Basketball

Diggins-Smith during a WNBA preseason game in 2018; she later said she played the whole season pregnant

Enes Kanter: The Athletes of the WNBA Are Fighting for Equality. We in the NBA Need to Fight Beside Them

Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter on respecting the women of the WNBA and o...

Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter on respecting the women of the WNBA and other leagues

Kobe Bryant during a game against the Houston Rockets on April 10, 2016.

'He Was Going to Do Great Things.' Why Many Believed the Best Was Ahead of Kobe Bryant

Jerry West saw something the other basketball mavens didn't. Everyone aroun...

Jerry West saw something the other basketball mavens didn't. Everyone around the league was intrigued by the slender high school senior with NBA genes and confidence to spare. But could Kobe Bryant really go directly...

Retired NBA star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, watch an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks on December 21, 2019 at Barclays Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

Teenage Basketball Players and Coaches Among Those Who Died in Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant

A helicopter crash outside Los Angeles on Sunday killed the basketball lege...

A helicopter crash outside Los Angeles on Sunday killed the basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people who were flying to a basketball tournament. All nine people aboard the helicopter...

Kobe Bryant Had a Singular Impact on His Game and the World

Bryant died in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles on Sunday, along with hi...

Bryant died in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles on Sunday, along with his daughter Gianna

Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers during a game against the Washington Wizards in 2015.

Kobe Bryant, Daughter Gianna Among 9 Dead in Helicopter Crash. Here's What to Know

He was 41 years old

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2017, file photo, Minnesota Lynx's Maya Moore, left, shoots against Indiana Fever's Jazmon Gwathmey during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis. Moore will sit out a second straight WNBA season in 2020 to continue her push for criminal justice reform.

WNBA Star Maya Moore Skips Second Year of Professional Basketball, and 2020 Olympics, to Focus on Criminal Justice Advocacy

In an interview with the New York Times, Moore said that she's not retiring...

In an interview with the New York Times, Moore said that she's not retiring from basketball but also isn't in a place to return to the sport yet

Then-NBA Commissioner David Stern stood by then-NBA star Earvin Magic Johnson when he announced he was HIV positive in 1991. Stern died Wednesday.

How David Stern Rescued the NBA and Turned Basketball Into a Global Force

David Stern's worst day in his 30-year tenure as NBA commissioner was also ...

David Stern's worst day in his 30-year tenure as NBA commissioner was also his best. On November 7, 1991, Stern took an early plane from New York City to Los Angeles, to sit by Magic...