Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, the NBA announced. He was 47. Collins spent 13 years as a ...

The NBA playoffs are in full swing, which means there’s a lot of talk about officiating in professional basketball. How the referees call games and how different those calls are in the postseason ...

Jason Collins, a longtime NBA center who became the first man to come out as openly gay while playing in any of America’s four leading professional sports leagues, died Tuesday following months of ...

One team celebrated Sunday, May 10 when the NBA holds its lottery to determine the order of the 2026 NBA Draft. The lottery determined the order for the first 14 picks of the first round of the draft, ...

The draft lottery determines the order of the first 14 picks. It takes place in a private room with NBA officials, representatives of participating teams, select media and the accounting firm Ernst & ...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has had to deal with many issues on and off the court this season. Illustration: Will Tullos / The Athletic; Nic Antaya, Jevone Moore, Matthew Stockman / Getty Images Does ...

Arcade basketball is making a comeback, and fans of the NBA Street series have something big to look forward to this summer. While gamers in the PS2 era didn't know how good they had it with a bevy of ...

A pair of Game 2 NBA conference semifinal playoff matchups are set for Wednesday. In the Eastern Conference, the Knicks are 10.5-point favorites vs. the 76ers at 7 p.m. ET with the total at 215.5. In ...

The NBA will continue discuss with EuroLeague this week as it looks to standup a 16-team league on the continent next fall. Soeren Stache / picture alliance via Getty Images The first time a powerful ...

Ever since the Lakers advanced in the 2026 NBA playoffs to face OKC in the second round, many have been circling Game 1 as a target for longshot picks within an NBA parlay. That's because the Thunder ...

The 2026 NBA Draft lottery is on Mother's Day this year, with every team that didn't make the playoffs seeking the gift of the right ping-pong ball combination on Sunday, May 10. A whole batch of ...

The first two nights of the second round of the NBA playoffs will feature significant overlap between matchups. On Monday, NBC and Peacock will carry Game 1 of the 76ers vs. Knicks at 8 p.m. ET.