Basketball

WNBA: WNBA to host All-Star Weekend events at Obama Center

All-Star Weekend in the WNBA features three staple events at the newly opened Obama Presidential Center on Chicago's South Side. The WNBA announced plans to be the first professional...

WNBA: Sydney Taylor puts up 16 points as Sky cool off Mercury

The visiting Chicago Sky overcame their struggles and ended the Phoenix Mercury's three-game winning streak in a 77-66...

WNBA: Jessica Shepard’s triple-double carries Wings past Liberty

Jessica Shepard notched a triple-double and Awak Kuier logged a double-double Tuesday night as the visiting Dallas Wings...

WNBA: Marina Mabrey, Angel Reese among All-Star Game reserves

Marina Mabrey will play in her first WNBA All-Star Game and Nneka Ogwumike will appear in her 11th...

WNBA: Caitlin Clark hopeful to return as Fever continue road trip at Sparks

The sputtering Los Angeles Sparks will try to snap a three-game losing skid on Wednesday when they welcome...

NBA: Lakers put up good fight but Thunder prove too much, take Game 1

Chet Holmgren had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 108-90 home win over the Los Angeles Lakers...

NBA: Celtics’ Jaylen Brown fined $50K for comments on officials

The NBA fined Celtics star Jaylen Brown $50,000 on Tuesday for his public criticism of the officiating after Boston was eliminated from the playoffs...

NBA: Defensive pressure key in Pistons’ Game 1 win over Cavs

Cade Cunningham scored 23 points and had seven assists and Tobias Harris added 20 points and eight rebounds Tuesday night to lead the Detroit...

NBA: First round of NBA playoffs most watched since ’93

Game 7 of the Boston Celtics-Philadelphia Sixers series highlighted what was the most-watched first round of the NBA Playoffs since 1993, the league announced...

WNCAAB: Geno Auriemma on dispute with Dawn Staley: ‘Feel like a dumbass’

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma reflected Monday on his game-ending dispute with South Carolina coach Dawn Staley at the end of a Final...

WNBA: Former WNBA MVP Tina Charles retires after 14 seasons

Eight-time All-Star and former WNBA Most Valuable Player Tina Charles announced her retirement Tuesday after 14 seasons with six teams. Charles, 37, is the league's...