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    Sacramento Kings TV Announcer Resigns Over ‘All Lives Matter’ Tweet

    LOS ANGELES — The Sacramento Kings announced on Tuesday that Grant Napear, their longtime television play-by-play broadcaster, had resigned, two days after tweeting “All Lives Matter” in an exchange with one of the team’s former players. In addition, Bonneville International, which owns the Sacramento radio station at which Napear had co-hosted a sports show, announced […] More

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    Knicks Won’t Weigh In on George Floyd, Dolan Tells Employees

    Leadership from every N.B.A. team — in some way, shape or form — has weighed in on the death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. Every team, that is, except the Knicks. And the franchise’s owner, James L. Dolan, made clear on Monday that […] More

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    Basketball Hall of Fame Event Will Be Pushed to 2021, Colangelo Says

    The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction for an exceptionally illustrious class, including the late Kobe Bryant, will be postponed from August to next spring because of the coronavirus pandemic, Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of the Hall of Fame’s board of governors, said Wednesday. No announcement will be official until the board of governors convenes […] More

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    N.B.A. in Talks to Resume Season at Walt Disney World Resort

    The N.B.A. is in the early stages of discussions with the Walt Disney Company to restart its suspended season in late July at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, a league spokesman said Saturday. The restart, said Mike Bass, the spokesman, would be at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which would act […] More

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    Patrick Ewing Says He Has Covid-19

    Patrick Ewing, the Knicks great who is now coaching the Georgetown University men’s basketball team, announced on Friday evening that he had Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. “This virus is serious and should not be taken lightly,” Ewing said in a statement from the university’s athletic department. “I want to encourage everyone to […] More

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    N.B.A. Opens for Practice, but Few Show Up

    The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Portland Trail Blazers were the only clubs to unlock their practice facilities Friday, reflecting the cautious approach many franchises and players adopted on the first day that roughly half of the N.B.A.’s 30 teams had clearance to reopen after a shutdown of nearly two months. “It was wonderful,” said Cleveland’s […] More

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    When the Knicks Were Legend

    Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. For three straight Sundays, with virtually all live sports on hold indefinitely, we have bathed in the nostalgia of Michael Jordan’s heyday. Now it’s the Knicks’ and New York’s turn. Friday marks 50 years since the Knicks won their first […] More