PHILADELPHIA — The march toward the 2026-27 season has been unlike any other in 76ers history. In one offseason, the organization hired Mike Gansey as president of basketball operations, traded for Jaylen Brown, and signed LeBron James.

That series of events has created quite a bit of excitement in Philly. Ticket prices were jacked up at ...Read more

DENVER — Stuck at an impasse in negotiations, the Nuggets have chosen to pass on a Peyton Watson contract extension.

At the very least, they needed to make sure they didn’t lose their top priority of the offseason for nothing in return.

The Nuggets are sending Watson to Cleveland for a 2031 first-round pick and a 2032 second-rounder, a ...Read more

The Dallas Wings announced that Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 WNBA draft, will be out for the rest of the season after undergoing an arthroscopic procedure on her right knee.

Before the team’s game against the Golden State Valkyries on Aug. 7, Fudd experienced knee soreness and sat out of an abundance of caution. She will not ...Read more

After playing 15 WNBA seasons and leading the charge for the league’s transformative collective bargaining agreement, Nneka Ogwumike is calling it a career.

On Wednesday, the 11-time WNBA All-Star and longtime WNBPA President announced her intentions to retire at the end of this season.

“I’ve learned there’s power in knowing when to ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — If the Kentucky-Wichita State men’s basketball game at Rupp Arena on Nov. 27 lives up to the two previous meetings between the Wildcats and Shockers, then fans will watch a classic.

Word that WSU (24-12 last season) is the final addition to the 2026-27 UK men’s hoops schedule is welcome news. The Shockers will add some ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — United.

Fewer than 24 hours after Jeanie Buss publicly contested the Buss Family Trust’s vote to sell the remaining 17.8% of the family’s stake in the Lakers, the other five Buss siblings (Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey and Jesse), who voted to sell to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner, released a statement Tuesday afternoon united in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For more than four decades, the Lakers were a family-run business. The sibling rivalries still remain.

Jeanie Buss is fighting back after her siblings reportedly voted to sell the family’s remaining stake in the Lakers on Monday. The team’s governor, Buss sent a letter through her attorney to her brothers’ attorneys ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The NBA investigation into whether payments from Clippers team sponsors to star player Kawhi Leonard were a prohibited attempt to circumvent the salary cap has moved to a contentious discussion phase between the team and the league, people with knowledge of the case not authorized to discuss it publicly confirmed to The Los ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Buss family has agreed to sell its remaining ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers, approximately 18%, to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner, who reached an agreement to buy the franchise at a $12.5 billion valuation last week, according to multiple reports Monday afternoon.

“We have decided as a family to sell the remaining ...Read more

There were no signs of the lucky orange clutch as designer Jordyn Woods and New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns tied the knot in a star-studded Malibu weekend wedding — but it had apparently already done its part.

Just two months after the Knicks clinched their first NBA championship in 53 years, Towns wed his own lucky charm Saturday ...Read more

MIAMI — Norman Powell wasn’t wrong. He was right.

There was a means where the Heat could have brought him back while also bringing in Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The Miami Heat weren’t wrong. They were right.

As the Giannis negotiations continued in June, there was an at-all-costs reality to the process.

So, yes, both truths can be correct....Read more

NEW YORK — The debate over transgender women competing in elite women’s sports has descended into a full-blown political firestorm.

The latest instigator was a now-viral interview by Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who told ESPN in a July 21 article that she wants to “protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The problem with most conspiracy theories is they assume a level of intelligence, cooperation, discretion and selflessness that is completely at odds with the track record of large groups of humans. There may only be five people on planet Earth who possess the requisite skill set, let alone five who share a motivation to plot ...Read more

STORRS, Conn. — Oskar Giltay had seen the videos on social media, the 30-, 60- or 90-second windows into Dan Hurley’s intense, volatile persona. He knew he wanted to play for the most successful coach in college basketball right now, but he wasn’t entirely sure what would be in store when he left Stanford and transferred to UConn.

Now he ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Life and death have a funny way of telling us what matters, because so little of what we do does, but what’s important is that we do it.

On Thursday in Dallas, friends turned enemies turned human beings gathered to celebrate a man whose contributions to a city, and a game, are difficult to quantify. The celebration of ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Assuming good health, we know who Kentucky’s starting quarterback will be when the Wildcats kick off the Will Stein coaching era against Youngstown State on Sept. 5.

Notre Dame transfer Kenny Minchey gets glowing reviews from UK’s new head coach.

“Tangibles, he’s really accurate. He throws on time. He’s got great ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Mark Walter said he loved owning the Lakers but decided recently it was time to sell.

Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner wanted to own an NBA franchise and had the money for a big purchase.

The framework for a deal was consummated in a matter of days, Iger said, although the sale needs to be approved by the NBA Board of Governors.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dennis Schröder and Jeff Peterson are reunited, and Tre Mann is gone.

The Charlotte Hornets acquired Schröder and cash considerations from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Tre Mann, league sources confirmed to the Charlotte Observer on Friday. The move brings Schröder back together with Peterson, the Hornets’ president of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The NBA, like a lot of fans, thinks the Timberwolves are going to be among the most entertaining teams to watch next season.

In the full 2026-27 schedule the league put out Thursday, the new-look Wolves, with Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball as the starting backcourt, are slated for 27 nationally televised games across the league...Read more