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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.

A European professional basketball game ended prematurely on Thursday after players broke into a mass brawl on the court, seriously injuring one.

Meghan Markle appeared to snub her husband as Prince Harry lent in as they were featured on the ‘kiss cam’ at a Lakers basketball game.

A 24-year-old North Carolina man is being sought for allegedly shooting a six-year-old girl about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday after her basketball rolled into his yard. 

A 60-year-old man has died after a fight involving several adults at a Vermont middle school basketball game on Tuesday night.

A 22-year-old junior varsity girl’s basketball coach has been fired for impersonating a teenage player when the player was unable to play.

A 16-year-old Massachusetts student-athlete is facing charges after allegedly punching a referee during a high school basketball game on Wednesday.

Two time NBA champion Lamar Odom intimated this week he believes the Phoenix Suns’ gorilla mascot is racist, saying such animals are not found in the desert.

A student in Louisville, Kentucky, who was born without legs has achieved something incredible through hard work and a positive attitude.

A Dallas, Texas, man was arrested Thursday for allegedly shooting a 21-year-old woman to death for beating him at a game of basketball on October 3, 2022.

A California mother must pay more than $9,000 in restitution and apologize to a teenage basketball player she told her daughter to hit during a youth basketball game in 2021, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Prankster Jordan Lewis infiltrated a girl’s basketball tournament by disguising himself as a member of the opposite sex.

Former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom, unceremoniously removed from the Boston Celtics roster after publicly condemning the Chinese Communist Party, spent much of this week in Florida meeting with members of the Cuban exile community and lending messages of hope and solidarity against communism.

A simple basketball game in Boston turned deadly on Sunday night after a parent pulled a gun following a dispute with another parent.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Matisse Thybulle confirmed on Sunday that he will not be able to participate in the team’s road playoff games against the Toronto Raptors, as he is not “fully” vaccinated, explaining that he comes from a “holistic household.”

A group of teens violently attacked a referee in Georgia after a youth basketball game and the whole thing was caught on video.

China Central Television (CCTV) on Wednesday night aired the first National Basketball Association (NBA) game in 17 months, seemingly concluding a blackout that began soon after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey shared an image supportive of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement. 

On Tuesday, His Fraudulency Joe Biden stood before two black Texas congressman and said the “two of them look like they really could and did play ball.” Of a third congressman, he said, “And the other one looks like he could bomb you.”

A wild fight broke out in the stands spurring officials to call a halt to the NEC Championship in Rhode Island Tuesday.

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times broke its unusual silence on the ongoing anti-communist campaign of Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter Freedom on Thursday, dismissing his opposition to genocide in China as a sign that he may be cooperating with the CIA.

Basketball legend Yao Ming made a media appearance on Monday to promote the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in which he invited anti-communist player Enes Kanter Freedom to visit China and defended the country’s treatment of tennis champion Peng Shuai.

A Connecticut high school suspended its girl’s basketball coach for one game after he presided over a massive 92-4 win on Monday.

The Chinese propaganda site Global Times regaled former NBA star Stephon Marbury with an extensive profile on Wednesday after Marbury, who has lived in China for 11 years, excitedly praised China’s “hospitality,” applauded top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan, and predicted the 2022 Beijing Olympics would be “extraordinary.

Fans hoping to see LeBron James face off against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday were left wanting when the NBA announced the star Laker had entered “health and safety protocols.”

A boy with Down syndrome made a big crowd in Oklahoma erupt in cheers and applause when he took one incredible basketball shot.

A California family has filed a police report after their daughter was brutally punched in the throat during a teen’s basketball game.

Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter continued his campaign against the Communist Party of China on Wednesday, debuting sneakers emblazoned with the flag of Taiwan and asserting, “Taiwan will never surrender to the EVIL Chinese Communist Party.”

President Joe Biden made a point of sharing that he had played basketball with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping – emphasizing the global popularity of the sport – during remarks on Monday celebrating NBA champions the Milwaukee Bucks.

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter continued his campaign against the Chinese Communist Party on Sunday with the debut of sneakers featuring images inspired by the Tiananmen Square massacre and what appears to be an illustration of himself holding the severed head of Winnie the Pooh.

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter published a video Friday condemning “heartless dictator” Xi Jinping for the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities in western China.

Boston Celtics star Enes Kanter published a video Wednesday evening condemning China and dictator Xi Jinping by name for the decades-long brutal repression of Tibet, potentially jeopardizing the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) lucrative business ties with the regime.

The Stanford University student rec center has mandated that everyone must wear masks, even fully vaccinated basketball players.

National Basketball Association (NBA) player Enes Kanter declared Thursday that he will continue criticizing the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his family homeland of Turkey, despite the Turkish government issuing “nine arrest warrants” against him for “standing up for human rights, freedom, and political prisoners who are getting tortured.”

A report by the law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP recommends that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) combine the men’s and women’s Final Four tournaments to stop “undervaluing and underfunding the women’s game.”

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) – Italy is headed back to the Olympic quarter-finals. Nigeria is going home, its Olympic experience not what it wanted on multiple levels.