Sports

Charles Barkley gives money to employees at his high school

LEEDS, Ala. — Charles Barkley has given $1,000 apiece to the more than 200 employees of a city school system in his native Alabama.

Sports

Former Louisville assistant charged by feds with extortion

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal authorities have charged a former University of Louisville assistant basketball coach with attempting to extort the university after his dismissal from the team.

Canada

Before free agency, Lowry will decide his Olympic future

The next big decision that Toronto guard Kyle Lowry makes won’t be the one that decides his NBA future.

Sports

Williamson, Griffin, offer different views of Pelicans’ play

NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson takes little comfort in how close the New Orleans Pelicans came to qualifying for the postseason.

Sports

Pacers, Hornets try to change playoff woes in play-in game

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana hired coach Nate Bjorkgren to help the Pacers make a long playoff run.

Business

Detroit tourism seeks rebound after year lost to pandemic

DETROIT — Timothy Tharp has owned businesses in Detroit long enough to remember when parts of downtown resembled a ghost town. He’s also seen its resurgence with new restaurants, hotels and throngs of people since the city's emergence from bankruptcy.

Sports

Injuries likely to impact quality of play in NBA postseason

The NBA playoffs should be entertaining, as they always are.

Entertainment

Yes: Marv Albert, NBA’s ‘soundtrack,’ retiring before Finals

NEW YORK — From Michael Jordan soaring through the air to Willis Reed simply walking onto the court, Marv Albert supplied the sound that went with the sights.

Sports

LeBron vs. Steph: A play-in game will be a superstar tussle

LeBron vs. Steph.

Business

The Hall calls: Wright, Wallace, Griffith among 2021 class

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Jay Wright used to sell tickets to games in the long-defunct United States Football League. Ben Wallace was passed over by every NBA team, some of them twice. Yolanda Griffith got a job repossessing cars so she could take care of herself and her infant daughter while playing community college basketball.

Sports

‘It’s an honor’: The Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 enshrined

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan's hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena as she made her way back to her seat.

Lifestyle

Popovich misses game to attend Duncan’s Hall enshrinement

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Gregg Popovich took Saturday off, for good reason. There was no way he was going to miss Tim Duncan’s enshrinement into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Sports

It’s time: Duncan, Bryant, Garnett to enter Hall of Fame

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Vanessa Bryant got a private tour to see some of the newly remodeled Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, viewing the exhibit that will honor the life and legacy of her late husband before the rest of the world gets their first look.

Lifestyle

The Big 3: Hall of Fame night awaits Duncan, Garnett, Bryant

Kobe. Timmy. KG.

Sports

St. John’s extends hoops coach Anderson’s deal through 2027

NEW YORK — St. John’s has given Big East Conference coach of the year Mike Anderson a six-year contract extension through the 2026-27 season.

Entertainment

Documents: Firefighters could be fired for Bryant photos

LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles County firefighters could be fired and a third suspended after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his teenage daughter and seven others, court documents say...

Sports

3s for all: NBA sets season record for 3-pointers per game

The NBA’s 3-point dependence is stronger than ever.

Entertainment

LA Sparks star Ogwumike adds executive producer to resume

LOS ANGELES — Chiney Ogwumike is already one of the busiest athletes in professional sports but the multifaceted basketball player and radio host added another accomplishment during the offseason...

Sports

The Latest: Avalanche, Nuggets get OK to increase capacity

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Business

Analysis: On Kobe, and the women in this Hall of Fame class

This long-awaited Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement weekend will be largely about Kobe Bryant.

Business

WNBA tips off 25th anniversary season

NEW YORK — The WNBA will tip off its 25th season on Friday after an eventful offseason that was full of player movement, including Candace Parker returning home to Chicago.

Sports

The Latest: NHL’s Predators get OK for more fans in playoffs

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Sports

USC hires Cavs’ Lindsay Gottlieb as women’s hoops coach

LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Gottlieb is returning to the Pac-12 as the head women's basketball coach at Southern California.

Politics

Inside Arizona’s election audit, GOP fraud fantasies live on

PHOENIX — On the floor of Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where Sir Charles Barkley once dunked basketballs and Hulk Hogan wrestled King Kong Bundy, 46 tables are arrayed in neat rows, each with a Lazy Susan in the middle...

Sports

NBA fines Pelicans’ Griffin $50,000 for Zion comments

NEW YORK — The NBA fined New Orleans Pelicans executive David Griffin $50,000 on Sunday for publicly criticizing officiating and making comments the league considered detrimental.

Houston Rockets

Antetokounmpo back in action for Bucks’ game vs. Nets

MILWAUKEE — Two-time reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has returned from a sprained right ankle to play for the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday in the first of two straight games with the Eastern Conference-leading Brooklyn Nets.

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

The Latest: 1 Michigan St, 2 Michigan athletes test positive

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