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Knicks bring Tom Thibodeau to New York as new head coach

NEW YORK – Tom Thibodeau brought the Chicago Bulls to their greatest success since Michael Jordan. He returned the Minnesota Timberwolves to the playoffs after a 13-year absence. ...

Game on: NBA restart finally arrives

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Games were canceled. Practice facilities were shuttered. A season ended unceremoniously for eight teams. The draft process was delayed, as was free agency. Some play...

Kyrie Irving commits $1.5 million for WNBA players skipping season

NEW YORK — Kyrie Irving is making sure WNBA players can sit out the season and not stress about a paycheck. The Brooklyn Nets star is committing $1.5 million to supplement the inc...

College basketball stuck in holding pattern during pandemic

Baseball has begun its coronavirus-delayed season with limited long-distance travel and no fans in the stands. The NBA has its Disney World bubble. The NHL will have two bubbles, ...

East preview: Down in Disney, Bucks hope to finish the job this season

There were no defenders nearby. There wasn’t even another team on the court. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s shooting display was nothing spectacular. Dozens, perhaps hundreds of NBA play...

West preview: It’ll be a wild race for eighth — and ninth

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Add this plot twist to an unusual NBA season: To get the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference, a whole bunch of teams will enter the final two weeks of the regular s...

Leaner Nikola Jokic ready to carry load for Nuggets

Denver restarts season in one week against Miami

Senate wants action on college athlete compensation

Graham: ‘We’ve got to do something’

Whole new look, a whole new NBA experience

Courts ready to welcome players

Whiteskunk continues basketball career at Midland University

Teagan Whiteskunk knew in middle school he could score at a high volume. Long before then, he knew he wanted to play college basketball. The 6-foot-1 guard from Montezuma-Cortez H...

Lakers’ LeBron James speaks out: ‘Nothing is normal in 2020’

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – LeBron James keeps hearing the same questions. How’s it going? How’s the bubble? He now has a one-size-fits-all answer. “I just say it’s 2020,”...

NBA going with shorter games for Disney openers

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – The first exhibition games of the NBA restart will go a little more quickly than usual. The NBA is tweaking the rules for those initial matchups, going wi...