UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Sue Bird was fitted for her orange Hall of Fame jacket, and the ring that signifies the highest peak of a long basketball hike.

On Friday night, she stepped into a ball room at Mohegan Sun to receive them.

“You can choose who is going to give you your jacket and your ring and I chose my young nieces,” Bird said. “...Read more

The Chicago Sky have suspended second-year star Angel Reese for the first half of Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Aces for comments made in an interview with the Chicago Tribune this week.

Reese offered criticism of the Sky front office and roster during a routine interview after practice Tuesday with a Sky communications staffer present....Read more

LOS ANGELES — More details are emerging about a company that allegedly paid Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard millions to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap, including that the team came close in 2021 to granting naming rights for its Inglewood arena to Aspiration Partners.

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer nearly granted naming rights to the...Read more

Caitlin Clark sat out the Indiana Fever’s first game at CFG Bank Arena in late May because of a quadriceps injury. She’ll miss Sunday’s game in Baltimore, too.

On Thursday, Clark was officially ruled out for the rest of the season, which includes Sunday’s 3 p.m. game in Baltimore against the Washington Mystics, because of a groin injury...Read more

At the heart of the uproar over allegations that Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers received millions in undisclosed payments from a tree-planting startup is a National Basketball Association rule that caps the total annual payroll for teams.

According to a report by Pablo Torre of the Athletic, bankruptcy documents show that the tree-...Read more

Chicago Sky star Angel Reese says she has apologized to her teammates for a Chicago Tribune article in which she criticized the organization and indicated she might eventually leave the team "if things don't pan out."

Following the Sky's 88-64 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night, Reese was asked by a reporter about the ...Read more

SEATTLE — Throughout Sue Bird’s illustrious WNBA career, 120 players suited up for the Storm and technically she played with 113 teammates, considering she missed the 2013 and 2019 seasons because of knee injuries.

Some associations with the soon-to-be Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Famer were brief, such as Raina Perez who appeared ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic are celebrating a milestone this weekend that few NBA franchises can claim — two Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame inductees in the same class. For a franchise that’s spent most of its existence hovering between rebuilding and re-rebuilding, having two people connected to the franchise enshrined in ...Read more

CHICAGO — Few players are more fixated on the upcoming WNBA free agency cycle than Angel Reese.

More than 100 players will enter free agency this winter as the tumult of a two-team expansion draft and a new collective bargaining agreement promises an offseason of leaguewide upheaval. Those players include 21 of this year’s 24 All-Star ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Clippers forcefully denied allegations detailed in a podcast published on Wednesday that a discredited global tree-planting company paid Kawhi Leonard $28 million to pad the star forward's contract and skirt the NBA salary cap.

Investigative journalist Pablo Torre of the Athletic said during "Pablo Finds Out" that he ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Cheryl Reeve expressed mock delight when informed that Paige Bueckers used her homecoming to introduce Dallas Wings teammates to the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday.

Bueckers’ social media posts showed her sampling fried food items and various offerings on a stick.

“I think it’s great,” Reeve said, smiling. “Because I ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina great Sindarius Thornwell was arrested Tuesday on a domestic violence charge, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

The player who led the University of South Carolina men’s basketball team to the Final Four in the 2017 NCAA Tournament was charged with second-degree domestic violence in ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jared McCain’s plan is to “for sure” be ready for training camp after a meniscus injury cut his rookie season short.

“Anything can happen, but for right now, I’m on pace,” McCain said Tuesday as the 76ers and Flyers unveiled signage for the Xfinity Mobile Arena.

The Sixers’ 2024 first-round pick was one of the ...Read more

MIAMI — When Miami Heat owner Micky Arison is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame later this week, Heat president Pat Riley will be by his side.

Along with Heat icons Alonzo Mourning and Dwyane Wade, Riley is among the presenters for Arison’s enshrinement during Saturday night’s induction ceremony for the 2025 ...Read more

MIAMI — Next weekend in Springfield, Mass., Micky Arison will stand in a position he heretofore largely has downplayed, as the face of the Miami Heat, when the team’s owner is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Arison will enter the shrine as a “contributor,” an expansive category that delineates such inductees...Read more

The Lynx appeared to be cruising to their franchise-record 31st victory of the regular season on Thursday, and to clinching the No. 1 seed in the WNBA playoffs.

Then the second half happened. The Seattle Storm stormed back after halftime for a stunning 93-79 comeback at Target Center. The Storm outscored the Lynx 60-33 in the second half.

The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Decorated women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley revealed the Knicks emphasized “inclusiveness with management and coaches” during their search for a new head coach — but also suggested the organization may not have fully considered the potential fallout of hiring the NBA’s first female head coach when they interviewed her ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — ESPN announced some changes Thursday for its NBA broadcast teams going into the 2025-26 season — among them, a promotion for Tim Legler and a contract extension (but also a demotion) for Doris Burke.

Legler will join the network's lead NBA crew, which also includes play-by-play announcer Mike Breen, fellow analyst Richard ...Read more

A raucous crowd filled the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland, Thursday when the Polish national team hosted Slovenia in a first-round FIBA EuroBasket 2025 game.

But Slovenia star Luka Doncic had at least a few familiar folks rooting him on. Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, general manager Rob Pelinka and others from Los Angeles made the 6,000-mile, 12-...Read more

The Las Vegas Aces beat the Atlanta Dream 81-75 on Wednesday at Gateway Center Arena to move into second place in the WNBA standings.

A’ja Wilson had 34 points and 10 rebounds in the victory. Eight of those points came during a 15-0 run for the Aces (26-14) at the end of the third quarter. Jackie Young added 10 points, 10 assists and 11 ...Read more