NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant recap a week of intense international hockey and discuss a scary diagnosis for a rising NBA star.

The tournament format was interesting at best, and a disaster at worst. Games to 40 are too brief for professional basketball players, especially with the 3-point shot. Maybe it would have been ...

Zach Edey struggled in his last Memphis game before the NBA All-Star break. The Grizzlies' starting ... but Edey will head to San Francisco for the Rising Stars game on Friday night as part of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Two Memphis Grizzlies players will be moving on and playing on Sunday night. Team Chris, which features Zach Edey and Jaylen Wells, won two games on Friday night in the Rising Stars ...

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts and opinions on UCLA and Mick Cronin, the NBA All-Star Game and LeBron James.

The NBA All-Star Game has always been an opportunity for the league to showcase its best talent on a worldwide stage. It is a time where the league’s best relish the opportunity to play against one ...

The Phoenix Suns' rookie and capable on-ball defender Ryan Dunn played just 20 seconds in their 120-109 loss at the San ...

The goal: come up with a starting lineup + sixth man that would beat any other collection of six players in NBA history.

All-Star Weekend viewership hits near-record low with 4.7M viewers. Look back at the NBA's biggest event format failures from 2Ball to Dunk Wheel ...

The All-Star Game will be held on Feb. 16 at the Chase ... Barkley will draft teams of eight. A fourth team of Rising Stars (NBA players in their first or second seasons and G League stars) ...

How to watch: Knicks vs. Bulls will air locally on MSG, which can be streamed on fuboTV (free trial). Time: 7:30 p.m. ET Live ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has to be a jealous man these days. At a time when the general public is bored with his league’s ...