With newfound fame and fortune, NBA rookies who come from poverty face a bevy of challenges that threaten to derail their success.
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The gargantuan feet of NBA players are the stuff of legend. But nearly two-thirds of their injuries occur below the waist, and they have a 25.8% chance of incurring an ankle injury every season.
NBA player Mac McClung may have just ‘saved’ the annual dunk contest, but scoring methods could still be improved, a dunking expert says.
Bill Russell leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of winning championships and civil rights activism during a time of racial segregation.
A study shows that a select group of NBA players really do go on hot streaks by making more shots in a row than statistics suggest they should.
A sports economist explains how the deal leaves players with a fundamentally different – and in many ways, worse – arrangement than their counterparts in the other major US sports leagues.
A new database could pave the way for a more fair and consistent way to score slam dunks, a self-described ‘dunk scientist’ says.
Women college athletes face far more limited career prospects than men. The NCAA’s new endorsement rules may help level the playing field when it comes to making money from their athletic ability.
The NBA Africa is making a play for expansion. Where does Barack Obama fit in?
NBA star LaMelo Ball told GQ magazine that star athletes who want to play in the NBA ‘don’t need school.’ Was he right or wrong? And why?
The quest to combat discrimination against LGBTQ athletes has been long and fitful, particularly in male team sports.
NFTs are revolutionising the sports memorabilia market. There are huge opportunities to make money, but also big risks.
The NBA has largely managed to keep COVID-19 under control. Its success offers four important lessons for organizations on how to return employees to the workplace during and after COVID-19.
Pro sports teams use big data to win big. It’s time for colleges to get students in on the action, a computer science professor argues.
Brands taking a stand on social issues is no longer remarkable — but that only makes it harder to be authentic.
The successes of the NBA’s #WholeNewGame provide important lessons for performing artists about audience investment and hybrid digital-live events.
For decades, athletes, as a general rule, steered clear of politics. Teams and sponsors liked it that way, and fans did, too. No more.
When professional athletes refuse to play, they engage in activism that can’t be co-opted by team owners and corporate sponsors.
The NBA stands behind the rights of players to protest. But the league finds itself in a delicate position, trapped between the competing demands of its advertisers, TV partners, owners and players.
The NBA playoffs may resume Friday or Saturday following the Milwaukee Bucks’ boycott over the Jacob Blake police shooting.
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