LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas' basketball players, who were planning on returning from their hometowns to campus July 20 for in-person workouts with KU coaches and trainers per NCAA rules, may be putting their travel plans on hold.

KU coach Bill Self is leaning toward pushing the report date back to Aug. 1 because of the recent spike in numbers of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Even though nearly six months had passed since a surgeon repaired both of his shoulders, Paul George felt betrayed by the little rust he showed during his Los Angeles Clippers debut last fall.

George scored 33 points in 24 minutes on Nov. 14, then needed only 20 minutes to score 37 two nights later. Yet the points, and the ease ...Read more

The Miami Heat held their first team workout since mid-March on Friday, with the session coming in the absences of center Bam Adebayo and guard Kendrick Nunn.

Coach Erik Spoelstra declined to say which players were with the team for the session on a makeshift court in a ballroom at Disney World, but guard Goran Dragic noted in his post-practice...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Stan Johnson was a child when he faced the wrong end of a rifle during political upheaval that tore apart his homeland, the West African nation of Liberia. The experience has stayed with Johnson, who was hired in March to coach Loyola Marymount's men's basketball team, but it didn't lead him to live in fear. It has given him ...Read more

The Magic walked into a carpeted hotel ballroom Thursday in Orlando, Fla., outfitted with two NBA courts and four baskets, and made a little news.

Even though they never played 5-on-5, even though never did any drills that required contact and even though they didn't travel far to get there, the Magic became the first NBA team to hold an actual...Read more

He hasn't posted yet on TripAdvisor.

But Meyers Leonard certainly will have ample free time amid the Miami Heat's quarantine life at Disney World.

Required to remain in his room until recording two negative coronavirus tests after Wednesday's arrival, Leonard took to Instagram Live to offer an initial review of his home away from home for the ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Zion Williamson's stepfather requested and accepted a $400,000 payment from a marketing agent in October 2018 prior to his stepson's Duke career, according to a sworn affidavit.

The affidavit was filed by attorneys for Gina Ford, Williamson's former marketing agent, in a federal court in Greensboro on Thursday and obtained by ...Read more

ATLANTA -- U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who also co-owns the Dream, released a letter Tuesday objecting to the WNBA's plans to honor and participate in the "Black Lives Matter" movement during its coming season.

Loeffler's comments were met with backlash and calls for her to be removed from the league.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution spoke with ...Read more

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson is not backing down from his defense of Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson, who apologized Tuesday for posting anti-Semitic passages attributed to Hitler.

DeSean Jackson posted the offensive content Monday on an Instagram story. The next day, the Eagles released a statement calling the messages "...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Kyle Kuzma was the Lakers' only young player to escape being part of the cost to acquire Anthony Davis last summer, but the adjustment to his new reality was significant.

During the course of this season, Kuzma's minutes, points, field-goal percentage and 3-point percentage were all lower than in each of his two previous seasons....Read more

The Miami Heat will maintain a fully operational executive suite at AmericanAirlines Arena while the team competes in the "bubble" type setting in Disney World during the NBA's planned resumption.

Heat President Pat Riley and general manager Andy Elisburg will remain in South Florida, with the NBA draft and free agency following almost ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid was asked Tuesday what he wants in terms of his role in 76ers' offense during the NBA restart at Walt Disney World.

The three-time All-Star, who's arguably the NBA's best center, said that "should not even be a question."

"I know what I'm capable of, and I know what my teammates think of me," Embiid said during a ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan parted ways after the 1997-98 season, severing ties after winning six titles in eight years.

Why both sides called it quits was a topic of intense debate for decades. But while the reason for the Bulls' dissolution is still argued, the results remain clear -- the Bulls dynasty ended and the search...Read more

A premise of Disney World is sensory overload. Yes, enough to drive you Goofy.

Now, about to head into relative isolation at Disney, a primary concern of the Miami Heat is somewhat the opposite, avoiding sensory deprivation amid an NBA setting that requires quarantining, social distancing and potentially more than three months of living out of ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Mike Scott called it a bad list.

The 76ers reserve forward brought one of the NBA's plans using his platform in the Orlando restart to bring awareness to social issues.

"They have us some names and phrases to put on the back of our jerseys. That was terrible," he said during Monday's Zoom call with reporters. "It was a just a ...Read more