Basketball

NBA great Bill Russell.

NBA great Bill Russell dies at 88

Abigail Adcox and Daniel Chaitin · July 31, 2022 5:21 pm

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks during the NBA All-Star festivities, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in Charlotte, N.C. The 68th All-Star game will be played Sunday.

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NBA executives admit they cower in fear of offending China

Zachary Faria · July 21, 2022 8:13 pm

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) against the Golden State Warriors during a preseason NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.

WATCH: LeBron James rips ‘racist’ Boston fans

Maria Leaf · July 16, 2022 5:47 pm

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

Brittney Griner and the dangerous Russian world of sports

Oliver Bateman · July 15, 2022 3:00 am

FILE -Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (6) during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Phoenix. LeBron James and Naomi Osaka are becoming teammates in the entertainment world. Tennis star Osaka and her agent and business partner, Stuart Duguid, are forming a media company called Hana Kuma in partnership with The SpringHill Company, which was created by NBA star James and Maverick Carter, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

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Russia imprisoned Brittney Griner and LeBron James thinks America is the villain

Zachary Faria · July 13, 2022 2:31 am

Basketballs sit in a rack during practice for the WNBA All-Star basketball game in Chicago, Saturday, July 9, 2022. Iowa basketball commit Ava Jones's father, William "Trey" Arthur Jones III, died Thursday from injuries sustained in a car collision, while Ava is in stable but critical condition. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Star Iowa college basketball recruit Ava Jones in critical condition after car crash

Asher Notheis · July 9, 2022 8:36 pm

Brittney Griner receives letter from Biden, wife says

Misty Severi · July 9, 2022 12:10 am

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NPR wants to bankrupt women’s basketball

Zachary Faria · July 8, 2022 8:38 pm

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The victim of Brittney Griner’s Russian detainment is Griner, not women as a group

Zachary Faria · July 7, 2022 8:52 pm

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing in Khimki, just outside Moscow, Russia, on June 27, 2022. Griner's trial is set to begin July 1.

Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charge in Russian court

Jack Birle · July 7, 2022 2:25 pm

‘If it was LeBron, he’d be home’: Griner’s coach calls for WNBA star’s release

Heather Hamilton · July 6, 2022 2:20 pm

Brittney Griner and Joe Biden.

Brittney Griner pleads with Biden for help in letter from Russian jail

Victor I. Nava · July 5, 2022 4:57 am