The subtitle of “Black Ball,” Ms. Runstedtler’s examination of the role of African-Americans in 1970s basketball, speaks of “the generation that saved the soul of the NBA,” and indeed no ...

Theresa Runstedtler, a historian of race and sports and former Raptors dancer, talks through 'Black Ball,' her book on how Black players changed the NBA.

Ball averaged a career-high 25.2 points plus 7.4 assists per game. Meanwhile, his signature PUMA sneaker line is stronger than ever. Just in time for Spring, PUMA has unveiled a low-cut version of ...

The Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team will also wear black alternate uniforms this year, starting with a Nov. 13 game against North Florida and then again in November and December as ...

OXFORD — Coolidge Ball, the first Black student-athlete in Ole Miss history, has died, the university announced on Tuesday. He was 71. Ball, a native of Indianola, Mississippi, played basketball ...

Weighing 65 pounds, and spanning 3½ feet across with a circumference of 11 feet, his giant wooden basketball is 4½ times larger than a regulation ball. The idea came to him while on a stroll.

The 2025 NCAA men's basketball tournament Final Four court dropped on Monday. The Final Four will be played in San Antonio this year, and the court definitely paid homage to its host city.

Adidas has unveiled the official match ball of the 2025 Club World Cup. The design is distinctly American, with FIFA saying it “pays homage” to the host nation of the first edition of the ...

Keeping that same energy: Why Black women ball players are criticized differently NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Bill Rhoden of ESPN's Andscape about the double standards baked into basketball ...

The “Dragon Ball Super Gallery Project” comes at a great time for the creator of Kuroko’s Basketball, Tadatoshi Fujimaki, as this year also marks the tenth anniversary of the sports anime ...

Just in time for Spring, PUMA has unveiled a low-cut version of Ball's fourth basketball shoe — the PUMA MB.04 Lo in the "Alien Skin" colorway. The PUMA MB.04 Lo "Alien Skin" drops next Friday ...

Just in time for Spring, PUMA has unveiled a low-cut version of Ball's fourth basketball shoe — the PUMA MB.04 Lo in the "Alien Skin" colorway. The PUMA MB.04 Lo "Alien Skin" drops next Friday ...