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Clippers sign guard Terance Mann to a contract extension
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have signed guard Terance Mann to a contract extension. The team announced the deal Wednesday. Mann averaged 8.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists while shooting 51% from the field in 75 games last season. He was drafted...
Kawhi Leonard plans to be in the Clippers' opening night lineup if balky right knee cooperates
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Kawhi Leonard is planning to be in the Los Angeles Clippers’ lineup for opening night unless his balky right knee prevents him from inaugurating the team’s new arena. The health of their superstar once again looms large after Leonard was limited to two...
Media Day in the NBA: Optimism abounds, and new faces settle into new homes
Klay Thompson walked through the Dallas Mavericks' facility in his new uniform for the first time. Chris Paul posed side-by-side with Victor Wembanyama in San Antonio, one standing about a foot and a half taller than the other. And LeBron James and Bronny James officially headed to work together in...
LA Clippers and Ivica Zubac agree to $58.6 million, 3-year contract extension
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ivica Zubac and the Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to a $58.6 million, three-year contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2027-28 season, agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel said Saturday. Zubac averaged a career-high 11.7 points and 9.2...
Diamond Sports will continue to broadcast NHL, NBA games through upcoming season
HOUSTON (AP) — The largest broadcaster of regional sports networks across the country will continue to televise games for more than a dozen NBA teams and nine NHL teams through the 2024-2025 season even as it moves through bankruptcy proceedings, according to court filings on Friday. ...
NBA schedule released. Among highlights: Celtics-Knicks on ring night, Durant going back to school
Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration. The NBA schedule was released Thursday for the coming season, and Game 1 on the slate is the Celtics hosting the Knicks on opening night — the one where the NBA...
From Paris to Los Angeles: How the city is preparing for the 2028 Olympics
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's Los Angeles' turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony Sunday, before handing it off to a key representative of LA's local business — Tom Cruise — who in a pre-recorded trek via motorcycle, plane and parachute kicked...
FIBA is already looking forward to LA 2028 and basketball at the Clippers' new facility
PARIS (AP) — FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis has toured Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers and the venue selected as the site for basketball at the 2028 Summer Olympics. He was impressed. And that’s a promising sign for the next Olympics, now that a...
Olympics basketball Latest: US men's team beats France 98-87 for fifth straight gold medal
PARIS (AP) — The United States beat host France 98-87 to win the gold medal in the 2024 Olympicmen’s basketball tournament on Saturday night at Bercy Arena. Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and LeBron James led the team to its fifth consecutive gold medal and 17th overall. ...
Veteran guard Russell Westbrook agrees to 2-year deal with Denver Nuggets, AP source says
DENVER (AP) — Russell Westbrook has agreed to a two-year contract with the Denver Nuggets, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Friday. The deal provides Denver with a much-needed backup point guard for oft-injured star Jamal Murray and gives the...
