Her athletic performance in Rome earned her the title of one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — UCLA recognizes its weaknesses. One of the issues the Bruins faced was having a backup plan when their scoring leaders were double-teamed....
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER — Willis, a former New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks guard in the WNBA, joins a growing number of retired WNBA stars...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “My dad was a bigger believer in good basketball… basketball was basketball to him, and I think he recognized early the impact that...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The National Basketball Association (NBA) and William Hill, one of America’s leading sports book operators, announced a new partnership that will make William...
ATLANTA VOICE — The Atlanta Hawks and State Farm unveiled their first full facility with new basketball courts along with the second Good Neighbor Club at...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Two-time NBA Finals MVP and new Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard announced a donation Aug. 20 of 1 million backpacks for every...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia)...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — In January, Nike launched its first yoga apparel collection, acknowledging its athletes who use the ancient Indian practice to enhance their performance. Just one...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Memphis Grizzlies have hired former Notre Dame women’s associate head coach Niele (knee-L) Ivey among the new assistants on Taylor Jenkins’ staff....
BLACK VOICE NEWS — The Clippers recently unveiled additional details and renderings of its privately financed sports and entertainment center anchored by the team’s new basketball...
NEW TRI STATE DEFENDER — Niele Ivey knew that becoming the first woman coach in Memphis Grizzlies history was a big deal. Still, she underestimated it...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Los Angeles Sparks stretch their winning streak to four after routing a shorthanded Phoenix Mercury. Five Phoenix players were sidelined by injury....
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The past few weeks have been a blur to Zion Williamson. Picked No. 1 in the NBA draft by the New Orleans Pelicans....
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Los Angeles Lakers have named Jason Kidd, Lionel Hollins, Phil Handy, Miles Simon, Mike Penberthy and Quinton Crawford as assistant coaches on...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — On Thursday, the Grizzlies announced two sets of throwback jerseys, to commemorate two eras of the franchise. This season, Ja, Jaren and...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — If Las Vegas had Aces, the Los Angeles Sparks had a royal flush on Thursday in their 76-68 win over the Las...
ATLANTA VOICE — Lil Keed, Dominique Wilkins, Lil Scrappy, Clyde Drexler, and 12,000 diehard basketball fans packed State Farm Arena in downtown Atlanta to watch the Big3!...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The Southwestern Athletic Conference was in Birmingham Tuesday conducting its football media day, but basketball crept into the conversation with the announcement that the SWAC...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Faith Johnson-Patterson is well known in Minnesota high school basketball lore. After eight state titles and 14 tournament appearances as the head girls’...
THE AFRO — Baltimore is on pace to break three hundred homicides for a fifth consecutive year. But, the execution style slaying last week of Gerald Brown...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Pigskin Club of Washington, Inc. held its annual Spring Sports Awards banquet Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro,...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — School is already out for some districts, and others will soon follow. Summer is a time when many kids still need something to...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) announced today an agreement to modify the time at which teams...
ROLLINGOUT.COM — Most observers thought the power couple’s relationship would instantly implode. However, the 46-year-old “Being Mary Jane” star found it within herself to forgive him...