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NBA Legend Jordan To Donate Record $100 Million To Social Justice Groups

The pledge is believed to be the largest financial contribution to non-profit groups ever made by a figure from the sports world ...

NBA Set To Return As Board Approves Return-To-Play Plan

Sixteen teams occupying the playoff berths in the Western and Eastern Conferences will be joined by six more teams to determine the final playoff line-up ...

Plenty Of Questions Remain As NBA Targets July 31 Return

The NBA suspended play on March 11 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and multiple scenarios for resuming and completing the season are still being considered ...

LA Lakers King LeBron James Eager To Resume NBA Season

The virus brought global sport to a virtual standstill, but as lockdowns aimed at preventing its spread have begun to ease, sport has begun to re-emerge ...

Michael Jordan's Game-Worn Sneakers Sell For Record-Breaking $560,000

The white, black and red shoes, made for Jordan in 1985 and autographed by the NBA legend himself, dethroned the reigning "Moon Shoe," one of Nike's first sneakers, a pair of which sold in July 2019 for $437,000, also at Sotheby's ...

Michael Jordan Memento Sales Sky-Rocket Amid 'Last Dance' Nostalgia

Many specialists consider Jordan a key figure in creating the market for collectible sneakers, with only non-sports personalities such as Kanye West or Travis Scott able to compete with him today ...

NBA To Wait 2-4 Weeks Before Deciding On Season Return

The timetable, shared in a conference call between Silver and club owners, was the first indication about when the league might return from the coronavirus shutdown that began March 12, The Athletic and ESPN reported ...

Commissioner Adam Silver Gives NBA Players Plan For The Future

Silver told the players that if there is no vaccine the league could end up playing with no fans in the stands into 2021, US media said ...

NBA Players To Begin Individual Training At Facilities On Friday

About a month of the regular season remains unplayed. Two months of playoff games were to have started almost three weeks ago. ...

San Antonio Spurs Boss Says NBA Leaders Planning For Season Return

Buford spoke on a conference call with Texas reporters on Thursday, according to a posting on the NBA's website, and dismissed any notion team executives were wanting to shut down the campaign. ...

Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Pushing For Fan-Less NBA Return

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says it will be May before the league moves forward with any plan regarding a possible restart to the campaign ...

Timberwolves Star Karl-Anthony Towns Mother Dies After Contracting COVID-19

The NBA shutdown on March 11 after Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the coronavirus which has so far infected over 600,000 Americans, killing 28,000 of them ...

Legend Kobe Bryant Remembered On Anniversary Of 60-Point NBA Finale

Bryant scored 60 points in that, his final game in a 20-year NBA career that included five championships. ...