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‘I heard a big bang. I started to smell smoke and I went onto my porch and it was completely engulfed in flames,’ homeowner says

Michigan State basketball opens the 2022-23 season tonight against Northern Arizona -- here's what you need to know for this matchup between the Spartans and Lumberjacks

With apologies to 17th century English poet John Milton, the theme for Kentucky men’s college basketball’s two marquee programs since 2015 has been “Paradise Lost.”

Why would the Nuggets waste the best years of Nikola Jokic’s career on wishes and prayers that Michael Porter Jr. will grow up to be an all-star?

DURHAM, N.C. — So many unknowns surround Duke basketball as the program embarks on the long-planned — but still uncertain — time after Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski's retirement. Jon Scheyer has known since late May 2021 he'd be the Blue Devils head coach when they opened this season…

An ankle injury has ruled NBL MVP candidate Xavier Cooks out of the Boomers' next Basketball World Cup qualification match.

STORRS, Conn. — Flash back to last March 17, the night the UConn men’s basketball season flamed out in Buffalo with a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to New Mexico State.

HARTFORD, Conn. — The notes app on Azzi Fudd’s iPhone is a Rosetta Stone of sorts. Fascinated with how kids grow up learning multiple languages overseas, the UConn women’s basketball guard started picking up Hungarian from Pecs native Dorka Juhász last season and is now trying her hand at French…

This was the first time Jon Scheyer felt any kind of pressure to prove himself. The first time he could sense others’ doubt and skepticism. He was in the sixth grade when he walked into a gym in Evanston, Ill., not far from his hometown of Northbrook, a well-off suburb…

North Carolina’s 1991 Final Four loss to Kansas antagonized Hubert Davis as a player so much that he said he repeatedly watched a replay of it annually until he, as an assistant coach under Roy Williams, was part of the Tar Heels’ 2017 national title team.

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 6,000 miles from the Crypto.com Arena in Limoges, France, a 7-foot-4 basketball prospect pushed the ball between his skyscraper legs before taking a one-footed three-point shot that swished through the rim, evoking some ungodly mix of Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki.