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Archive last updated: September 30, 2019 10:00:06 PM EDT - Latest Sports News
- Warriors' Green confident of 6th straight Finals (October 1, 2019, 12:41 AM ET)
- Pierce: More young Americans should play in the NBL (October 1, 2019, 1:27 AM ET)
- LeBron responds to SB 206 signing: Now it's NCAA's 'turn to step up' (September 30, 2019, 11:27 PM ET)
- Washington St. to retire Klay Thompson's No. 1 (September 30, 2019, 11:16 PM ET)
- Klay 'doing fine,' out until at least All-Star break (September 30, 2019, 10:10 PM ET)
- Lillard says retooled Blazers have sights on title (September 30, 2019, 9:06 PM ET)
- Pels hope to keep Zion relaxed with pressure off (September 30, 2019, 8:18 PM ET)
- NBA Media Day: Live quotes and video from around the league (September 30, 2019, 6:10 PM ET)
- Wizards won't rush Wall back from Achilles injury (September 30, 2019, 5:54 PM ET)
- Celtics looking for 'fresh start' after trying season (September 30, 2019, 5:25 PM ET)
- Kawhi unlikely to play in Clips' two Hawaii games (September 30, 2019, 5:02 PM ET)
- Lighter Embiid motivated by letdown in playoffs (September 30, 2019, 4:42 PM ET)
- Bulked-up Porzingis feels 'better than I ever have' (September 30, 2019, 4:34 PM ET)
- Knicks praise new additions despite lack of stars (September 30, 2019, 4:30 PM ET)
- Giannis: Free-agency talk 'disrespectful' to Bucks (September 30, 2019, 4:26 PM ET)
- Fantasy NBA mock draft: 10-team, roto format (September 30, 2019, 4:24 PM ET)
- Westbrook to sit out Rockets' preseason game (September 30, 2019, 1:49 PM ET)
- 76ers' Scott: Should have walked, not fought (September 30, 2019, 1:49 PM ET)
- Lowe: NBA's six most intriguing players (September 30, 2019, 9:09 AM ET)
- Clips' George to miss time; targeting Nov. return (September 29, 2019, 9:34 PM ET)
- Lakers won't 'overdo' LeBron's preseason reps (September 29, 2019, 8:19 PM ET)
- Healthier Kawhi has no limits entering season (September 29, 2019, 7:35 PM ET)
- LeBron James' high school jersey up for auction (September 29, 2019, 7:22 PM ET)
- Lakers 'play physical' as Vogel preaches defense (September 29, 2019, 9:44 AM ET)
- New-look Raptors 'hungry' for another title run (September 29, 2019, 8:22 AM ET)
- Sources: Heat give Spoelstra long-term extension (September 28, 2019, 5:14 PM ET)
- Irving sits out first day of camp, to wear mask (September 28, 2019, 3:44 PM ET)
- Nets' Irving: 'I failed' my Celtics teammates (September 28, 2019, 3:32 PM ET)
- Russ calls Harden pairing 'scary' for rest of NBA (September 28, 2019, 2:07 PM ET)
- If LeBron isn't the best player in the NBA anymore, what is he? (September 28, 2019, 12:22 PM ET)
- LeBron: If not playing through AD, why have him? (September 28, 2019, 10:10 AM ET)
- AD on veiled shot of Pelicans GM: 'I don't care' (September 27, 2019, 7:33 PM ET)
- Butler: Heat perfect spot to change false narrative (September 27, 2019, 7:12 PM ET)
- Walton's focus on Kings amid civil lawsuit (September 27, 2019, 6:38 PM ET)
- Top faces in new places: Whose fantasy value changed the most this summer? (September 27, 2019, 3:57 PM ET)
- KD's focus for season: Health, being teammate (September 27, 2019, 3:51 PM ET)
- Windler's status for start of Cavs' season up in air (September 27, 2019, 3:39 PM ET)
- No timetable on Oladipo's return to Pacers (September 27, 2019, 2:10 PM ET)
