Unsurprisingly, Lew picked up where he left off in college. He led UCLA to three emphatic championship runs and was hailed ...

Julius Erving, a Hall of Famer and legend for the Philadelphia 76ers, made his mark in the NBA for over a decade. Now retired ...

“Nobody breaks down the finer points of basketball better than Hubie Brown," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in a news ...

Gophers star Dawson Garcia was one of 10 players named a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award on Friday, which is ...

LeBron James has 42 points, 17 rebounds and eight assists as the Lakers fend off a late rally to defeat Golden State.

In lacing up a lively history of the slam dunk, Mike Sileski digs into the social and racial implications of sports’ most ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gilgeous-Alexander became the ninth player in NBA history to score at least 50 points on three or more occasions in a ...

Kareem Copeland has covered Washington's NFL franchise, the Utah Jazz, Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers and Green Bay Packers. He has also covered the Olympics, Super Bowls and extensively ...

joining Lakers great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who did so at 40 and 41, and longtime Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, whose All-Star finale came when he was 40. “This is not me throwing shade ...