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A promotion at Thursday’s Dallas Mavericks-Miami Heat game almost resulted in serious injury for the winner. The promotion had several fans slide makeshift hotel keys into a door depicting a hotel room door, and the one that worked won a

Left-wing activist and losing NBA coach Stan Van Gundy took time with Sporting News to discuss racism, sexism, and Trump bashing instead of spending time studying how to win basketball games, which is what he is paid to do by the Detroit Pistons.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver calls it a “missed opportunity” if the league refuses to send members to celebrate the NBA Championship to the White House under President Donald Trump.

Los Angeles (AFP) – Craig Sager, the popular broadcaster whose NBA sideline reports were an integral part of the game for a legion of basketball fans, has died at the age of 65, Turner Sports network said Thursday.

Sacramento Kings forward Matt Barnes insists that he only defended himself when another group of people attacked him for bumping into a woman in the VIP section of New York’s Manhattan’s Avenue nightclub after the Kings faced the New York Knicks in a 106-98 loss.

“The Big Aristotle” has spoken, and recount-warrior Jill Stein will not appreciate what he had to say. NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, tired of the post-election recount talk, says that President-Elect Donald Trump won “fair and square,” and stands ready to give Trump “a chance.”

Thursday on TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” NBA legend Charles Barkley went after the Golden State Warriors, saying he does not like how they play “little girly basketball,” and he does not want their style of play in the league. “Maybe

After spending months attacking President-elect Donald Trump at every opportunity, Dallas Maverick’s owner and billionaire businessman Mark Cuban was spotted meeting with White House strategist Stephen Bannon on Tuesday.

New York Knicks point guard Derrick Rose bucked the NBA’s current trend of boycotting Donald Trump-owned properties by announcing plans to hang on to his $2.8 million, three-bedroom condo on the 84th floor of Trump International Hotel and Tower in downtown Chicago.

In a Wednesday interview on Fox News Channel’s “The O’Reilly Factor,” ESPN “First Take” co-host Stephen A. Smith weighed in on the controversy surrounding New York Knicks President referring to Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James’ inner-circle as “posse.” Smith admitted Jackson

The Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies, and Dallas Mavericks will not be staying at any of the Hotels owned or licensed by Donald J. Trump.

NBA fans have heard some strong denunciations of President-elect Donald Trump from NBA coaches this week. Steve Kerr voiced concerns over his children’s reaction to Trump and Stan Van Gundy called Trump a “misogynist leader.” However, we hadn’t yet had anyone go biblical with his diatribe, until now.

In contrast to all the passion spewed about the recently concluded presidential elections, TNT’s Ernie Johnson earns plaudits for offering the most measured thoughts on the contest.

Not everyone around the NBA lost his mind over the election results.

TNT “Inside the NBA” co-host Ernie Johnson shared a message Thursday night in hopes to unite everyone behind President-Elect Donald Trump. Johnson, who admitted he did not support Trump or Hillary Clinton, said he was “encouraged” by the meeting between Trump and

Not wanting to get outdone by the hysterical bleating of Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy, Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr decided to go off on an anti-Trump rant of his own at a press conference on Wednesday.

Mimicking the exact sort of thinned-skin behavior he criticizes in GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban just banned two sports reporters from covering his team.

Sunday, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, joined on the stage by teammate JR Smith, spoke at Hillary Clinton’s Cleveland rally. The 2016 NBA Finals MVP encouraged voters to get out and vote, adding that Clinton “has the brightest future in

Watching the Golden State Warriors smack down the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night, former NBA champion Metta World Peace, a.k.a. Ron Artest, decided to promote racial harmony through comedy while offering some guidelines to prevent future hurt feelings.

The whole thing did seem a little too good. Last Saturday and again on Wednesday, we told you about Sevyn Streeter, the singer scheduled to perform the national anthem before the Philadelphia 76ers season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“White Men Can’t Jump,” so they say. However, according to Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid, they sure can shoot the basketball.

A singer named Sevyn Streeter, scheduled to perform the national anthem before the Philadelphia 76ers home opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder, showed up to sing wearing a jersey with the words “We Matter” on it. Streeter says the team decided to not let her sing the anthem.

Don’t look now, okay go ahead and look, but it appears that the solidarity between superstar-athletes-turned-social-justice-protest warriors might soon come to an end.

One of the few, in fact, maybe the only openly conservative player in the NBA, Charlotte’s Spencer Hawes, has a lot to say and would “love” to have a discussion with Hillary Clinton-endorser LeBron James.

Speaking on the conduct he expects from his players during the national anthem presentation, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he hopes to see his players on their feet.

Anti-American protests have now spread to the NBA, as a singer performing the national anthem suddenly took a knee as she sang at the start of a Sacramento Kings game.

Wednesday, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James was asked about about GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “locker room talk” that was picked up on a hot mic during a 2005 conversation with Billy Bush. James, who referred to Trump only as “that

Cleveland Cavaliers star forward LeBron James vows to not join San Francisco 49ers second-string quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s “Star Spangled Banner” protests and intends to stand at attention during the playing of the national anthem during the 2016-17 basketball season.

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James spoke Monday about about race relations, and admitted that he is fearful of what would happen in four years when his son is driving and gets pulled over. “It’s a scary-ass situation that if my

Chicago Bulls star Dwyane Wade is “kind of conflicted” over a tweet by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The tweet by Trump was about Wade’s cousin, Nykea Aldridge, who was shot last month in Chicago. Wade said on one hand

During ESPN2’s broadcast of “First Take,” author and radio host Michael Eric Dyson asked professional athletes to, like the NBA’s LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, use their platforms to stand up for fellow African-Americans during social issues. “I am proud

American basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire said he decided to leave the NBA to play for Hapoel Jerusalem for ideological rather than financial reasons.

TEL AVIV – Retired NBA forward Amar’e Stoudemire has reportedly closed a deal to play with Hapoel Jerusalem basketball team, a team he co-owns.

Former NBA great and current basketball studio analyst Charles Barkley will embark on a mission to explore racial division in America in The Race Card, a new television series greenlit by TNT on Sunday.

In an email to his team, Charlotte Hornets co-owner Felix Sabates criticized the NBA for moving the 2017 All-Star Game out of North Carolina because of the state’s bathroom law.

Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter revealed that he was on the receiving end of a slew of social media death threats during and after the failed coup in his native nation of Turkey.