The Latest Breaking News from Basketball

LOS ANGELES — An 8-year-old girl grasps the chain on a playground swing.

While you’re watching this week’s draft, the NBA is scouring the continent—and the new Basketball Africa League—for new talent.

Word on the street (if the street were People Magazine) is that Khloé Kardashian has thrown her hat back in the dating ring. And the best part? Her new squeeze doesn’t play in the National Basketball League! Snaps for Koko.A source recently told People that Khloé was “feeling really good with…

Generations of Blue Devils share the common experience of suiting up for Mike Krzyzewski. But the 2021-22 Duke basketball team is the only one that understands the constant duress that comes with being Coach K’s last team.

PHILADELPHIA — It’s been more than a month since 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and coach Doc Rivers sat together inside the team’s training complex in Camden to publicly express their disappointment about another second-round playoff exit — and to re-emphasize their commitment to building a contender that…

NEW YORK — New York City as the Mecca of basketball, or the epicenter of the sports’ culture, exists mostly and only in nostalgia.

The basketball world awoke to heartbreaking news Tuesday when the Purdue Boilermakers announced the death of Caleb Swanigan, a gentle giant who spent three seasons in the NBA with the Sacramento Kings and Portland Trail Blazers.

The Allen County, Indiana, Coroner’s office confirmed Tuesday that Swanigan died Monday of natural causes at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.

Pope Francis may have canceled his planned trip to Congo because of his bad knee, but he's had a visit from one of Congo’s brightest basketball stars who briefed him on his humanitarian efforts back home

Rest in Peace, Caleb Swanigan.

Bacot’s draft stock spiked at the NCAA tournament, but for this business major, riding the NIL bubble and sticking around Chapel Hill is a “no-brainer.”