The night began and ended with Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant catching up and hugging all of his former Golden State Warriors teammates and coaches.  In between, the Warriors remained overwhelmed during a 134-117 loss to the Nets in what marked Durant’s first return to the Bay Area after leaving the Warriors nearly 2½ years ago. “It sucked,” Warriors forward […]

Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. LeBron James and Kyle Kuzma both received warnings for violating the NBA’s anti-flopping rule in the Los Angeles Lakers’ 115-105 home win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, the league announced. The […]

During Black History Month, with the series 28 Black Stories in 28 days, USA TODAY Sports examines the issues, challenges and opportunities Black athletes and sports officials face after the nation’s reckoning on race in 2020. Maybe you’ve heard of Don Barksdale, maybe you haven’t. Regardless, you need to know his important story. Barksdale is the NBA’s first Black All-Star, […]

Vitaly Uncensored’s Super Bowl streaker is set to miss out on the prize from his massive $374,000 bet win. Yuri Andrade hit headlines when he stormed the pitch in Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ win over Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday. Wearing a pink leotard with the adult-site owned by YouTube star Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, he managed to get across half the pitch […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has been fined $20,000 for “directing inappropriate language toward a game official,” the NBA announced Thursday. The incident occurred on the final possession of the Hawks’ 118-117 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday at American Airlines Center. Young had been knocked to the floor while setting a screen on Dallas center Willie Cauley-Stein before […]

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The Raptors will continue to play home games in Tampa, Florida, for the rest of the 2020-21 NBA season, citing border restrictions and being “mindful of public safety measures” in Toronto as factors preventing them from returning home to play at any point this season. “Florida has been really welcoming to us and we’re so grateful for the hospitality we’ve […]

Nuggets players gathered on Wednesday morning for a team meeting that coach Michael Malone described as a “state of the union” after three consecutive losses prior to hosting the Cavaliers. Players vented frustration as Malone posed a simple question to the group: Who are we? “Talk is cheap,” Malone said. “Instead of talking about, we’ve got to be about it. […]

Nuggets point guard Facundo Campazzo will return to play Wednesday night against the Cavaliers at Ball Arena to help bolster Denver’s injury-plagued backcourt, coach Michael Malone told reporters pregame. Campazzo, a 29-year-old NBA rookie signed by Denver from Real Madrid, had missed the past two games. A knee injury held him out of Saturday’s loss at the Kings. Campazzo was […]