Through the NBA Social Justice Champion Award, which honors NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, players making an impact in ...

Bam Adebayo knows what it's like to grow up with very little. He's determined to help kids who are facing similar predicaments. And the NBA has noticed his work. The Miami Heat star — who had an ...

The NAACP is calling on Black athletes, fans and alumni to withhold support from athletics programs of states that are ...

Victor Wembanyama is putting together a historic postseason performance and one ex-NBA star has been utterly impressed with that.

"I don't really feel like you need to be rewarded for your responsibility,” Brown told his Twitch livestream Sunday night.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has reportedly won the NBA MVP this season, becoming the 14th player to win this award in consecutive years ...

Long before the era of billion-dollar TV deals and nine-figure max contracts, professional athletes were already magnets for opportunists. The bigger the name, the bigger the target and few names in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The New York Knicks have behaved extremely disrespectfully in their ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar arrived at UCLA in 1966 as a highly touted prospect expected to develop into an elite center. But the future NBA superstar also carried real anger shaped by race, something he ...

Through the 2024-25 season, the Los Angeles Lakers have had a total of 506 players suit up for them, going back to their days in Minneapolis. Some were forgettable, some were serviceable, some were ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar turns 79 on April 16, 2026, and while most people know the 7’2″ athlete as a basketball legend with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers, he has also formed a pretty ...

The San Antonio Spurs have emerged as one of the Western Conference’s top teams this season, and much of that rise has been driven by the defensive dominance of Victor Wembanyama. As the regular ...