, told Congress on Tuesday that his manager estimates he has lost $50 million in player salaries and potential endorsements since condemning China.

China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times celebrated on Monday the arrival of Giannis Antetokounmpo to Beijing, the first NBA star of his caliber in the league to visit the country since the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic began.

A Dominican professional basketball player named Óscar Cabrera Adames has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 28, according to reports.

USA Today reporter Mike Freeman accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of being a racist for saying basketball players are more athletic than baseball players. 

A spectator at a youth basketball game in Fort Wayne, Indiana, allegedly heckled and attacked a referee on Saturday.

A young Boston Celtics fan who beat cancer has formed a special bond with one of the team’s star players.

Dwight Howard, who last played for the L.A. Lakers in 2022, has walked back his description of Taiwan as a “country” after Chinese criticism.

Fists were thrown between a coach and a referee during an amateur basketball tournament and video of the incident of going viral.