SACRAMENTO — The California Assembly will be trading its Capitol chambers for a downtown NBA arena when it kicks off the new session Dec. 7 in an effort to limit coronavirus spread. Speaker Anthony Rendon said Wednesday the extra space and better air filtration at the Golden 1 Center will...
LeBron, Lakers on the Cusp of Reaching West Finals
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The Houston Rockets didn’t show up for Game 4 against the Los Angeles Lakers until it was too late. They can’t do that again Saturday in Game 5 — or else. For the second time in these playoffs, the Rockets’ season is on the line....
Police Largely Silent as Outrage Builds Over Blake Shooting
It took three days, an outpouring of anger in the streets and a NBA boycott before authorities investigating the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, started answering some of the most basic questions about what happened. And still, many key pieces of information have yet to be released,...
A 2nd Day of NBA Playoff Games Halted Over Racial Injustice
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — An unprecedented NBA walkout over racial injustice postponed a second day of the playoffs Thursday, although players pledged to finish the postseason even as they wrestled with their emotions about wanting to bring change in their communities. For now, the basketball courts in the NBA's...
Led by NBA, Athletes Again Put Focus on Racial Justice
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — NBA players didn’t come to Disney solely for a restart. They also wanted social reform. The Milwaukee Bucks showed how far they're willing to go to get it by opting not to play in their playoff game Wednesday. Two more games were postponed later in...
Boycott: NBA Playoff Games Called Off Amid Player Protest
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — All three NBA playoff games scheduled for Wednesday have been postponed, with players around the league choosing to boycott in their strongest statement yet against racial injustice. Called off: Games between Milwaukee and Orlando, Houston and Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland....
Lakers Not Exactly Rolling Along as Playoffs Approach
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — This is the land of in-between for the Los Angeles Lakers. Games right now matter, in the sense that only three contests are left to build momentum for the postseason. And games right now don’t matter, in the sense that the Lakers basically knew five...
Wes Unseld, NBA Rookie of Year and MVP in 1969, Dies at 74
WASHINGTON — Wes Unseld, the workmanlike Hall of Fame center who led Washington to its only NBA championship and was chosen one of the 50 greatest players in league history, died Tuesday after a series of health issues, most recently pneumonia. He was 74. Unseld’s family announced his death via...
Jerry Sloan, Jazz Great and Hall of Fame Coach, Dies at 78
Jerry Sloan, the Hall of Fame coach who was a fixture for decades in Utah and took the Jazz to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, died Friday. He was 78. The Jazz said he died from complications of Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. Sloan had been in...
Families Sue Helicopter Company in Deadly Kobe Bryant Crash
LOS ANGELES — Family members of four passengers killed in a helicopter crash with Kobe Bryant and his daughter have joined the NBA star's widow in filing wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned and operated the aircraft. The suits on behalf of three members of one family, and...