Basketball

A reporter at the WNBA’s Chicago Sky’s post-game presser was heard talking about his “intimate relationship.”

China has a basketball player who, if she were in the NBA, would be one of the tallest players in the league, and she’s only 17 years old.

A New Jersey school board cancelled the “Nuttin Butt Azz” basketball tournament after video emerged showing women in thongs twerking.

In a pre-draft interview with Yahoo, DeJean claimed that he could beat the #1 scorer in women’s college basketball history, fellow Hawkeye Caitlin Clark, in a game of one-on-one.

A six-foot-tall man with a beard playing as a “transgender female” on a Massachusetts charter school girls basketball team who was seen on video brutally knocking down a female player on the court was the same player reportedly suspended from another team because he was caught leering at a half nude girl in a girl’s locker room.

Racial slurs were made against members of Utah women’s basketball players as they walked from their hotel to a restaurant, an Idaho official said Tuesday.

The refs at a New Jersey high school basketball game are suffering backlash after invalidating a buzzer-beating, game-winning basket.

A second Ukrainian basketball player has succumbed to his wounds and died after a knife attack, allegedly at the hand of a migrant gang. 

A girls’ basketball team in Massachusetts reportedly forfeited a game against another team with a transgender player.

The members of Ireland’s women’s basketball team showed their support for Hamas and refused to shake the hands of their Israeli opponents.

Bryan Williams, the coach ousted from a Yonkers high school girls basketball team, claims that the school scapegoated him.

Gavin Newsom (D) had a particularly awkward moment during his trip to China wherein he was filmed knocking over a child during basketball. 

A wild melee ensued at a California high school basketball game over the weekend after a referee punched a coach, sparking a riotous scene on the sidelines.

A high school basketball player from Alabama died suddenly Thursday after a medical emergency at his school, according to reports.

The L.A. Clippers’ Amir Coffey was arrested Sunday and charged with firearm possession after police allegedly found a loaded gun in a vehicle in which he was riding.

LeBron James’ son, Bronny, suffered a cardiac arrest during a workout at USC on Monday, TMZ Sports reports.

Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, sidelined from the league after wearing shoes reading “Free Tibet” to a basketball game in 2021, told Congress on Tuesday that his manager estimates he has lost $50 million in player salaries and potential endorsements since condemning China.

China’s state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times celebrated on Monday the arrival of Giannis Antetokounmpo to Beijing, the first NBA star of his caliber in the league to visit the country since the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic began.

A Dominican professional basketball player named Óscar Cabrera Adames has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 28, according to reports.

USA Today reporter Mike Freeman accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of being a racist for saying basketball players are more athletic than baseball players. 

A spectator at a youth basketball game in Fort Wayne, Indiana, allegedly heckled and attacked a referee on Saturday.

A young Boston Celtics fan who beat cancer has formed a special bond with one of the team’s star players.

Dwight Howard, who last played for the L.A. Lakers in 2022, has walked back his description of Taiwan as a “country” after Chinese criticism.

Fists were thrown between a coach and a referee during an amateur basketball tournament and video of the incident of going viral.

A European professional basketball game ended prematurely on Thursday after players broke into a mass brawl on the court, seriously injuring one.

Meghan Markle appeared to snub her husband as Prince Harry lent in as they were featured on the ‘kiss cam’ at a Lakers basketball game.

A 24-year-old North Carolina man is being sought for allegedly shooting a six-year-old girl about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday after her basketball rolled into his yard. 

A seventh grade boy’s shot of a lifetime during a recent high school basketball game made fans go wild for one big reason.

A 60-year-old man has died after a fight involving several adults at a Vermont middle school basketball game on Tuesday night.

A 22-year-old junior varsity girl’s basketball coach has been fired for impersonating a teenage player when the player was unable to play.

A 16-year-old Massachusetts student-athlete is facing charges after allegedly punching a referee during a high school basketball game on Wednesday.

One person is dead and four wounded after a suspect opened fire on a basketball court near the Florida A&M University recreation center about 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

Two time NBA champion Lamar Odom intimated this week he believes the Phoenix Suns’ gorilla mascot is racist, saying such animals are not found in the desert.

A student in Louisville, Kentucky, who was born without legs has achieved something incredible through hard work and a positive attitude.

A Dallas, Texas, man was arrested Thursday for allegedly shooting a 21-year-old woman to death for beating him at a game of basketball on October 3, 2022.

A California mother must pay more than $9,000 in restitution and apologize to a teenage basketball player she told her daughter to hit during a youth basketball game in 2021, a judge ruled Wednesday.