
How Cosa Nostra hit the NBA: X-ray machines, hidden cameras, and fake glasses
Elements of the National Basketball Association are being dragged through the mud as players and coaches are charged with fraud and various illegal gambling activities

Elements of the National Basketball Association are being dragged through the mud as players and coaches are charged with fraud and various illegal gambling activities

Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, sank 10 of 15 shots — 1 of 5 from 3-point range — and both of his free throws in his second preseason game

The 2023-24 championship features a new in-season tourmanent, the NBA Cup, but all eyes will be on the towering 19-year-old French rookie, the number one Spurs pick

Spain defeated Brazil 96-78, and the Americans beat Greece 109-81

The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner who led Argentina to the World Cup crown last year has scored in all five of his appearances with Miami

Lillard told the Portland Trail Blazers earlier this month he wanted to be traded and his agent subsequently made clear his preference was Miami

It’s the richest contract in NBA history, surpassing the $264 million deal signed by Nuggets center Nikola Jokic last summer

Lillard’s trade request became publicly known on July 1, the first full day of free agency in the NBA

Lillard asked the Trail Blazers for a trade, a move that will end the seven-time All-Star’s tenure with that team

Austin Reaves agreed to a four-year deal that could be worth $56 million, and D’Angelo Russell returned to the Lakers as well on a $37 million, two-year deal

The woman’s attorney, Ariel Mitchell, said her client has provided Miami police with the clothing she was wearing that night and that a report was filed

Nikola Jokic, who racked up 600 points, 209 rebounds and 190 assists in the playoffs, is named Finals MVP as the Nuggets win title after 47 years

Aaron Gordon scored 27 points, Nikola Jokic added 23 and the Denver Nuggets moved one win away from their first NBA championship by beating the Miami Heat 108-95 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the title series

The Denver stars broke records in points, rebounds and assists during a 109-94 win on the road to make it 2-1 in the playoff series

The team’s latest comeback came in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night against Denver, when the Heat won 111-108 to even the title series. Miami rallied from 15 points down

While the Miami Heat insist altitude wasn’t a factor in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, science shows that it impacts all athletes, from Olympians to basketball players

Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray combined for 53 points in an offensive showcase by the Western Conference champions, playing their first Finals series in 47 years

Denver and Miami kick off the Championship series in Colorado on June 1 with the Serb and the Texan looking to inspire their teams to the title

One of the two teams was set to make history on Monday but Jimmy ‘Playoff’ Butler led the Heat to the NBA finals after eliminating Boston at home (84-103)

Thanks to Derrick White, the Boston Celtics are 48 minutes from becoming the first team in NBA playoffs history to overcome a 3-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series

The Boston Celtics are halfway to history, and that alone has gotten them entry into a very small club: of the first 150 teams that trailed a best-of-seven series 3-0 in NBA history, just 14 of them found a way to extend the matchup to Game 6

Chicago nearly blew all of a 27-point lead after Nikola Vucevic converted a 3-point play with slightly more than 10 minutes left in the third quarter

The race for the last two guaranteed playoff spots and the four berths into the play-in tournament is as muddled and murky as possible.

It’ll be a particularly busy weekend for 11 players who are now slotted to be in multiple events during the three days of action in Utah

It was the seventh 50-point game of the basketball player’s career

The removal of the facility’s existing signage and the changeover of branding elements will be ongoing in the coming weeks