Maurice Stokes entered the National Basketball Association 70 years ago, in 1955, when the relatively few Black players were ...

In the mid 1970s nobody was cooler than Walt Frazier. And in the 1975 All-Star Game, in scoring 30 points in an MVP performance, Frazier also proved no one was better.

What led to Mike Woodson stepping down? How did Woodson reshape an Indiana basketball program he loves, and what challenges does the next coach face?

It was perhaps the most frenzied, entertaining, dramatic and consequential trade deadline in NBA history. And the East-leading Cavs were at the center of it. They weren’t involved in a last-hour Hail ...

Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago halfback and Heisman Trophy winner, is the first player ever selected in the NFL Draft. The Philadelphia Eagles make the pick and eventually trade his rights to ...

The 40-year-old James became the oldest player to score 40 points in an NBA game Thursday night, putting up a season-high 42 ...

The NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest is a long-standing tradition that dates all the way back to 1986 when Larry Bird took home the first-ever title in the shooting contest. Professional basketball itself ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cavs team president Koby Altman’s heart shrunk two sizes during Thursday’s NBA trade deadline. Might’ve ...

2023 — LeBron James scores 38 points to become NBA’s all-time leading scorer as the Lakers go down 133-130 to Oklahoma City Thunder in Los Angeles; surpasses Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387 career points ...

He was an All-Star in 1970 ... named NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 1994 and averaged 11.7 points and 2.4 rebounds per game in ...

John L. Sullivan wins the world heavyweight bare-knuckle title by beating Paddy Ryan in a nine-round bout in Mississippi City, Miss. 1942 — At the Millrose Games in New ...

The Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards have agreed to a trade that will send three-time All-Star forward Khris Middleton ...