- Is Kawhi or Giannis the best basketball player in the world? (September 27, 2019, 10:57 AM ET)
- Lonzo on LaVar: 'It's always love at the end' (September 27, 2019, 9:24 AM ET)
- NBA rankings debate: Which stars are about to crash the top 10? (September 27, 2019, 9:14 AM ET)
- NBA rankings debate: Snubs, surprises and future stars (September 27, 2019, 9:13 AM ET)
- Ranking the best players in the NBA this season, from 100 to 51 (September 27, 2019, 9:12 AM ET)
- Ranking the best players in the NBA this season, from 30 to 11 (September 27, 2019, 9:10 AM ET)
- Ranking the best players in the NBA this season, from 50 to 31 (September 27, 2019, 9:10 AM ET)
- Vote now: Who will be the top players in the NBA this season? (September 27, 2019, 8:51 AM ET)
- Ranking the NBA's best players: Giannis and Kawhi at the very top (September 27, 2019, 8:51 AM ET)
- Lakers lose Kuzma indefinitely due to foot injury (September 27, 2019, 8:29 AM ET)
- Presti on KD: Nothing but positive things to say (September 26, 2019, 8:14 PM ET)
- NBA 2K League announces Shanghai team for 2020 season (September 26, 2019, 7:58 PM ET)
- Grizzlies' Melton out 4-8 weeks with back injury (September 26, 2019, 6:49 PM ET)
- Pels add Teresa Weatherspoon to coaching staff (September 26, 2019, 5:35 PM ET)
- Wiz GM: 2019-20 about 'development,' not wins (September 26, 2019, 5:27 PM ET)
- G League to experiment with single foul shot (September 26, 2019, 4:44 PM ET)
- Second-year fantasy basketball breakout candidates (September 26, 2019, 9:50 AM ET)
- 76ers' Simmons: Fell in love with the game again (September 25, 2019, 6:46 PM ET)
- Nets' Irving suffers facial fracture in pickup game (September 25, 2019, 6:20 PM ET)
- Fantasy NBA mock draft: 10-team, head-to-head points (September 25, 2019, 4:46 PM ET)
- Feeling better, Magic's Fultz has high hopes (September 25, 2019, 3:47 PM ET)
- Smith denies being paid to play for NC State (September 25, 2019, 3:31 PM ET)
- 'RIP my mentions': What it's like to share a name with a famous athlete (September 25, 2019, 9:57 AM ET)
- Former Texas Tech player Emmett shot, killed (September 25, 2019, 3:31 AM ET)
- Sources: Iggy to stay away as Grizz look for trade (September 25, 2019, 2:58 AM ET)
- Wizards' Brown out about a month with hurt calf (September 25, 2019, 2:57 AM ET)
- Bucks fined $50K for talk of extending Giannis (September 25, 2019, 2:54 AM ET)
- Kyrie elbowed in face; no plans for KD this year (September 25, 2019, 2:51 AM ET)
- Orlando sign former NBL Rookie of the Year Humphries (September 24, 2019, 8:40 PM ET)
- LaMelo Ball, Hampton draw scouts to Australia (September 24, 2019, 7:53 PM ET)
- NBA mock draft: LaMelo Ball is now a real No. 1 pick contender (September 24, 2019, 7:35 PM ET)
- Fantasy basketball: Auction draft tips and strategies (September 24, 2019, 7:34 PM ET)
- Is Zion Williamson already a top-50 NBA star? (September 24, 2019, 12:10 PM ET)
- Lowe: Brooklyn Nets going gray for fresh new look (September 23, 2019, 12:08 PM ET)
- Fantasy hoops: Catching up on the wildest offseason in memory (September 23, 2019, 10:06 AM ET)
- Rivers: Clips knew OKC wanted to break team up (September 23, 2019, 2:16 AM ET)
- NBA board passes stricter tampering measures (September 21, 2019, 7:04 AM ET)
- Carter, 42, to play swan song season with Hawks (September 20, 2019, 6:44 PM ET)
