The Latest Breaking News from Basketball

RACINE, Wis. — Being an exceptional athlete doesn’t protect you from negative events in the inner city. In fact, in some instances, it can make you a target.

Tim Hardaway appreciates greatness, which is why next weekend will stand as one of the most profound moments of his 56 years, when he will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Basketball (and being a point guard) played a major role in making Healey who she is today.

Williams played a lot of basketball this offseason, preparing for what everyone feels is a crucial year for the former No. 4 overall pick. With training camp weeks away, it needs to translate if the Bulls want to take another step.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eastside High School basketball coach Herman “Pop” Williams would drive and listen to the talented, contemplative teenager in the passenger’s seat.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina women’s basketball team has canceled a scheduled two-game series with BYU in the wake of an alleged racist incident involving a BYU fan, the school announced on Friday.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups got reminders about leading young athletes as he helped run the Basketball Without Borders camp in Africa.

STORRS, Conn. — Paige Bueckers went up for a layup and came down hard, awkwardly. And she knew, as an athlete almost always knows when it is bad. She went to the training room and remembers her frustration poured out.

Over the short term, I would argue Mark Stoops was the winner in the public dust-up with John Calipari that followed last month’s “basketball school” imbroglio.

COLOGNE, Germany — Lithuania is a bigger country than Slovenia — in population and geographic size and global recognition — and its men’s national basketball team has more NBA experience and depth.

COLOGNE, Germany — Nearly 18,000 people in Lanxess Arena on Thursday night alternated between craning their necks to see the highlights, speech text and video displays on the jumbotron hanging from the ceiling and looking down toward the man at the center of the spotlight on the court.