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Retired Gen. Martin Dempsey is returning as USA Basketball chair through 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

Oct. 23, 2024 13:23 PM EDT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey is returning as chairperson of USA Basketball through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, where the American women will seek a ninth consecutive gold medal and the men will seek a sixth straight title. Dempsey — who served...

Jerry West becomes first three-time inductee as Carter and Billups enter basketball's Hall of Fame

Oct. 14, 2024 07:59 AM EDT

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The stage was filled with Laker greats when Jerry West made history Sunday night by becoming the first three-time inductee to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. When one of them had his turn to speak, he could barely get the words out trying to...

Carter soared quickly and Billups started slowly, but there's more than one road to the Hall of Fame

Oct. 12, 2024 17:45 PM EDT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Vince Carter remembers the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest like it just happened, when he went from an up-and-comer to a full-fledged phenom. He had been the NBA Rookie of the Year the season before with Toronto and now he was a first-time All-Star. But when he...

Basketball Hall of Fame to induct 13-member class led by Vince Carter and Chauncey Billups

Oct. 11, 2024 16:47 PM EDT

A look at the 13-member class of 2024 being enshrined Sunday in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Vince Carter An eight-time All-Star during his NBA-record 22 seasons. The NBA Rookie of the Year in 1999, Carter is the only player to play in four different...

WNBA playoff seeds mostly still undecided as league enters final week of season

Sep. 16, 2024 05:48 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever have clinched the sixth seed in the WNBA playoffs. They won't know where they're headed for the opening round until at least Tuesday as six of the other seven postseason spots are still undecided. Diana Taurasi and Phoenix are...

Caitlin Clark scores career-high 35, Kelsey Mitchell adds 30 as Fever beat Wings 110-109

Sep. 15, 2024 17:57 PM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 35 points with eight assists, Kelsey Mitchell added 30 points and the duo combined to hit 12 of Indiana's 16 3-pointers to help the Fever beat the Dallas Wings 110-109 on Sunday. Clark, whose 329 assists are a single-season...