MINNEAPOLIS — The NBA tracks a statistic known as “gravity.” This measures how much attention a player commands from the defense, with and without the ball. It’s a metric that demonstrates a player’s influence on opening things up for teammates.

Anthony Edwards posted the NBA’s second-highest gravity rating last season, behind only ...Read more

Lamar Odom is setting up shop on OnlyFans, making him the first former NBA player to publicly join the platform.

“I’ve lived a lot of my life in the public eye, but trust me, there’s still a side of Lamar Odom you haven’t seen,” he said in a statement to People. “Joining OnlyFans gives me a chance to connect with my fans on a whole ...Read more

NEW YORK — Basketball announcer Ernie Johnson is stepping away from “Inside the NBA” after almost 37 years behind the anchor desk.

The 70-year-old broadcaster says that the current NBA season will be his last one working alongside Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith. Johnson said health is part of the reason for his ...Read more

If you need permission to watch "The Permission" — aka Rhyne Howard of the Atlanta Dream — try to keep her team's WNBA championship dreams alive, Flavor Flav's got you covered.

The rapper issued signed permission slips Tuesday on social media for everyone to be excused from work on Thursday to watch Game 6 of the WNBA Finals. The next ...Read more

CHICAGO — When David Mirković thought back to the Illinois men’s basketball team’s postseason run in the spring, his favorite experience off the court was deboarding the plane at Willard Airport after the Elite Eight win over Iowa.

The Illini had just made their first Final Four in 21 years, and people came out en masse to celebrate the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The news that Anthony Edwards will miss up to two months because of a procedure on his troublesome right knee is a lot of things, but first and foremost it’s a bummer.

Let’s get that out of the way before we get into any second-guessing or possible silver linings.

It’s a joy to watch Ant play basketball, it was an ...Read more

BOSTON — Jayson Tatum hit an overtime buzzer-beater to cap a wild, roller-coaster 125-124 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday at TD Garden.

Tatum scored 40 points — including a career-high 18 free throws on 22 attempts — to rescue Boston after it coughed up a four-point lead in the final four seconds of regulation.

After trailing ...Read more

NEW YORK — Ahead of tipoff against the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday, Knicks head coach Mike Brown reflected on his time as an assistant coach on the Golden State Warriors’ championship staff in 2018. It was the season after the Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant-led Warriors won it all in 2017. The Dubs lost on their ring night and dropped two of ...Read more

DENVER — She’s trying her darnedest not to put boo and boo together. But every time Nikola Jokic opens his mouth lately, Nicole Werner wonders if he wants the heck out of Denver.

“I get that he’s not, like, the lovable goofball anymore,” Werner, a longtime Nuggets fan from Littleton, told me Tuesday. “He’s become just kind of like...Read more

Hubert Davis is back in basketball.

The former North Carolina men’s basketball coach has joined TNT Sports as a regular college basketball contributor, Warner Bros. Discovery announced in a release Tuesday afternoon.

This will be Davis’ second television stint in his career. He previously worked as a college basketball analyst for ESPN for...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Muggsy Bogues thought he was going to videotape an interview for an upcoming kids’ basketball event.

The Charlotte Hornets, though, had something different in mind.

On Saturday morning, the Hornets invited Bogues to Spectrum Center and surprised him with the news that he will become just the third player in franchise ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and could miss up to two months.

The news, which was first reported by ESPN, comes just four games into the 2026-27 NBA season, with the Wolves off to a 3-1 start after winning their first three games.

Edwards scored a game-high 47 points in ...Read more

DETROIT — Former Detroit Piston Malik Beasley has reportedly agreed to plead guilty in a federal betting and bribery case.

Beasley, 29, will enter the plea Dec. 9 in a federal court in Brooklyn, according to online court records.

U.S. Attorneys alleged Beasley deliberately manipulated his statistics in at least four games to benefit gamblers...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Ballhalla has always been a fortress for the Golden State Valkyries to defend. But never quite like they defended on Monday at Chase Center.

In a pivotal Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, the Valkyries shut down the Atlanta Dream's offense in a 64-55 win. It was the Dream’s lowest scoring total by nine points this season – their ...Read more