- Why teams may be apprehensive about enforcing tampering (September 20, 2019, 5:33 PM ET)
- Sources: Rockets, Sefolosha reach 1-year deal (September 20, 2019, 3:58 PM ET)
- Six NBA rookies most likely to outperform this season (September 20, 2019, 11:51 AM ET)
- Duke frosh Stanley breaks Zion's vertical record (September 20, 2019, 9:02 AM ET)
- U.S. stays No. 1 in FIBA rankings after losses (September 20, 2019, 6:45 AM ET)
- The LeBron James 17 shoe is here ... and it's unlike anything we've seen before (September 19, 2019, 7:34 PM ET)
- NBA bonus watch: Supermaxes and incentives in 2019-20 (September 19, 2019, 4:52 PM ET)
- G League will hold in-season tournament (September 19, 2019, 1:48 PM ET)
- Curry commits to Olympics: 'That is the plan' (September 18, 2019, 9:23 PM ET)
- Wizards' Thomas has surgery, out 6-8 weeks (September 18, 2019, 8:51 PM ET)
- The three superstars who defined this NBA decade (September 18, 2019, 7:54 PM ET)
- Holiday: Pels have different vibe under Griffin (September 18, 2019, 4:24 PM ET)
- NBA approves sale of Nets, Barclays to Tsai (September 18, 2019, 1:42 PM ET)
- Athletes' signature moves that changed the game (September 18, 2019, 10:12 AM ET)
- Source: Ingram, Ball full participants in workouts (September 18, 2019, 8:30 AM ET)
- NBA 2K partners with league for new championship (September 17, 2019, 1:19 PM ET)
- Ranking the eight best NBA games of the 2010s (September 17, 2019, 12:50 PM ET)
- Fires! Floods! Bees! On-field fire at Colts-Titans is the latest stadium mishap (September 17, 2019, 9:12 AM ET)
- Jordan, other NBA owners enter tequila business (September 16, 2019, 8:18 PM ET)
- Fultz, 2 others have options picked up by Magic (September 16, 2019, 3:58 PM ET)
- The absolute best shooters of this NBA decade (September 16, 2019, 11:35 AM ET)
- Sources: Nets tab ex-Turner exec Levy as CEO (September 16, 2019, 11:31 AM ET)
- Rubio, Gasol lead Spain to 2nd World Cup title (September 16, 2019, 2:16 AM ET)
- NBA mulling $10M fine for tampering, per memo (September 16, 2019, 2:15 AM ET)
- Team USA falls at FIBA World Cup: 7th-place finish is worst ever (September 15, 2019, 11:45 AM ET)
- As it happened: France come from behind to break Boomers hearts (September 15, 2019, 6:11 AM ET)
- NBA agents reject NCAA's certification proposal (September 14, 2019, 9:38 PM ET)
- Jordan to sell portion of Hornets to 2 investors (September 14, 2019, 8:35 PM ET)
- Serbia coach resigns after finishing 5th at Cup (September 14, 2019, 2:45 PM ET)
- Raptors launch branded hijabs in fan outreach (September 14, 2019, 2:16 PM ET)
- Will superstars save Team USA next summer? (September 14, 2019, 11:36 AM ET)
- U.S. tops Poland to wrap up 7th place at FIBA (September 14, 2019, 10:30 AM ET)
- Pop: Team USA critics are 'immature, arrogant' (September 14, 2019, 10:30 AM ET)
- Kobe: Titles no longer automatic for Team USA (September 14, 2019, 9:52 AM ET)
- 3-time NBA champion Livingston retires at 34 (September 14, 2019, 9:23 AM ET)
- Pelicans add defensive guru Bzdelik to staff (September 13, 2019, 5:24 PM ET)
- Australia and New Zealand at the FIBA World Cup - Latest rosters, schedules and news (September 13, 2019, 10:11 AM ET)
- Boomers must regroup for shot at bronze medal (September 13, 2019, 10:01 AM ET)
- M. Gasol on verge of pairing WCup, NBA titles (September 13, 2019, 9:53 AM ET)
