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Cavs' Tristan Thompson Hit With 25-Game Suspension

NBA says he violated anti-drug policy

(Newser) - Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson was suspended 25 games without pay by the NBA on Tuesday for violating the league's anti-drug policy. According to the league, the 32-year-old Thompson tested positive for ibutamoren, a growth hormone, and SARM LGD-4033, commonly used by body builders and weight lifters for muscle...

Warriors Assistant Coach Dies After Heart Attack at Team Dinner

Dejan Milojevic was 46

(Newser) - Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and a former star player in his native Serbia, died Wednesday in Utah after suffering a heart attack, the team announced. Milojevic, part of the staff that helped the Warriors win the 2022 NBA championship,...

Detroit Pistons Set NBA Record Absolutely No One Wants
An NBA Record
of Futility Finally Ends
UPDATED
Dec 31, 2023 6:50 AM CST

An NBA Record of Futility Finally Ends

Detroit snaps a 28-game losing streak

(Newser) - The Detroit Pistons ended their NBA record-tying losing streak at 28 games with a 129-127 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night, per the AP . The Pistons, who hadn't won since Oct. 28, matched the Philadelphia 76ers' record of 28, split over the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. They...

For 'Baby Jordan,' It's All About Daughter Kami Now

Harold Miner cut ties with basketball (and public life) after injuries forced him to retire at 25

(Newser) - "That was 30 years ago," Harold Miner says, brushing aside ESPN reporter Aishwarya Kumar's gentle probing into his NBA career. "Who cares?" What happened 30 years ago was Miner's meteoric rise to professional basketball, a time when he was dubbed "Baby Jordan" (yes, after...

NBA G League Player Allegedly Confessed to Murder

Chance Comanche and his girlfriend have been charged in fatal strangling of woman

(Newser) - The former NBA G League player accused, along with his girlfriend, in a Las Vegas murder allegedly confessed to fatally strangling the victim, the AP reports. Police say Sakari Harnden, girlfriend of Chance Comanche, is a sex worker who had an ongoing dispute with the victim, Marayna Rodgers, who was...

NBA Player Denied Entry Into Canada for Game

Sources, media outlets say denial likely has to do with Miles Bridges' legal issues

(Newser) - The Charlotte Hornets player who was arrested for alleged domestic violence against the mother of his two children last year has been denied entry into Canada from the US, and did not play in the Hornets' game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. Miles Bridges, who pleaded no contest...

Washington Capitals, Wizards Are Planning a Move

Owner plans to move NHL, NBA teams to Virginia in 2028 under nonbinding agreement

(Newser) - The owner of the Washington Capitals and Wizards plans to move both teams from the District of Columbia to northern Virginia, about 8 miles south, in as little as five years. Monumental Sports & Entertainment owner Ted Leonsis and Virginia's Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a nonbinding agreement Wednesday...

NBA Player Suspended Indefinitely After Smacking Opponent

Draymond Green says he didn't mean to hit Jusuf Nurkic in the face

(Newser) - The NBA has suspended Draymond Green indefinitely after the Golden State Warriors player struck a Phoenix Suns player in the face during the Warriors-Suns game in Phoenix Tuesday night. Green apologized to Jusuf Nurkic after the game, saying he did not intend to strike him: "I sell calls with...

Nuggets&#39; New 3-Point Line Was a Little Funky
There Was a Reason
Dallas Star's 3-Pointers
Weren't Hitting in Denver
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 11, 2023 12:10 PM CST

There Was a Reason Dallas Star's 3-Pointers Weren't Hitting in Denver

Nuggets had court repainted for new in-season tournament, and 3-point line was a bit off

(Newser) - The 3-point shot of Dallas forward Grant Williams felt slightly off all morning in practice on the new, brightly painted Denver Nuggets court. Turns out, it wasn't his shot at all that was the issue. It was a wrongly measured 3-point line. The line's curvature was painted too...

He Entered NBA With No Red Flags. They Piled Up Fast

ESPN looks at the troubles of superstar Ja Morant, whose career is on the line

(Newser) - The NBA's Memphis Grizzlies have begun their new season, but superstar Ja Morant has to watch from the bench for the first 25 games. The 24-year-old is serving the league suspension—which amounts to him forfeiting $7.7 million in salary—after he showed up on social media posing...

