FORT WORTH, Texas — For the second time in a little more than a year Tarrant County, Texas will be the host to one of the most anticipated debuts in pro basketball.

In May 2024, Caitlin Clark made her pro debut with the WNBA’s Indiana Fever in a preseason game against the Dallas Wings at the College Park Center in Arlington. That game ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury, 89-86, in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Friday at Michelob Ultra Arena.

Guard Dana Evans came off the bench to match reigning MVP A’ja Wilson in scoring as the pair led the second-seeded Aces with 21 points each. Wilson added 10 rebounds and five assists.

Kahleah Copper and Satou Sabally scored...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Amid a storm of condemnation from players and prominent sports figures, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke to the media Friday at Michelob Ultra Arena before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals between the Aces and Phoenix Mercury.

The embattled commissioner opened her remarks with a direct response to Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — One season ago, Mark Pope’s first Kentucky men’s basketball team made history the second the Wildcats hit the court for game action.

Inheriting a roster with no returning scholarship players from his predecessor, Pope scrambled and put together a veteran-heavy team that boasted a whopping 586 combined, previous college ...Read more

STORRS, Conn. — Recording the first and last chapters for the audio version of his new book felt like a hostage situation for UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley. Narrating, as he described, each line like it was an item on a grocery list, it took him around four hours to get through the first chapter alone.

Taking on the entire ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When the Unrivaled women’s basketball league launched last winter, it brought numerous benefits to the players involved.

There was the ability to make money playing on home soil during the WNBA offseason, which became even more critical after Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia. And there was a lot of money to make, both ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Aces are returning to the WNBA Finals, but nothing about the path that led to their desert showdown with the Phoenix Mercury indicates that the pursuit of a third title will be easy.

It took a 16-game win streak, the longest to close a regular season in WNBA history, for the Aces to lift themselves from below .500 to the No. 2...Read more

CHICAGO — The offense in Chicago officially will run through Josh Giddey and Coby White this season.

The duo represents a turning point for the Bulls as an organization — two guards under 26 who could develop into the future leaders of the franchise. And after ripping off 40-point games and breathless buzzer-beaters to fuel a 15-5 finish to...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Kuminga wants to be somewhere else.

The Warriors want him to be someone else.

Well, “I’m here now,” Kuminga said Thursday.

This, folks, has the makings of a toxic situation.

Sure, the summer contract saga is over, but it’s hard to believe the Kuminga Conundrum is at all settled.

Yet Warriors coach Steve ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — For years, a younger brother had balked at his older sibling’s dream.

As he embarked upon his Hall of Fame career, Steph Curry had always wanted to team up with Seth, two years his junior.

And for the better part of a decade, Seth, 35, had pushed back.

“I’ve said a few times in the past that I don’t want to be on the...Read more

DURHAM, N.C. — A second ACC championship, this one in dominant fashion, and a first Final Four berth earned Jon Scheyer more stability as Duke’s basketball coach.

Scheyer and the school agreed to a contract extension on Thursday, adding two more years on to his deal so it covers the 2030-31 season, Duke announced.

“Jon’s remarkable ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The plan, Luka Doncic said Thursday after the the Lakers' third day of training camp, is to go "a little bit slower" during these sessions so he doesn't totally tax his body after a summer of playing hoops with his country's national team.

About a month ago, Doncic and Slovenia were eliminated from the 2025 EuroBasket in the ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — The first commit is on the board for the UConn men’s basketball program in its 2026 recruiting class.

Junior County, a 6-foot-4 guard from Wasatch Academy in Utah, made his decision to join the Huskies on Thursday, according to multiple reports. A consensus four-star prospect, County is ranked No. 29 in his class by ...Read more

Napheesa Collier covered a lot of bumpy ground in her lengthy end-of-season statement. Yes, officiating in WNBA games is substandard. Sure, the collective bargaining agreement is about to expire and negotiations could cripple the league's extraordinary popularity.

But let's not bury the lead. It was a comment Collier attributed to WNBA ...Read more

BOCA RATON, Fla. — One preseason waiting game is over for the Miami Heat, with an NBA source confirming to the Sun Sentinel that fourth-year forward Nikola Jovic has agreed to a four-year, $62.4 million extension.

The contract, according to the source, is a straight four years, with no option clause for either side, with the deal fully ...Read more

NEW YORK — Having appeared in 158 games in his last two seasons with the Denver Nuggets, Michael Porter Jr. joins the Nets with durability now part of his identity, a far cry from the health concerns that once defined him.

Two back surgeries cost Porter nearly all of his lone collegiate season at Missouri, dropped his stock in the 2018 NBA ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The contract is signed. The saga is far from over.

Jonathan Kuminga will walk into the Warriors’ facility sometime later this week a much richer man than the last time he set foot on the property. The soon-to-be 23-year-old put pen to paper on a two-year, $46.5 million deal earlier this week, putting an end to the biggest ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jared McCain is, once again, on the road to recovery.

The 76ers announced Wednesday morning that the guard underwent surgery to repair an ulnar collateral ligament tear in his right thumb on Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Dr. Michelle Carlson performed the surgery on McCain.

McCain suffered the injury...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Aaron Gordon telegraphed the prevailing ethos of the Denver Nuggets training camp the day before it began.

Prompted about balancing his focus between offense and defense after a breakout year shooting the 3-pointer, Gordon volleyed back a counterpoint: There will be no balance.

“I’m gonna just turn up on defense,” the power...Read more