- Will Dwight Howard solve the Lakers' big problem? (September 13, 2019, 9:42 AM ET)
- As it happened; Australia vs Spain, FIBA World Cup Semifinal (September 13, 2019, 7:09 AM ET)
- FIBA World Cup: Nigeria got what they came for, a ticket to Tokyo (September 13, 2019, 5:02 AM ET)
- Source: Pistons agree to deal with Joe Johnson (September 12, 2019, 4:26 PM ET)
- Colangelo won't forget U.S. World Cup pullouts (September 12, 2019, 4:18 PM ET)
- Team USA hits historic low at FIBA World Cup (September 12, 2019, 12:28 PM ET)
- U.S. falls, guaranteed worst major-tourney finish (September 12, 2019, 12:26 PM ET)
- NBA is China's favorite sport, but when will the next Yao Ming arrive? (September 12, 2019, 11:08 AM ET)
- Gasol the key to Boomers guaranteeing a medal (September 12, 2019, 4:13 AM ET)
- LeBron's 'Taco Tuesday' trademark filing denied (September 11, 2019, 11:31 PM ET)
- How Team USA's roster issues ended a gold-medal run (September 11, 2019, 9:22 PM ET)
- Counterfeit NBA title rings seized at airport (September 11, 2019, 5:02 PM ET)
- Boomers winning ugly on road to Rio redemption (September 11, 2019, 4:36 PM ET)
- Team USA weaknesses exposed in loss to France (September 11, 2019, 3:13 PM ET)
- USA's 58-game win streak with NBAers snapped (September 11, 2019, 2:19 PM ET)
- Grizzlies make Ivey NBA's 9th female assistant (September 11, 2019, 1:43 PM ET)
- Lakers claim Giannis' younger brother, Kostas (September 11, 2019, 1:42 PM ET)
- Warriors' 'Strength in Numbers' gives way to 'Faith in Youngsters' (September 11, 2019, 1:41 PM ET)
- Australia into World Cup semis after Mills' 24 (September 11, 2019, 12:10 PM ET)
- Live Australia vs. Czech Republic, FIBA World Cup quarterfinal (September 11, 2019, 8:33 AM ET)
- Team USA's Tatum game-time decision vs. France (September 11, 2019, 2:23 AM ET)
- Clips' arena deal to include $100M for Inglewood (September 10, 2019, 6:50 PM ET)
- Odell Beckham Jr. isn't the only player to wear expensive accessories in-game (September 10, 2019, 5:40 PM ET)
- Struggling Lopez needs to make a splash for Team USA (September 10, 2019, 2:48 PM ET)
- Cavs play-by-play announcer McLeod dies at 67 (September 10, 2019, 1:48 PM ET)
- Argentina sinks Serbia; Spain also reaches semis (September 10, 2019, 12:50 PM ET)
- Durant: 'Some days I hate the circus of the NBA' (September 10, 2019, 12:37 PM ET)
- MJ pledges $1M for hurricane relief in Bahamas (September 10, 2019, 11:37 AM ET)
- 'Ninja-style headwear' no longer allowed in NBA (September 9, 2019, 7:38 PM ET)
- The Boomers' road to a medal is now set (September 9, 2019, 4:48 PM ET)
- U.S. beats Brazil to reach World Cup quarters (September 9, 2019, 3:51 PM ET)
- What can Brown do for Team USA? Just about everything (September 9, 2019, 3:44 PM ET)
- Tatum practices, still out with sprained ankle (September 9, 2019, 11:41 AM ET)
- Tatum out vs. Brazil; Walker plays despite illness (September 9, 2019, 9:30 AM ET)
- Lowe: The unusual path of new Raptors assistant coach Brittni Donaldson (September 9, 2019, 9:02 AM ET)
- Sixers F Scott gets in fight with Eagles fans (September 8, 2019, 5:15 PM ET)
- Team USA struggling to put up points in China (September 8, 2019, 12:44 PM ET)
- Nigeria, Iran clinch Olympic berths; Serbia loses (September 8, 2019, 12:33 PM ET)
- Wade plans to work out with LeBron before games (September 8, 2019, 10:52 AM ET)
