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Sacramento owns pick No. 4 in the NBA draft.

Here’s a look at the stars who shined brightest on the game’s biggest stage.

MIAMI — There are few sure things when it comes to working in the collegiate wing of the Miami Heat scouting department. Yet until Feb. 9, Adam Simon and his staff were assured of being on the clock during the first round of the June 23 NBA draft.

DURHAM, N.C. — When the NCAA reversed course last summer to allow athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness, its No. 1 concern was preventing NIL from becoming a recruiting inducement.

NEW YORK — Put 300 NBA players and their outsized personalities in a bubble, give some of them cameras to record themselves, add the tension of social justice unrest, and you get “Game Change Game,” a Tribeca Festival documentary that gives viewers a rare behind-the-scenes look at how the basketball…

The intersection of sports and politics has occasionally been fraught with controversy. Amid the civil rights movement, Muhammad Ali was briefly banned from boxing for his stance on the Vietnam War. Tommie Smith and John Carlos were subject to significant criticism for raising their fists in a salute to Black…

In Game 5 of the 2001 NBA Finals, the Lakers cemented themselves as a team for the ages by beating the 76ers to repeat as NBA champions.

It’s not yet clear who will stick around, but for now, here’s a look at the four players headed from Dallas to Houston as part of the trade involving Christian Wood and a first-round draft pick.

The WNBA star has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17, and the Russian government announced that her detention will be extended to at least July 2.