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Penny Toler, the former general manager of the Los Angeles Sparks, is suing the W.N.B.A. team, saying she was fired for raising complaints about inappropriate sexual relationships involving the team president and a managing partner, not for using a racial slur. The Sparks fired Toler on Oct. 4, about two weeks after a profane postgame […] More
A Missouri inmate whose appeal of his 50-year sentence for burglary and assault has been backed by the W.N.B.A. star Maya Moore had his conviction overturned by a state judge on Monday. Before a packed courtroom in Jefferson City, Judge Daniel Green capped months of review by issuing a ruling that vacated the guilty verdict […] More
In wins over the Clippers and the Bucks, the Lakers looked like the team to beat and James looked like an M.V.P. More
Knicks rookie RJ Barrett was in the midst of one of the best games of his career and he was doing it at Madison Square Garden against the Houston Rockets, a potential finals team. The crowd ate up his creative finishes at the rim, including one late in the fourth quarter that sent the Garden […] More
Kenny Atkinson is no longer the head coach of the Nets, the team unexpectedly announced on Saturday. “After discussions with Kenny about the progress of the season, we mutually agreed that a coaching change would be in the best interest of the team,” General Manager Sean Marks said in a statement. “This was an extremely […] More
It was Stephen Curry vs. Kyle Lowry again Thursday night, as the Golden State Warriors faced off against the Toronto Raptors in their first matchup since last year’s N.B.A. finals. The game went back and forth, and just like in the series-clinching Game 6 of the finals at Oracle Arena, the Raptors prevailed in the […] More
The wallet of the Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is about to be a bit lighter. The N.B.A. said Friday that it has fined Cuban $500,000 for “his public criticism and detrimental conduct regarding N.B.A. officiating” after his team’s Feb. 22 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The N.B.A. also denied the Mavericks’ protest of the […] More
Want more basketball in your inbox? Sign up for Marc Stein’s weekly N.B.A. newsletter here. LONDON — The plan was to meet up in London and, if everything fell right, maybe even watch the big game together. Aston Villa played Manchester City on Sunday in the League Cup final at Wembley Stadium, pitting your humble […] More
