The NBA started in the late 1940’s, so if you take the league’s official starting point as 1946, with the BAA which merged with the NBL to make the NBA, it is 79 now and will hit 80 later in the year, ...

Back in 1980, the National Basketball Association wasn’t the global, all-encompassing juggernaut we know it as today. The league was fighting to get mainstream attention and trying to earn respect as ...

Michael Ray Richardson, a versatile guard who was banned from the NBA for violating its drug policy in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 70. Richardson’s attorney and close friend, John Zelbst, ...

LeBron James is often credited for creating the term "Super Team" in the NBA when he and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade with the Miami Heat in 2010. In reality, it's happened in the league for decades.

The NBA had enormous problems. Drug abuse among players was believed to be rampant. Many arenas were half-empty or worse on game nights. Most franchises were losing money. Some were on the cusp of ...

NBA great Larry Bird often is shown respect from his peers from the 1990s. He even receives that same love from players of today. Future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant recently gave Bird the ultimate ...

Michael Ray Richardson, a versatile guard who was banned from the NBA for violating its drug policy in the 1980s, died Tuesday. He was 70. Richardson’s attorney and close friend, John Zelbst, ...