HARTFORD, Conn. — It’s been just over three months since Dan Hurley thrilled UConn fans with the news that he’d be staying with the Huskies, and turning down a reported six-year, $70 million contract offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers.

Hurley cited family, the chance to build on something special at UConn, and the desire to remain a ...Read more

BOSTON — The 2023-24 Celtics were so deep, so talented, so well-coached that they played more than a third of the season without their third-best player and never blinked.

Starting center Kristaps Porzingis sat out 25 games during the regular season – some due to injury, others for rest. Boston won 21 of them.

In the playoffs, Porzingis ...Read more

Three days ago, A’ja Wilson entered Barclays Center in a walking boot and was unable to assist her team in an eventual loss to the Liberty.

Fast forward to Wednesday night, Wilson became the WNBA’s single-season scoring leader while scoring 27 points in a win against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.

Wilson entered Wednesday’s matchup...Read more

A’ja Wilson continued rewriting WNBA history in the Aces’ 86-75 win over the Indiana Fever on Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

The star forward led the Aces (23-13) with 27 points and 12 rebounds, breaking the league’s single-season scoring record with her 941st point in the final 30 seconds of the second quarter.

The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Even if the rebuilding Nets find themselves at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings next season, there are still plenty of competitors on the roster who have much to play for beyond pride. Entering what is expected to be a lost season in Brooklyn, these five players should have more motivation than most.

Honorable mention...Read more

The Aces and WNBA filed separate motions on Wednesday to dismiss Los Angeles Sparks player Dearica Hamby’s federal lawsuit against them.

Hamby’s lawsuit, which was filed a month ago in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, alleged “repeated acts of intimidation, discrimination and retaliation” leading up to and following the former Aces ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert is being criticized by some of the league's players and their union for what she said — and didn't say — in response to a question about "menacing" and "uncharitable" comments made by fans on social media regarding players like Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and Angel Reese of the Chicago...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky are on the clock to rethink their end-of-season strategy after star rookie Angel Reese suffered a season-ending wrist injury Friday.

Losing Reese, who was leading the WNBA in rebounding (13.1 per game) and the Sky in minutes (32.5), is clearly a significant blow. The 6-foot-3 forward had started all 34 games before ...Read more

Once again, the Minnesota Lynx won a game by turning on the second-half jets.

In a 76-64 victory over host Atlanta on Tuesday night in College Park, Ga., the Lynx outscored the Dream 24-10 from late in the third quarter until Bridget Carleton hit a three-pointer with 3:27 left in the fourth, turning a tie score into a 14-point Lynx lead.

Four ...Read more

BOSTON — The Celtics’ long-awaited 18th NBA championship was a weight lifted for franchise centerpieces Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, who’d watched the team fall short in the conference finals or NBA finals in five of the previous seven seasons.

“But another burden,” veteran guard Jrue Holiday said less than an hour after Boston’s ...Read more

The Lakers will honor late franchise icon Jerry West with jersey bands throughout the 2024-25 season.

The organization announced on Tuesday that the team will wear commemorative bands with West’s No. 44 on the left shoulder of all their jerseys this season.

West, who died in June at 86 years old, spent all 14 seasons (1960-74) of his ...Read more

WASHINGTON – Dan Hurley and a few returning members of the UConn men’s basketball team looked somewhat comfortable as they filed into the East Room of the White House on Tuesday. It was only about 15 months ago that Hurley walked shoulder-to-shoulder with President Joe Biden into the same room, and saw his team standing on the same risers ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NBA’s proposed operating budget has increased by nearly 8% year-over-year, and the league’s Board of Governors (BoG) were not adequately briefed on the candidates to replace Larry Tanenbaum as BoG chair ahead of Tuesday’s election, the New York Daily News has learned.

These concerns were highlighted in a letter Knicks ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Christian Wood will not be available for all of training camp, the Lakers announcing that he'll miss at least the next eight weeks because of more knee problems.

Wood underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Monday, the Lakers said. He also had the knee operated on last March.

For Wood, the injury delays the comeback ...Read more

CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky had a simple goal ahead of their game Friday against the Los Angeles Sparks: Feed Kamilla Cardoso.

Coach Teresa Weatherspoon set the expectation. Without Cameron Brink on the court, the Sparks didn’t have the size or the speed to match Cardoso in the paint. Guard Chennedy Carter reiterated the marching orders as ...Read more

MIAMI — While summer league can offer a taste of the potential of a team’s youth, it also has to be viewed in the limited spectrum of competition solely against other young players. Unlike the NBA, there are not a series of minicamps and OTAs to truly take stock of the fit among the big boys.

So the last view of Pelle Larsson was a ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The College of Alameda has hired former NBA point guard Gary Payton to be its next head men’s basketball coach, the school announced in a public report on Friday.

The Hall of Fame point guard is an Oakland native and played high school basketball at Skyline High in North Oakland. He was drafted in 1990 to the Seattle ...Read more

CHICAGO — Angel Reese’s record-setting rookie season is over after the Chicago Sky rookie suffered a wrist injury during a victory Friday night.

Reese made the announcement on social media Saturday evening. The Sky earlier in the day had listed her as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Dallas Wings at Wintrust Arena.

The All-Star...Read more