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Former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom, unceremoniously removed from the Boston Celtics roster after publicly condemning the Chinese Communist Party, spent much of this week in Florida meeting with members of the Cuban exile community and lending messages of hope and solidarity against communism.

A simple basketball game in Boston turned deadly on Sunday night after a parent pulled a gun following a dispute with another parent.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Matisse Thybulle confirmed on Sunday that he will not be able to participate in the team’s road playoff games against the Toronto Raptors, as he is not “fully” vaccinated, explaining that he comes from a “holistic household.”

A group of teens violently attacked a referee in Georgia after a youth basketball game and the whole thing was caught on video.

On Tuesday, His Fraudulency Joe Biden stood before two black Texas congressman and said the “two of them look like they really could and did play ball.” Of a third congressman, he said, “And the other one looks like he could bomb you.”

A wild fight broke out in the stands spurring officials to call a halt to the NEC Championship in Rhode Island Tuesday.

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times broke its unusual silence on the ongoing anti-communist campaign of Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter Freedom on Thursday, dismissing his opposition to genocide in China as a sign that he may be cooperating with the CIA.

A Connecticut high school suspended its girl’s basketball coach for one game after he presided over a massive 92-4 win on Monday.

The Chinese propaganda site Global Times regaled former NBA star Stephon Marbury with an extensive profile on Wednesday after Marbury, who has lived in China for 11 years, excitedly praised China’s “hospitality,” applauded top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan, and predicted the 2022 Beijing Olympics would be “extraordinary.

Fans hoping to see LeBron James face off against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday were left wanting when the NBA announced the star Laker had entered “health and safety protocols.”

A boy with Down syndrome made a big crowd in Oklahoma erupt in cheers and applause when he took one incredible basketball shot.

A California family has filed a police report after their daughter was brutally punched in the throat during a teen’s basketball game.

Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter continued his campaign against the Communist Party of China on Wednesday, debuting sneakers emblazoned with the flag of Taiwan and asserting, “Taiwan will never surrender to the EVIL Chinese Communist Party.”

President Joe Biden made a point of sharing that he had played basketball with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping – emphasizing the global popularity of the sport – during remarks on Monday celebrating NBA champions the Milwaukee Bucks.

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter continued his campaign against the Chinese Communist Party on Sunday with the debut of sneakers featuring images inspired by the Tiananmen Square massacre and what appears to be an illustration of himself holding the severed head of Winnie the Pooh.

Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter published a video Friday condemning “heartless dictator” Xi Jinping for the ongoing genocide of the Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities in western China.

Boston Celtics star Enes Kanter published a video Wednesday evening condemning China and dictator Xi Jinping by name for the decades-long brutal repression of Tibet, potentially jeopardizing the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) lucrative business ties with the regime.

The Stanford University student rec center has mandated that everyone must wear masks, even fully vaccinated basketball players.

National Basketball Association (NBA) player Enes Kanter declared Thursday that he will continue criticizing the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his family homeland of Turkey, despite the Turkish government issuing “nine arrest warrants” against him for “standing up for human rights, freedom, and political prisoners who are getting tortured.”

A report by the law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP recommends that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) combine the men’s and women’s Final Four tournaments to stop “undervaluing and underfunding the women’s game.”

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) – Italy is headed back to the Olympic quarter-finals. Nigeria is going home, its Olympic experience not what it wanted on multiple levels.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) went maskless while playing basketball indoors Tuesday, shortly before lecturing residents about the need to wear one indoors.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — This is not how USA Basketball expected to open its Olympic summer.

China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday touted the participation of the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) at China’s first International Consumer Products Expo, scheduled for May 7-10 in the city of Haikou. The Global Times suggested the event will give the NBA an opportunity to repair its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after Houston Rockets manager Daryl Morey expressed support for the Hong Kong democracy movement in 2019.

Texas is one of more than two dozen states with proposed legislation to protect female athletes from transgender competition as the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) threatens to remove sporting events from states if these bills become law. As Breitbart

A custodian at an Ohio school is getting a lot of attention for effortlessly making a half-court shot when no one was watching.

An Indiana high school basketball coach was fired after being ejected from a game for throwing a chair in the direction of a referee.

Pope Francis met with a delegation of NBA players in the Vatican Monday to discuss economic equality and other “social justice issues.”

Two Georgia sheriff’s deputies who saw a 13-year-old boy playing basketball decided to join in the fun by playing the game with him.

Amar’e Stoudemire has converted to Judaism, the former NBA star announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday from his adopted home in Jerusalem.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said it was a disgrace the NBA continued to cater to China despite their known human rights abuses.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview last week that the National Basketball Association (NBA) is “in bed with” the Chinese Communist Party.

The 2020 Special Olympics Summer Games were canceled due to COVID-19. Athletes are understandably disappointed, but many are keeping a positive outlook with their sights set on 2021.

A school district in Oklahoma has issued an apology after their basketball announcer referred to the names of a visiting girls team as, “pretty disgusting.”

A Newark, New Jersey, junior varsity high school basketball coach was allegedly assaulted by his own players on Tuesday night, police said.

A little girl got the sweetest surprise recently when she went to see the Harlem Globetrotters play in Memphis, Tennessee.