From San Francisco to Oakland and points in between, basketball's deep roots are found throughout the Bay Area.

Another contest with a back-to-back winner, the 2025 Slam Dunk is will feature, Matas Buzelis, Stephon Castle, and Andre ...

Today in Sports, February 8 - Spud Webb, 5-foot-7, wins NBA Slam Dunk competition, shortest player ever to win ...

I didn’t realize it at the time, but I landed in Mansfield during a Golden Era of boys basketball. I inherited the Mansfield Senior basketball beat in 2000 and sat courtside as the Tygers won four ...

James, the player with the most All-Star appearances in NBA history, was selected No. 1 overall for the Feb. 16 competition in San Francisco. The All-Star draft was held on TNT, with analysts ...

He is averaging 3.9 blocks per game, which easily clears the rest of the NBA; Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler is second in the league with 2.5 per game. If anyone figures to dunk over Wembanyama ...

John L. Sullivan wins the world heavyweight bare-knuckle title by beating Paddy Ryan in a nine-round bout in Mississippi City, Miss. 1942 — At the Millrose Games in New ...

To get Williams, a former first-round pick, the Lakers sent rookie Dalton Knecht, a 2030 first-round pick swap and their 2031 ...

History is on the line at this year’s AT&T Slam Dunk Contest as two-time defending champion Mac McClung returns in pursuit of the first three-peat since the event’s inception in 1984 ...

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) shoots a 3-point basket over Dallas Mavericks forward ...

The Cavs became the first team to face the Dallas Mavericks after the Mavs traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Here ...

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