Can North Carolina really afford to post a police officer outside every public bathroom in the state to check the birth certificates of those who use them?

What most people don't know is that LeBron wasn't Warner Brothers' first choice for the lead of Space Jam 2. In fact, he was pretty far down the list of NBA stars that were envisioned for the role.

Depending on your perspective, sport is either thriving or disintegrating today. From a purely commercial enterprise perspective, sport has never been stronger.

Former NBA player Spencer Haywood was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame last September, but few know the story behind his struggle to attain t...

Hall of Fame basketball great and hoops commentator Charles Barkley found trouble again in Las Vegas. This time it wasn't Barkley's well-known gambling habits that put the all-timer in a bind, it was his equally well-known midsection.

Based on the NBA's crass commercialization in recent years, and the fact that you have now slapped ads on every aspect of an NBA game, it's clear that the greed of your league's owners knows no bounds.

Our obsession with Steph Curry is fitting. But for those of us interested in leveling opportunities, particularly for youth, we must also look beyond individual narratives and look to raise collective responsibilities.

Oakland, CA - The original plan was to play him only twenty-five minutes. But how do you impeded the two-time MVP? What we saw last night was pure...

He was a brilliant scholar who focused on the Middle East and whose books were widely read by Arabists. His son Steve would later play for the NBA c...

The 1986 Los Angeles Lakers were one of the most talented basketball teams ever assembled, but they are rarely remembered that way. The team started ...

When the Syrian civil war broke in 2011, he was playing professional basketball in South America -- little did he know that only a year after his return back home to Syria in 2013, he'd be fleeing his war-torn country to North America.

A week before this year's Final Four, ESPN televised a NCAA college basketball game played a half-century ago that was the most important sporting event associated with the Civil Rights Movement.

To reasonable Americans, it would appear that the backlash over North Carolina's HB2 legislation is the reaction to an egregious injustice. North Carolina governor Pat McCrory sees it differently.

This week's HotTopic is about Kobe Bryant, who decided to retire and leave the NBA. April 14th marked his last home game in Los Angeles, and it was a miracle because he scored 60 points.

Kobe Bryant has had an enormous impact, not just on the game of basketball, but also on society. His Kobe brand of shoes and clothing is seen everywhere. His jersey is one of the most recognizable in the world of sports apparel.

With an average of 41 away games per season, there's no doubt that pro ballers spend a lot of time on the road. Sleeping in a luxe hotel bed has i...