Basketball

Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Commissioner Cathy Engelbert revealed in a letter that “only women are eligible” to compete in the WNBA. In a letter addressed to Reps. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Erin Houchin (R-IN), and Zach Nunn

Critics of the WNBA calling out its transgender policies – or lack therefore – were slammed Wednesday for their hurtful “bad faith” in criticizing men claiming to be women so they can play in the league.

Former NBA player Royce White announced that he would be declaring for the WNBA Draft in 2027, stating that he is “transgender.”

French transgender basketball player Julie Tétart said the WNBA has never reached out despite a dominant season in France’s second-tier women’s league.

A hunt for some picks at a thrift store turned into a major payday for a 19-year-old Oregonian when he happened upon what turned out to be a warmup jacket worn by in the 1972 NBA finals by Wilt Chamberlain, one of professional basketball’s most iconic players.

One player was killed and two crowd members were injured during a shooting at the Kingdome Basketball Tournament in Harlem about 10:30 p.m. Friday.

A woman is drawing criticism online after video showed her dumping the contents of a New York Knicks orange and blue trash can and walking away with it.

WNBA star Brianna Turner criticized the league after a report surfaced that players would wear patches in honor of the United States’s 250th anniversary for the All-Star game, stating that “no WNBA players would have been free 250 years ago.”

President Donald Trump shared that he was invited to attend a New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden, as the Knicks compete in the NBA Finals. During a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Trump was asked if he was “going

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the al-Qaeda offshoot terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), presided over the inauguration of the Al-Fayhaa Sports Arena in the nation’s capital, Damascus, on Monday.

The head coach of the men’s basketball team at Tuskegee University in Alabama, was handcuffed and escorted off the basketball court after Saturday’s game, according to multiple reports. Benjy Taylor, who serves as the head coach for the men’s basketball

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers revealed that he was standing by his criticism of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), stating that the “training of ICE is horrible.” Before the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics,

Video has emerged showing parents of a preteen Catholic basketball league erupting in an all-out brawl in Staten Island, New York.

Nebraska guard Connor Essegian seemed to suffer a cracked tooth during Thursday’s game after suffering a punch to the back of his head.

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.”

An article published on Monday in the People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, featured the byline of NBA superstar LeBron James – although it featured edited comments offered to the publication and was not an essay written by the athlete.

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 Seattle Supersonics star Shawn Kemp pleaded guilty in the case centered on a 2023 shooting in Tacoma, Washington.

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.

California High Schooler Nick Khatchikian has entered the state’s record books by scoring 102 points in a single game Thursday.

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.