HARTFORD, Conn. -- First, the best possible news: Patrick Ewing is feeling better. And he'd like a word with you.

"Things are going fine, I'm doing well," Ewing told The Courant in a wide-ranging interview, two months after being hospitalized with COVID-19. "Just like everyone who has had it, I would say everyone needs to be safe, and then you ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The college decision is in for five-star center Moussa Cisse, and it's not the choice that was expected coming into the summer.

Cisse -- a 6-foot-10 prospect from the West African nation of Guinea -- announced his commitment to Memphis on Wednesday, picking the Tigers over fellow finalists Kentucky, Florida State, Georgetown, ...Read more

The Storm circled around coach Gary Kloppenburg, and for a few seconds, Breanna Stewart felt out of place.

Because she's been absent from basketball for so long, sometimes she struggles with the most mundane procedures.

"We're big on routines," said Stewart, who missed the 2019 WNBA season due to an Achilles injury. "The first day (of training...Read more

The rhythm of a disjointed NBA season has at least one member of the league feeling a bit less neighborly toward Jimmy Butler.

That pounding headache? Turns out, according to a report on TNT's studio show, it was the Miami Heat All-Star getting his dribble on amid quarantine at Disney World.

According to Yahoo Sports reporter Chris Haynes ...Read more

It's a time full of upheaval and acclimation in the WNBA: The truncated 22-game regular season will be played in a "bubble" at IMG Academy when it tips off July 25 and won't feature a slew of players who are sitting out due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic or to focus on social justice activism.

But if there's a team relatively ...Read more

For some WNBA players, a strictly quarantined season, a global pandemic and social unrest were reasons to pass. For Candace Parker, those were reasons to play.

"Basketball has been something that I've always leaned on my entire career, my entire life, really, when things aren't going well," Parker said Tuesday from the WNBA's bubble location in...Read more

When the NBA season resumes at Walt Disney World, Jimmy Butler will be one of the few players without a social justice message on the back of his jersey. And the Miami Heat All-Star is hoping he won't have to wear his last name on his jersey either.

Just the No. 22.

"I hope that my last name doesn't go on there, as well, just because I love ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky coach John Calipari expressed confidence on Tuesday that the NCAA will rule transfer Olivier Sarr eligible to play this coming season. But he added that the high-profile nature of the decision is a reason the NCAA has yet to announce its decision.

"We feel confident," Calipari said on a Zoom teleconference. "But you ...Read more

After four months with no pro sports games, Draymond Green renewing his feud with Charles Barkley on TV in a battle of basketball's loudest and proudest may be just what entertainment-starved sports fans need right about now.

TNT is delivering the two adversaries to us -- as well as other panelists -- beginning next Monday, July 20, with the ...Read more

Ben Simmons was asked Tuesday how much he expects things to change.

Does the 76ers All-Star still expect to have the ball in his hands as a point forward after being moved from point guard?

"It's basketball," he joked. "You've got to get the ball."

That's true, but Sixers coach Brett Brown said Monday that Shake Milton was the starting point ...Read more

During a conference call with reporters shortly after the Chicago Bulls' 2019-20 season ended abruptly last month, executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas expressed both concern about his new team facing a near nine-month layoff between games and confidence that the NBA would find a way for the eight teams not ...Read more

Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook said he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Westbrook made the announcement Monday morning on Twitter, saying he tested positive before the Rockets left Houston to resume the NBA season at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida.

"I tested positive for covid-19 prior to my team's departure to ...Read more

His beard a little longer, his head covered by a blue "L.A." hat, Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard sat in front of a webcam and related how returning to play after the most unusual break in NBA history felt like gearing up following any other offseason.

Time off would be followed by light workouts, practices, preseason games and, ...Read more

As a point guard, Ben Simmons is a two-time NBA All-Star.

That's impressive considering this is the former Rookie of the Year's third season. Yet, the 6-foot-10, 250-pounder is at his best playing point forward.

Traditional post players can't guard him because he's too athletic. He's also too big and strong for wings to defend. Simmons' play ...Read more