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OAKLAND, Calif. — NBA All-Star weekend tipped off Friday with a cavalcade of events that included Hollywood stars and the greatest talents in basketball.  Emmy Award-winning actor Rome Flynn led Team Barry Bonds to a…

NBA commissioner Adam Silver wants a more competitive All-Star Game. His broadcast partners domestically and globally want a more competitive game. Fans – and their seething, disgusted, and worse, apathetic emails dropped into my inbox…

But it comes with a caveat. McClung, a phenomenal leaper at 6-2 and a creative dunker, is a novelty, a G-League player with minimal NBA experience.  McClung has won the past two dunk contests, and…

The United States faces archrival Canada on Saturday night with a spot in the final of the 4 Nations Face-Off on the line. The USA has three points after a 6-1 rout of Finland in…

Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Damian Lillard will try to join a shortlist of three-time NBA three-point contest winners Saturday at All-Star Weekend in San Francisco. Lillard won in 2023 and 2024, needing his final shot to…

This isn’t your father ’s Big 12 anymore. Since the conference’s inception in 1996, men’s basketball has been mostly run by Kansas, with the occasional solid seasons from Oklahoma, Texas, Iowa State and Baylor. It’s…

Follow along here for USA TODAY’s live coverage from the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade. It’s a Valentine’s Day to celebrate in the City of Brotherly Love. The Philadelphia Eagles spent Friday enjoying their parade after winning…

Roseman’s forehead took the brunt of an errant throw of a beer can during the team’s Super Bowl parade in Philadelphia on Friday. The result was a semicircular gash just below his hairline. Though there’s…

FULLERTON, Calif. — It can get pretty boring doing the same thing over and over again.  That’s pretty much the routine for Patty Gasso. For the Oklahoma softball coach, all she does is field a…

Keyshawn Davis prevailed in a battle of unbeatens and won his first world championship Friday. Davis, the 25-year-old American, defeated Ukrainian Denys Berinchyk by knockout and claimed the WBO world lightweight title. The finishing blow…