NBA working on expanding to Vegas, Seattle
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
March 17, 2026
The NBA may move a step closer to adding teams in Seattle and Las Vegas next week when expansion — which has been a topic for some time — will again be discussed by the league’s board of governors, tw...
WNBA players union feels good about CBA talks
NBA, Sports
March 13, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike and the other members of the WNBA players’ union executive committee felt that movement was being made toward a new collective bargaining agreement after nine hours of n...
Chamberlain’s friends, family root for today’s NBA
NBA, Sports
March 13, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Olin Chamberlain will have the Oklahoma City Thunder game on TV and his phone nearby, just he does any time one of his uncle’s NBA records is getting challenged. The family group c...
NBA, Sports
March 7, 2026
BOSTON (AP) — There were times when Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum wasn’t sure if he’d make it back to the game that was abruptly taken away from him last season. It made every moment he experienced...
Celtics’ Tatum ‘questionable’ as return nears
NBA, Sports
March 6, 2026
BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is on the verge of making a return to NBA action nine months after rupturing his right Achilles tendon injury during last season’s playoffs. Tatum was li...
Giannis returns, says he ‘can’t rush back’ from injuries
NBA, Sports
March 4, 2026
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo developed a reputation for making rapid returns from injury during his rise to superstardom, but the Milwaukee Bucks forward acknowledges those days may be drawi...
Wemby, Spurs rocked by Knicks to snap win streak
NBA, Sports
March 2, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama was surprised. His San Antonio Spurs, who were untouchable in February, were unsteady to start March. San Antonio didn’t respond well to the New York Knicks’ defensiv...
Good game, bad dunk contest. Highs and lows of All-Star weekend
NBA, Sports
February 17, 2026
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — If you still didn’t like the NBA’s newest All-Star Game format, you probably just don’t like All-Star games. That seemed to be the sports sphere’s consensus after the U.S.agai...
Stewart suspended seven games for fight
NBA, Sports
February 12, 2026
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Detroit center Isaiah Stewart was suspended seven games by the NBA on Wednesday, while three other players were also penalized for their roles in a fight during a game between t...
Castle makes NBA history with dominant triple-double
NBA, Sports
February 9, 2026
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Stephon Castle attacked the rim knowing he needed just one more basket for the first 40-point game of his twoyear NBA career. The game came so easily to the San Antonio Spurs guard ...
Harden to Cavs, Garland to Clippers in All-Star deal
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
February 5, 2026
James Harden is headed to the Cleveland Cavaliers, with the Los Angeles Clippers agreeing to send the 11-time All-Star back to the Eastern Conference during his highest-scoring season in six years, a ...
Shaquille O’Neal says 2006 Heat title is his favorite
NBA, Sports
February 5, 2026
MIAMI (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal played for four NBA championship teams. And now, 20 years after his last title, he has one that he can call his favorite. It was the one he got with the Miami Heat. The H...
LeBron’s All-Star streak extended to 22 years
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
February 2, 2026
He was selected as a reserve for the game in Los Angeles later this month. LeBron James is an All-Star again, extending his record streak of selections. James was a pick for the 22nd consecutive year,...
George’s suspension latest drama for flailing 76ers
NBA, Sports
February 2, 2026
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had missed yet another game with an injury in a lost season where he struggled with his health and performance for the Sixers. Paul George offered advice to Embiid last...
Mavericks’ flight grounded as winter storms affect NBA
NBA, Sports
January 26, 2026
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NBA postponed games in Memphis and Milwaukee on Sunday because of a massive winter storm that is creating dangerous travel conditions across much of the U.S. The Dallas Maver...
A number of games affected by winter storm
NBA, Sports
By By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer 
January 24, 2026
An NBA game and dozens of college basketball games across a wide swath of the country are being reshuffled because of an approaching major winter storm. The storm that meteorologists say could rival t...
Durant passes Nowitzki for 6th on NBA scoring list
NBA, Sports
January 20, 2026
HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Durant knew Sunday exactly how close he was to surpassing his idol, Dirk Nowitzki, on the NBA’s career scoring list. Durant needed the 17 points to move past Nowitzki into sixth p...
NBA, Sports
January 10, 2026
T-wolves hold moment of silence for Renee Good MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves held a moment of silence before their game on Thursday night for Renee Good, the 37-year-old woman fatally ...
Jokic hyperextends knee, out four weeks
NBA, Sports
December 31, 2025
MIAMI (AP) — Nikola Jokic is only going to miss a few weeks, which is surely cause for the Denver Nuggets to take a giant sigh of relief. The Nuggets’ superstar center has been diagnosed with a hypere...