What the fight for UNC’s Dean Dome says about the future of college sports
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Most visitors to the Dean E. Smith Center do the same thing when they…
A handful of ex-ABA players hope for a last-second financial long shot from the NBA
Jimmy Jones is 81 years old and still takes people around Las Vegas as an Uber driver. He…
Nostalgia is fine, but NBC’s ‘Throwback Tuesday’ undersells today’s NBA
Throwback Tuesday on NBC!!! Let’s take it back to the 1990s. Old school graphics! Bob Costas, Doug Collins,…
For these women’s college basketball players, netball was their ‘first love’
When Megan Nestor first arrived in Plainview, Texas, she was worried. First, she worried about the dry heat.…
The Hawks honoring the Magic City strip club isn’t really worth your outrage
There are worse things to be vexed about these days than the Atlanta Hawks sponsoring “Magic City Night”…
Pat Riley thinks a suit makes a more effective leader. He might be right
This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s…
PREVIEW: Keith O’Brien delivers authentic Larry Bird story in ‘Heartland’
Before the championships. Before the mythology. Before Larry Bird became “Larry Legend,” he was a kid from French…
Why is NBA still dragging its feet on adopting ABA statistics, 50 years later?
By Roy “Reb” Brownell The recent success of Amazon Prime’s new docuseries “Soul Power” has refocused attention on…
Ranking the top 24 hip-hop NBA songs: Drops from ball references to cultural lore
On Monday, we at The Athletic dropped our debut column for the hip-hop and NBA project. Today, in…
How the NBA and hip-hop have inspired culture and each other for decades
No sport embodies hip-hop more than basketball. No music genre embodies basketball more than hip-hop. In 1988, when…
Latest NBA 2K video game to feature active college players for first time in 16 years
For the first time in more than 16 years, active college basketball players are returning to a major…
The beginning of a new era for the Hornets? We break down how the culture is shifting in Charlotte
By James Plowright February 13, 2026 Photo: Kurt Shackelford / CLTure In Charlotte’s 35-year NBA history (excluding the…