NBA Coach Won't Talk Basketball After Shooting

'If we can't do anything to fix this, it's over,' says Sacramento's Mike Brown

(Newser) - His team opened its season Wednesday night with a victory, but Sacramento Kings coach Mike Brown declined to talk basketball in the post-game news conference. Instead, he opened with a statement about the mass shooting in Maine , reports USA Today . "It's a sad day," said Brown, who...

7-Foot-4 Teen Will Try to Conquer the NBA

Victor Wembanyama of the Spurs ignites 'Wembymania'

(Newser) - The NBA season begins Tuesday night, but much of the attention is focused on the following night, when the San Antonio Spurs play the Dallas Mavericks. Why? In a word, Wemby. More precisely, Victor Wembanyama, a 7-foot-4 teenage rookie. Even those who don't follow the league will likely be...

Prosecutors: 'Insufficient Evidence' to Charge McGregor

There will be no criminal charges for UFC champ over alleged sexual assault after Miami Heat game

(Newser) - Conor McGregor appears to be off the hook over accusations that he sexually assaulted a woman after an NBA Finals game in Miami in June. TMZ Sports cites a "closeout memo" in which prosecutors say no criminal charges will be brought against the UFC champ due to "insufficient...

NBA Suspends Inactive Player
Misconduct Brings Suspension
Sep 30, 2023 1:25 PM CDT

Misconduct Brings Suspension

Joshua Primo, former Spurs guard, denies exposure to women was intentional

(Newser) - Joshua Primo, who was waived by the San Antonio Spurs last fall and has not played since, has been suspended for four games by the NBA after a league investigation. The reason given was conduct detrimental to the league, per the AP ; the league said he exposed himself to women...

Ex-NBA Star Dies at 42
Ex-NBA Player Dies at 42
OBITUARY
Sep 13, 2023 9:30 AM CDT

Ex-NBA Player Dies at 42

Brandon Hunter played for the Celtics, Magic after his turn at Ohio University

(Newser) - A former NBA player who counted the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic among his teams has died. "We are terribly saddened to learn of the loss of our former teammate, Brandon Hunter," the Magic wrote online Tuesday night of its ex-forward. "We send our deepest condolences to...

Prosecutors Say NBA Star Fractured Girlfriend's Vertebra

Kevin Porter Jr. charged with assault, strangulation

(Newser) - Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. choked his girlfriend with such force in a New York City hotel room early Monday that he fractured one of the vertebrae in her neck, prosecutors said at a hearing Tuesday. Porter, 23, pleaded not guilty to felony assault and strangulation. He was released...

It's Knicks Vs. Raptors —This Time Off the Court

NY team accuses Toronto of stealing trade secrets in new lawsuit

(Newser) - When the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors next meet on the court in December, there will be hard feelings on at least one side. The Knicks sued the Raptors on Monday, claiming its Atlantic Division rival hired a "mole" within the Knicks organization, who stole thousands of team...

YouTube Prankster Gets Himself Banned From NBA Games
Prankster 'Naps' at WNBA
Game, Gets Himself
a Total NBA Ban
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jul 29, 2023 6:30 AM CDT

Prankster 'Naps' at WNBA Game, Gets Himself a Total NBA Ban

Due to what one blogger calls 'sexist' stunts at WNBA games

(Newser) - YouTube prankster JiDion, known for staging practical jokes at sporting and other major events that are then featured on his channel, apparently went too far for the NBA. As NBC Sports points out, the joker last year got a haircut courtside at an NBA game, which was so not a...

Jordan's Sale of Hornets Control Would Set NBA Back

NBA great is league's only Black majority owner

(Newser) - After 13 years of running the Charlotte Hornets, Michael Jordan has a deal to sell his majority stake in the team. The NBA great would retain a minority stake and remain involved in the franchise, ESPN reports. The buyer is a group led by Gabe Plotkin, who owns a minority...

This Buzzer-Beater Puts Celtics on Brink of History

Derrick White's basket forces Game 7 in series Boston once trailed 3-0

(Newser) - No NBA team has won a playoff series after trailing 3-0. The Boston Celtics now have a chance to be the first, thanks to a dramatic basket with all of 0.1 seconds left in Saturday night's Game 6, reports USA Today . Derrick White grabbed the rebound of a...

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