Since James Naismith’s fateful decision to hang a peach basket on the wall at a YMCA training school in western Massachusetts in 1891, basketball has been a quintessentially American sport. For fans ...

During this year's 2024 Paris Olympics, you may notice a different kind of basketball: a three-on-three (3x3) version that is only played on half a court. YES. HALF A COURT. In 2017, after the sport ...

Repeats are the central focus for basketball at the 2024 Olympics. Team USA claimed gold in both the men's and women's tournaments in Tokyo, but it wasn't exactly surprising. Both teams have ...

Team USA officially has its 3x3 Olympic team. On June 5, USA Basketball revealed the four women who would be competing on Team USA in 3x3 Olympic basketball. Cameron Brink, Rhyne Howard, Cierra ...

3×3 basketball will make its debut at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo but, as a new sport at this event, it’s worth going over the rules. Basketball for both the men and women is one of the premier events ...

The NBA is experiencing a ratings slump, but that all could change if the National Basketball Association just adopted some North Korean basketball rules. Negative points, bonuses for finesse, and a ...

The NCAA playing rules oversight panel announced rules changes to “enhance the flow of the game” have been approved. Here are the full details, via an NCAA release: The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight ...

Bruce Pearl had the cookout. Kelvin Sampson had all the phone calls. Will Wade made the “strong-ass” offer. Rick Pitino was caught up in that same FBI investigation, which alleged bribes to recruits.

Among the new sports and events at the Tokyo Olympics is an addition to basketball: a three-on-three (3x3) half-court version of hoops that's different in so many ways from its five-on-five full-court ...

• Beginning at 12:00 AM EDT on March 3rd, 2025, you may pre-register and establish a player profile in the the $1,000,000 College Basketball Mayhem Contest (“Promotion”). • Beginning at 8:00 PM EDT on ...