WASHINGTON (AP) — Outspoken basketball dad LaVar Ball questioned the extent of President Donald Trump’s involvement in securing his son’s release from the custody of Chinese authorities during a combative 20-minute CNN interview on Monday night. The president, in tweets Sunday, said he should have left LiAngelo Ball and two other UCLA basketball players accused […]
President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to resolve the theft case of thee UCLA basketball players.
BOSTON (AP) — Lonzo Ball is in a shooting slump, and he thinks he knows where the problem is. “It’s just in my head to be honest,” Ball said. “I know I can shoot the ball.” The Lakers rookie had nine points in a 107-96 loss to Boston on Wednesday night, shooting just 4 of […]
UCLA freshman basketball player LiAngelo Ball was recently nabbed with two teammates for stealing from the Louis Vuitton store in Hangzhou.
NEW YORK (AP) — Geno Auriemma has had a lot of great players at UConn, many of whom have been preseason All-Americans. Never, though, has he had three from his team honored by The Associated Press in the preseason until Tuesday. The Huskies trio of Gabby Williams, Katie Lou Samuelson and Napheesa Collier headline the […]
Looking for a good Halloween laugh? Well check out Golden State Warriors’ superstar guard Steph Curry. Curry made his grand entrance to Oracle Arena in Oakland Sunday night prior to their game with the Detroit Pistons in very special way. Perched on a small red tricycle, Curry pedaled in dressed as the main character from […]
Draymond Green showed Dennis Smith Jr. no sympathy. Empathy may have been appropriate. A welcome-to-the-league moment happened in Dallas on Monday night, when the Mavericks’ promising point guard went at the Golden State veteran — and the NBA’s top defensive player — with hopes of dunking on him. Smith got fouled at the rim, both […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Wins have been so hard to come by for the Oakland Raiders that it took three tries at the final play for them finally to pull this one out and possibly save their season. Derek Carr threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Michael Crabtree on the final play after the game […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls suspended forward Bobby Portis for the first eight games of the season Wednesday for injuring teammate Nikola Mirotic during a fight at practice. Mirotic suffered broken bones in his face as well as a concussion on Tuesday and will likely need surgery. Vice president of basketball operations John Paxson […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA is scrapping the East vs. West format for its All-Star Game and will have captains pick teams this season. The league said Tuesday the two starters with the highest fan vote totals from each conference will choose teams from the pool of players who were voted as starters and […]
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert says he received voicemails of a “vile, disgusting, racist” nature after LeBron James called Donald Trump a “bum” on Twitter. During a visit to CNBC’s Squawk Box, Gilbert said the voicemails exposed “an element of racism that I didn’t even realize existed in this country.” As previously reported, James responded to Donald Trump’s tweet […]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Together again: LeBron and D-Wade. Just like old times. Dwyane Wade has decided to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers and reunite with LeBron James, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press on Tuesday night. Wade is expected to clear waivers on Wednesday and then join the Cavs, according to […]
