MIAMI — Next weekend in Springfield, Mass., Micky Arison will stand in a position he heretofore largely has downplayed, as the face of the Miami Heat, when the team’s owner is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Arison will enter the shrine as a “contributor,” an expansive category that delineates such inductees...Read more

The Lynx appeared to be cruising to their franchise-record 31st victory of the regular season on Thursday, and to clinching the No. 1 seed in the WNBA playoffs.

Then the second half happened. The Seattle Storm stormed back after halftime for a stunning 93-79 comeback at Target Center. The Storm outscored the Lynx 60-33 in the second half.

The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Decorated women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley revealed the Knicks emphasized “inclusiveness with management and coaches” during their search for a new head coach — but also suggested the organization may not have fully considered the potential fallout of hiring the NBA’s first female head coach when they interviewed her ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — ESPN announced some changes Thursday for its NBA broadcast teams going into the 2025-26 season — among them, a promotion for Tim Legler and a contract extension (but also a demotion) for Doris Burke.

Legler will join the network's lead NBA crew, which also includes play-by-play announcer Mike Breen, fellow analyst Richard ...Read more

A raucous crowd filled the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, Thursday when the Polish national team hosted Slovenia in a first-round FIBA EuroBasket 2025 game.

But Slovenia star Luka Doncic had at least a few familiar folks rooting him on. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, general manager Rob Pelinka and others from Los Angeles made the 6,000-mile, 12-...Read more

The Las Vegas Aces beat the Atlanta Dream 81-75 on Wednesday at Gateway Center Arena to move into second place in the WNBA standings.

A’ja Wilson had 34 points and 10 rebounds in the victory. Eight of those points came during a 15-0 run for the Aces (26-14) at the end of the third quarter. Jackie Young added 10 points, 10 assists and 11 ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Rumors swirled in June that the New York Knicks had reached out to South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley about their head coaching vacancy.

Those rumors were eventually confirmed by various reports and even by South Carolina Athletics Director Jeremiah Donati.

And on a new episode of a “Post Moves,” a ...Read more

CHICAGO — A legacy always stands stronger when it’s cemented at home.

Candace Parker proved that point four years ago when she brought a first-time WNBA title to Chicago in her first season with her hometown team. And on Monday night, the Chicago Sky commemorated the significance of Parker’s impact with a jersey retirement ceremony during...Read more

The Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 79-74 on Monday at Wintrust Arena to become the second team this season to clinch a spot in the WNBA playoffs.

Guard Jackie Young led the Aces (25-14) with 22 points as they extended their win streak to 11 games. Reigning league MVP A’ja Wilson added 18 points and point guard Chelsea Gray scored 14.

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NEW YORK — “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary‘s latest big investment is the record-breaking purchase of a Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan sports card at auction over the weekend.

The Canadian venture capitalist, whose reported net worth is around $400 million, revealed that he was one of three buyers to plunk down nearly $13 million for ...Read more

MIAMI — The games that matter for the Miami Heat officially don’t begin until the Oct. 22 season opener against the Orlando Magic.

And yet meaningful basketball for the Heat is at hand. This coming week. In August.

While none of those involved will be in Heat colors, a case could be made that the impending start of EuroBasket could offer a...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces beat the Washington Mystics 91-81 on Saturday at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C., to extend the WNBA’s longest win streak to 10 games.

A’ja Wilson led the Aces (24-14) with 36 points and 13 rebounds, while guard Dana Evans scored a season-high 21 points coming off the bench.

Rookie Kiki Iriafen scored ...Read more

TACOMA, Wash. — Shawn Kemp, who was one of the most popular athletes in Seattle in the 1990s when he played for the Sonics, was sentenced Friday in Pierce County Superior Court to 30 days of electronic home monitoring for second-degree assault.

Kemp must submit to home monitoring within two weeks and will also serve one year of community ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The record for the amount paid for a basketball card is about to be broken by Kobe Bryant on what would have been his 47th birthday ... with some help from his "big brother," Michael Jordan.

The 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Collection Dual Logoman Autographs card featuring Bryant and Jordan is up for bid online at Heritage ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley is no longer the target of an FBI investigation focused on wire fraud, gambling and prop bets, opening a potential path to return to the National Basketball Association, his lawyer told The Detroit News on Friday.

The lawyer's declaration of a decision by federal prosecutors in the Eastern ...Read more

Players placing bets on games is taboo. Innumerable sports fans were educated on this point in 1989 when hits king Pete Rose received a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball for betting on games while he was a manager.

Or upon watching "Eight Men Out," the 1988 film about MLB's Black Sox Scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Earlier this summer, Jaland Lowe was listening intently to a question related to Kentucky’s backcourt for the 2025-26 season.

It clearly didn’t take Lowe — a veteran point guard with plenty of experience talking to reporters — long to figure out which way this particular question was going. Before some variation of �...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls set a date to loft the jersey of hometown star Derrick Rose into the United Center rafters.

The team announced Thursday that Rose’s No. 1 jersey will be retired Jan. 24 in a ceremony after a home game against the Boston Celtics.

A Chicago native who won two state titles with Simeon, Rose reignited hope in his ...Read more