Mar 27 Watch 5:59 A look at the unexpected Final Four lineup in the NCAA men’s tournament By Amna Nawaz If there was ever an NCAA tournament that earned the name “March Madness,” this one is it. For the first time, all four No. 1 seeds in the men’s tournament failed to reach the Elite Eight or the Final Four,… Continue watching
Mar 18 Fairleigh Dickinson defeats No. 1 seed Purdue in stunning March Madness upset By Tom Withers, Associated Press Pulling off one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history, the undersized, underdog Knights stunned top-seeded Purdue 63-58 on Friday night, becoming the second No. 16 seed to win a game in March Madness. Continue reading
Mar 17 March Madness is underway. How to watch and what to look out for By Associated Press The NCAA Tournament has begun with a full slate of weekend games as teams set their sites on winning the national championship in men's basketball. Continue reading
Mar 08 On International Women’s Day, all-female crew to produce ESPN’s NBA broadcast By Pat Graham, Associated Press An all-female ensemble will produce the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans game that will air Wednesday on ESPN. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 6:24 How LeBron James changed the game and became NBA’s all-time leading scorer By Geoff Bennett, Mary Fecteau He's known as King James in the world of basketball, and Tuesday night, LeBron James only added to that title and his legend when he passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the all-time scoring king in NBA history. Greg Anthony, a… Continue watching
Feb 08 LeBron James breaks NBA scoring record set by Abdul-Jabbar By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press With 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James outstretched his arms, threw both hands in the air, then smiled. Continue reading
Dec 16 Brittney Griner says she intends to play basketball again next season By Doug Feinberg, Associated Press Brittney Griner said she's “grateful” to be back in the United States and plans on playing basketball again next season for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury. Continue reading
Dec 11 Paul Silas, 3-time NBA champion and longtime coach, dies at 79 By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press Paul Silas — who touched the game of basketball as a player, coach and president of the National Basketball Players Association — has died, his family announced Sunday. Continue reading
Nov 09 WNBA star Brittney Griner transferred to Russian penal colony after failed appeal By Associated Press American basketball star Brittney Griner's lawyers say she has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month. Continue reading
Oct 15 Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo being treated for brain tumor By Tim Reynolds, Associated Press Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumor, the NBA announced Saturday. Continue reading