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Sacramento Kings announcer Grant Napear has been placed on administrative leave by the radio station he works for, after posting “All Lives Matter” on Twitter.

San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich is lambasting President Donald Trump as mobs riot in dozens of American cities in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death.

NBA legend Michael Jordan believes the best way for the country to move forward in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death is to put “pressure” on elected leaders to “change our laws,” or use their right to vote to create “systemic change.”

A former ESPN writer is being called a hypocrite for urging rioters to burn down the inner city, then chastising them when they attacked his neighborhood.

The NBA is in talks with The Walt Disney Company on a single-site scenario for a resumption of play in Central Florida in late July, the clearest sign yet that the league believes the season can continue amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78.

Lakers star LeBron James is not letting the coronavirus stand in the way of practice. Instead, James is holding small, private, one-on-one sessions with his teammates.

Dallas fans might be surprised to learn that during the NBA strike in 2011, Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones offered LeBron James a contract to play football.

A new poll finds that NBA fans still feel Michael Jordan is the GOAT, ranking him higher than LeBron James in nearly every way.

Washington Wizards’ Bradley Beal reacted to photos of people open-carrying rifles and shotguns in North Carolina by proclaiming, “You don’t need to be a US citizen walking around with a damn AR.”

Governor Ron DeSantis has a simple message for sports leagues who can’t practice or play in their home states due to the coronavirus: Come to Florida.

Last year, China refused to air NBA games. Now, seven months later, the communist nation is showing no sign of changing that policy.

The company formerly known as the Mamba Sports Academy, will remove the word Mamba and simply go by The Sports Academy, they say, to honor Kobe Bryant’s memory.

Former Los Angeles Laker Shannon Brown was arrested last Saturday, after he allegedly fired gunshots at two people who entered his property because they saw a “For Sale” sign.

Fox Sports 1 commentator Jason Whitlock bashed NBA star LeBron James on Wednesday for “trolling” Twitter and using the murder of Ahmaud Arbery to build his “brand.”

Lakers star LeBron James told fans on Twitter that blacks are “literally hunted everyday,” in response to the killing of an unarmed black man in Georgia.

L.A. Lakers star Ron Artest is no longer Ron, or World Peace, but he’s still Metta, as on May 4 the former player has changed his name again.

Michael Jordan reiterated his stance that he is not a politician and his “Republicans buy sneakers” line was “said in jest.”

Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban jumped to Twitter Sunday to scold the federal government for not hiring any of the millions of unemployed Americans to help track and fight the coronavirus.

President Trump has been consistent about his desire to see live sports action return to American televisions with or without fans.

The NBA has set a date for league practice facilities to re-open, however, that doesn’t mean they’re ready to start testing their asymptomatic players for the coronavirus.

The NBA may turn to the “Magic Kingdom” for help in its attempt to play out the remainder of its season, according to a report.

The Paycheck Protection Plan was a government-run program meant to assist small businesses as they deal with the financial hardships resulting from the coronavirus and related quarantine efforts.

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has pushed back plans that would allow teams to reopen their practice facilities for at least one week, and cautioned that the new target is far from set in stone.

The Los Angeles Lakers sought and received $4.6 million from a federal government program intended to help small businesses get through the coronavirus pandemic, reports say.

The ESPN documentary The Last Dance, has refreshed people’s memories and revealed new details about Michael Jordan’s last championship run with the Chicago Bulls.

MIAMI (AP) — NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still in place as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Former NBA player Dennis Rodman says he hopes it is “just a rumor,” but if it is true that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is sick, he hopes his friend recovers quickly.

This lockdown has to come to an end at some point, right? Eventually, we will be able to go about our normal lives, correct? Surely, they can’t keep us cooped up in here much longer, can they? Well, all this waiting around gives a man time to think and that’s what I’ve been doing.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family members of four of the eight passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter have joined the NBA star’s widow in filing wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned and operated the aircraft.

NBA players will see 25% of their paychecks taken out starting May 15, the first direct hit to their salaries because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The NBA should resume hosting games as soon as it is safe to do so amid concerns of the coronavirus outbreak, urged Mark Cuban.

Earvin “Magic” Johnson thinks that the black community is as uninformed about the coronavirus as they were during the AIDS crisis.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, the mother of Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns, died Monday due to complications from COVID-19 after more than a month of fighting the virus. She was 59.

NBA star Kobe Bryant’s last children’s book is set to debut at number one on the New York Times Best Sellers List.

Indianapolis Colts Owner Jim Irsay has announced on Sunday that he is donating 10,000 N95 masks to the Indiana Department of Health.