The NBA’s All-Star Game is going to be an All-Star tournament this season, with the league announcing that it has finalized plans to use a different format for the upcoming midseason showcase in San Francisco.

Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers has heard and seen enough.

“Inside the NBA” will continue, even though even though games will no longer be airing on TNT at the end of this season.

“Inside the NBA” will appear on ESPN and ABC beginning next season as part of a settlement between Warner Bros.

Dwyane Wade is now the first Miami Heat player with a statue outside the team’s arena.

The Oregon football team's decision to exploit a loophole in the rules late in a win over Ohio State is hardly new.

Charles Barkley intends to remain with TNT Sports through the remainder of his contract.

Charles Barkley says that next season will be his last on TV, no matter what happens with the NBA’s media deals.

Getting the NBA’s next round of media rights deals completed is an extremely complex proposition, Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday, especially because nobody can say with any certainty what the viewing landscape will look like in the future.

Over 100 deserving Broward County middle schoolers gathered for an exhilarating event hosted by the Broward Sheriff’s Office and an NBA Hall of Famer on Thursday morning.

Jason Kidd won an NBA championship as a Dallas player in 2011.

Luka Doncic didn’t stay up all night to watch NBA Finals games as a kid.

Iowa star Caitlin Clark is close to passing the late Pete Maravich as the all-time scorer in NCAA basketball history.

Mac McClung has won his second straight NBA Slam Dunk Contest by grabbing the ball out of Shaquille O’Neal’s hands and leaping over him to draw five perfect scores on his final attempt.

A new honor is awaiting Bam Adebayo of the Miami Heat: He’ll be an All-Star starter for the first time.

Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA All-Star experience will be hectic, just like everything else has seemed so far in his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs.

Shaquille O’Neal has become the first player to have his jersey number retired by the Orlando Magic.

Las Vegas will be flooded with so many pre-Super Bowl events that Shaquille O’Neal lowered the prices to his popular carnival-themed “Shaq’s Fun House.”.

San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama has experienced the wide spectrum of highs and lows during this first couple of weeks in the NBA.

NBA teams currently have about $4.8 billion in salary committed to players for this season, meaning the average per team is around $160 million.

LSU All-American Angel Reese has a new endorsement deal with a major shoe and athletic apparel company.

Lionel Messi has met his new fans at Inter Miami.

Carmelo Anthony, the star forward who led Syracuse to an NCAA championship in his lone college season and went on to spend 19 years in the NBA, announced his retirement on Monday.

The Denver Nuggets are rolling along behind their dynamic duo of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray.

Paolo Banchero became the frontrunner to win Rookie of the Year race from the very moment that he went No. 1 in last year’s draft.

Seimone Augustus has become the first female athlete at LSU to have a statue unveiled on campus.

A celebration of Black business success and opportunity is back for its third year.

The story of Lusia Harris only gets better: It’s now won an Oscar.

Michael Jordan gave way to LeBron James in the NBA of the 2000s, just as traditional forms of communication began to yield to the birth and growth of new media.

The NBA celebrated its diamond anniversary with a sparkling tribute to honor 75 years on the hardwood floor.

Karl-Anthony Towns gave big men everywhere something to shoot for.

Shaquille O’Neal has returned to the city where he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships.

The NBA's five-game Christmas Day slate will be played as scheduled, but with many big names absent.

Gun violence is killing an increasing number of children and teenagers across America, leaving behind shattered dreams and devastated families.

The Miami Heat are entering the NFT space.

Firefighters work at the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts store in Atlanta on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ron Harris)ATLANTA – A historic Krispy Kreme Doughnuts store in Atlanta owned by basketball star Shaquille O'Neal that dates back to the mid-1960s was engulfed in flames early Wednesday, heavily damaging the structure. In the meantime, our Ponce team members will continue to receive full pay while we identify and offer them roles at other area Krispy Kreme shops." The Midtown Krispy Kreme was one of the first locations established outside the company's main bases of operations in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee. After Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral in April 1968, the Krispy Kreme fed mourners by donating 150 dozen donuts to Atlanta churches.

(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)Fans looking for pregame entertainment before the Super Bowl will have another option this year. Shaquille O'Neal will be holding the virtual SHAQ Bowl on Feb. 7. It's one of the few events taking place in Tampa, Florida, since many parties that traditionally take place during Super Bowl week have been canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. The SHAQ Bowl takes the place of Shaq's Fun House, which had been held the past two years in Atlanta and Miami. The SHAQ Bowl also has its own halftime show with Migos and DJ Diesel performing.

The hitmaker will perform at multiple pre-Super Bowl events this week, which will be jam-packed with other A-list celebrities, including Diddy, Shaquille O'Neal, Lady Gaga, Lizzo, Post Malone, Kevin Hart, Vin Diesel, Cardi B, Chris Brown, Guns N’ Roses and Maroon 5. I remember Super Bowl came here 10 years ago and it was a special time. Khaled will perform at Bud Light Super Bowl Music Fest’s EA Sports Bowl, the VEWTOPIA Music Festival and Rolling Stone’s party. Others, too, will perform several times throughout the week, including Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, the Chainsmokers, DaBaby, Marshmello, Megan Thee Stallion, Meek Mill and Tiesto. Gaga, who headlined the halftime show in 2017, will perform at the same venue for AT&T TV Super Saturday Night, held a day before Super Bowl 54.

(AP Photo/ Victoria Arocho, File)Shaquille O'Neal tearfully said Tuesday he never could have imagined anything like Kobe Bryant's death, remembering his former teammate as a great player whose kids called him “Uncle Shaq." O'Neal and Bryant teamed to help the Lakers win three straight championships from 2000-02, but they occasionally feuded and O'Neal was traded to Miami in 2004. O'Neal's comments were his first that were televised since Bryant's death. He has been recovering from the death of his sister, and said he hadn't felt pain like Bryant's death in some time. ___More AP coverage of the death of Kobe Bryant: https://apnews.com/KobeBryant___More AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

(CNN) - Former NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal, 47, is in mourning after his sister, Ayesha Harrison-Jex, died after battling cancer. O'Neal, who is a host on TNT's "Inside the NBA," was absent from Thursday night's episode, and his co-hosts addressed O'Neal's absence. "We have to tell you why you're not seeing Shaquille O'Neal here on the set tonight," co-host Ernie Johnson said. He said his world revolves around his brother and two sisters, and he lost one of his sisters this morning." "Thanks for the condolences and the love," O'Neal wrote in response on Twitter.