D-Wade lived above the rim throughout his career.

The Slam Dunk Contest has always been All-Star Weekend’s Wild Card, the event most likely to flip from forgettable to ...

Julius Erving will celebrate his 76th birthday on Sunday, just a few weeks after the 50th anniversary of the event that led to his milestone signing by the 76ers: the American Basketball Association’s ...

In 2011, retired NBA All-Star Marques Johnson was at home watching rookie Blake Griffin soar over a Kia sedan to win the NBA Dunk Contest. He thought it would be fun to attempt it ...

Kentucky basketball are the original "blue bloods," and the school has a long history of success. Who were the best players ...

Duke’s win against Michigan has propelled the Blue Devils to a familiar perch: No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.

They began as five men in a bus. They became a movement in red, white and blue. They did not merely play basketball—they ...

In October, USA TODAY Sports published its ranking of the Top 25 NBA players. What did we get right? What did we get wrong?

Two of the coaches who are doing it as well as anyone right now are Scheyer and Michigan’s Dusty May, who faced off in ...

Around 2,900 athletes from around the world competed in 116 events at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games, but the prized gold, silver and bronze medals went home with only a small portion of ...

Worthy thrilled the crowd two years ago when he blazed to the fastest 40-yard dash in combine history. Unofficially ruled a 4.22 initially, the official time was one one-hundredth of a second faster.