Jackie White, a native of Centralia, Illinois, in 1968 became the first Black person to officiate an NBA game.

It would take 18 more years for the league to put a Black referee on the court for a regular-season game. It happened on Feb.

That was the aim for No. 19 Michigan basketball when it entered play against ... but Minnesota All-Big Ten forward Dawson Garcia got the ball near the midcourt logo with 1 second left and drilled ...

South Korea’s top economic think tank slashed its growth forecast for the country’s economy for the second time in four ...

On Monday, Bilal put Wemby on a poster during the Wizards' French Heritage night. Washington trailed the San Antonio Spurs ...

Bingxi as a form of performance for the court began in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and reached its peak during Qing ...

That shows in all the love he received from so many people today during his final broadcast on ESPN. Even after the game, ...

In lacing up a lively history of the slam dunk, Mike Sileski digs into the social and racial implications of sports' most exciting play.

Even with Boston going up double digits in the first half, there was a feeling the Cavaliers would make a run. In the fourth ...

Ball has overcome injuries and returned to form this season. Along with it, his PUMA basketball shoes are enjoying more love than ever. Ball has played in his newly-released fourth shoe throughout ...

When Morgan White was 2, she had a ball in her tiny hands, perfecting a pump fake, before she could even spell the word "basketball." That's when her parents knew they had a baller on their hands.

Georgia head coach Mike White ... with the ball and had it stolen by Johnell Davis. Georgia had its chances to change the game’s outcome. But the Bulldogs did not play winning basketball.