- U.S. nears quarters after rout of Giannis, Greece (September 8, 2019, 9:50 AM ET)
- Team USA upset with Antetokounmpos after foul (September 8, 2019, 9:49 AM ET)
- Zion unveils Air Jordan 34, thrills fans with dunks (September 8, 2019, 12:53 AM ET)
- Sister of Clips' Leonard charged in deadly robbery (September 7, 2019, 10:57 PM ET)
- Popovich's plan stops Giannis and Greece (September 7, 2019, 3:50 PM ET)
- Duke probe finds no evidence Nike paid Zion (September 7, 2019, 9:37 AM ET)
- Boomers unimpressive against Dominican Republic (September 7, 2019, 7:11 AM ET)
- Smart (quad) planning to return for Greece tilt (September 7, 2019, 12:38 AM ET)
- Team USA game plans for Giannis and Greece (September 7, 2019, 12:32 AM ET)
- Sikma's HOF speech: 'It's time' for NBA in Seattle (September 6, 2019, 11:25 PM ET)
- 'Always about love': Divac leads Hall inductees (September 6, 2019, 11:11 PM ET)
- Ayton, Hield helm relief efforts for Bahamas (September 6, 2019, 4:27 PM ET)
- Poland, Serbia on cusp of World Cup quarterfinals (September 6, 2019, 11:04 AM ET)
- Japan's Hachimura (knee) out rest of World Cup (September 5, 2019, 11:18 PM ET)
- Trump presents Medal of Freedom to Jerry West (September 5, 2019, 8:13 PM ET)
- How the Boomers won a brutal chess game vs. Lithuania (September 5, 2019, 6:22 PM ET)
- LeBron rallies support for Fair Pay to Play bill (September 5, 2019, 3:53 PM ET)
- Team USA wins by 53, next faces Giannis, Greece (September 5, 2019, 11:52 AM ET)
- As it happened: Clutch Mills lifts Boomers to win over Lithuania (September 5, 2019, 9:33 AM ET)
- Team USA's Smart day-to-day with quad strain (September 5, 2019, 9:09 AM ET)
- Lowe: Is a Big Two better than a Big Three for NBA teams? (September 4, 2019, 8:48 PM ET)
- Lakers' Howard blessed after hitting 'rock bottom' (September 4, 2019, 5:45 PM ET)
- Tatum out at least next two Team USA games (September 4, 2019, 5:12 PM ET)
- The Boomers and Lithuania: A rivalry forged over two decades (September 4, 2019, 4:20 PM ET)
- Wizards lottery pick Hachimura leads Japan's basketball renaissance (September 4, 2019, 2:24 PM ET)
- City offers $400K settlement to Bucks' Brown (September 4, 2019, 1:19 PM ET)
- Nets' Kurucs arrested in alleged domestic case (September 3, 2019, 9:20 PM ET)
- Boomers struggling to find World Cup consistency (September 3, 2019, 6:52 PM ET)
- Chris Paul on his body transformation and Body issue cover shoot (September 3, 2019, 5:25 PM ET)
- Brazil coach slams Giannis after beating Greece (September 3, 2019, 4:39 PM ET)
- Team USA beats Turkey in OT, Tatum injured (September 3, 2019, 3:44 PM ET)
- Tatum sprains ankle in OT of Team USA's win (September 3, 2019, 2:20 PM ET)
- Phoenix Mercury honor women of inspiration through custom sneakers (September 3, 2019, 9:52 AM ET)
- As it happened: Australia made to work against Senegal (September 3, 2019, 5:32 AM ET)
- Sources: 3 teams to work out BIG3 MVP Johnson (September 2, 2019, 5:17 PM ET)
- Kemba Walker is enjoying his time in the spotlight (September 2, 2019, 12:22 PM ET)
- Walker, Tatum pace Team USA in FIBA victory (September 2, 2019, 9:08 AM ET)
- What to expect in 2020 NBA free agency (September 1, 2019, 9:27 AM ET)
- Would this Team USA squad be an NBA title contender? (September 1, 2019, 9:23 AM ET)
- As it happened: Australia dominate Canada in opening World Cup clash (September 1, 2019, 5:53 AM ET)