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Tension, excitement, glamour and big bucks: basketball’s popularity is soaring around the world, with 3.3 billion people thought to be interested in the game according to one study. Strongly associated with North America, where players like LeBron James, Steph Curry and Caitlin Clark dominate the ratings, basketball is widely regarded…

IN a modern world where all that is solid melts into air, there’s something intriguing about a cultural invention

Rosalind Franklin laboratory in Leamington Spa no longer to be part of laboratory network processing Covid tests

On this day in Celtics history, Larry Bird won two prestigious media awards, and basketball inventor James Naismith published the sport's original 13 rules.

Justin Verlander was incredible in leading Houston to victory in Game 1.

A jersey worn by Michael Jordan during the 1998 NBA Finals as the Chicago Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz in six games is set to be auctioned next month and is expected to be one of the most expensive pieces of sports memorabilia in history

Basketball is among the most beloved and celebrated sports within the professional sports fraternity. It has an extensive history dating back to 1891. Back when basketball became recognized as a sport, the rules were significantly different than ...

Why this Jayhawks championship team will be remembered as the poster child for one particular time period—the era of asterisks in college sports.

NEW YORK — Given the breadth of basketball talent to come out of New York City, the most from anywhere since James Naismith repurposed his peach baskets, it is, in many ways, a travesty that universities within the five boroughs have just one NCAA title.