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Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird and Dwight Howard headline the 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame class that was announced Saturday.

Anthony and Howard were announced Saturday as members of the Class of 2025, as was the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball ...

Nikola Jokic was seen on the bench during the Denver Nuggets’ loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, and Mark Schlereth discuss Michael Malone sitting all of his starters and if ...

1971 — The first legal off-track betting (OTB) system in the United States opens in New York City. 1974 — In the home opener in Atlanta, Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s career record by hitting his ...

Most of Zeke Nnaji's playoff playing time has come at the end of blowouts. His recent play off the Denver Nuggets bench could ...

On Wednesday, they will host a much-less-talented San Antonio Spurs team who has been without both De'Aaron Fox and Victor ...

Fans generally love when contending teams are aggressive at the NBA trade deadline. However, here are 10 times these deals ...

It is also the birthday of former Celtic big man Danny Fortson. Fortson -- a native of Altoona, Pennsylvania -- played for ...

A man was sentenced Friday for shooting into a large crowd of people downtown after the Denver Nuggets won the NBA Championship in June 2023. The Denver District Attorney’s Office said Ricardo ...

Tyler McGhie went on a heater, going on a personal 9-1 spurt, which included back-to-back shots over Danny Wolf and gave UC ...