Basketball

Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden gives his sneakers to John Hao after Game 4 in an NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinals playoff series, Sunday, May 7, 2023, in Philadelphia. Harden invited Hao, a student severely wounded in a Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University, to view the game.

NBA star James Harden invites Michigan State shooting survivor to playoff game

Luke Gentile · May 8, 2023 9:39 pm

Beltway Confidential

Phil Jackson’s zen is right: Politics doesn’t belong in the arena

Quin Hillyer · April 24, 2023 2:14 pm

"I feel like there is a cloud, a pall over the whole country in a paranoid, surreal sort of way that's got nothing to do with the Democrats losing the election," San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said.

Beltway Confidential

Gregg Popovich is a great coach and a terrible person

Zachary Faria · April 10, 2023 8:35 pm

Magazine - Your Land

Women are allowed to lose, too

Zachary Faria · April 7, 2023 6:04 am

Sean Strickland, right, and Israel Adesanya battle in the main event of UFC 293.

Air and the professional sport of marketing

Chris Vognar · April 7, 2023 5:25 am

Head coach Dawn Staley, a friend of Haley's, said several months ago she would visit the White House if invited, but the team never received an invitation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Beltway Confidential

Women’s basketball coach generates another racism hoax

Christopher Tremoglie · April 6, 2023 7:52 pm

LSU's Angel Reese during the second half of the NCAA Women's Final Four championship basketball game against Iowa Sunday, April 2, 2023, in Dallas.

Bracket beef: LSU rejected first lady Jill Biden from locker room

Brady Knox · April 6, 2023 1:08 am

Iowaâs Caitlyn Clark during an NCAA basketball game on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in Ames, Iowa.

Beltway Confidential

You don’t need politics to sell women’s sports

Zachary Faria · April 4, 2023 9:13 pm

March Madness: San Diego State to meet UConn in title game

Associated Press · April 2, 2023 12:57 pm

Former NBA and Auburn player Charles Barkley after an NCAA college basketball game against Tennessee Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Auburn, Alabama.

Charles Barkley dunks on ‘disgrace’ of college sports and politicians getting involved

Heather Hamilton · March 27, 2023 1:17 pm

Memphis guard Jamirah Shutes.

Memphis basketball player charged with assault after punching opponent after loss

Jack Birle · March 24, 2023 7:58 pm

New York Knicks NBA player Willis Reed is surrounded by basketballs in New York, May 14, 1970, where he received his award as the NBAs Most Valuable Player.

Magazine - Obituary

Willis Reed, 1942-2023

Daniel Ross Goodman · March 24, 2023 2:01 am