NBA
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18 ex-NBA players charged in $4M health care fraud scheme
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Eighteen former NBA players were charged Thursday with pocketing about $2.5 million illegally by defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan ...
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Nets say Irving ineligible to play in home preseason game
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Brooklyn Nets listed Kyrie Irving as ineligible to play in their home exhibition game Friday, another strong indication he has not met New York's vac...
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Suns beat Lakers again in playoff rematch matinee in Phoenix
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Postseason or preseason, the Phoenix Suns keep getting the best of the Los Angeles Lakers. The Western Conference champions got their first exhibition vic...
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Turetzky retires after 54 years as Nets' official scorer
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Herb Turetzky retired Thursday after spending 54 years as the official scorer of the Nets franchise in two leagues and two states. The only scorer in fra...
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Federal grand jury indicts 18 former NBA players on charges they defrauded the league's health care plan
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Federal grand jury indicts 18 former NBA players on charges they defrauded the league's health care plan. ...
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Long, but not tall, Bulls try to make it work defensivelyOct 06, 2021 1:00 pm - One concern going into the season for the Bulls is defense, especially on the interior. It all looked promising in Tuesday's preseason opener, even while playing a small...
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NBA will not randomly test players for marijuana this season
Oct 06, 2021 7:00 am - The NBA has agreed to not randomly test players for marijuana this season, a continuation of the policy that was put in place last year for the COVID-19 'œrestart bubble...
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Pacers deal injured Sumner to Nets, sign Wanamaker to deal
Oct 06, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Pacers traded injured guard Edmond Sumner to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday for the rights to forward Juan Pablo Vaulet and a conditional...
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With Irving away again, Nets unsure when team will be whole
Oct 06, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Brooklyn Nets no longer seem so sure they will have their whole team together for home games when the season opens. General manager Sean Marks had sa...
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Markkanen offers only kind words before facing BullsOct 05, 2021 2:00 pm - A decent-sized graphic novel could be written about what went right and wrong for Lauri Markkanen during his four years with the Bulls. But as is his style, the 7-foot F...