Today in Sports, February 8 - Spud Webb, 5-foot-7, wins NBA Slam Dunk competition, shortest player ever to win ...

Here we are in the winter of three-peat bids, Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs one Super Bowl away, Hurley and Connecticut still with heavy lifting to do in March and early April. Their quests both ...

“Russell deserves the opportunity to lead this basketball team,” Mills told the Tulsa World only a few hours before Springmann was promoted. “His credentials are impeccable.” Bill ...

2011 — Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia wins the men’s 3,000 at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix, after losing his right shoe at the start of the race. Gebremeskel stays close to the lead throughout the race ...

The basketball locker room in the gymnasium at ... knee of the Los Angeles Lakers’ Darrall Imhoff, the arms of Bill Russell, of the Boston Celtics, who extends his idle hand far under his ...

Bill Russell is a name that every basketball fan is familiar with. He is a proven winner and has won a record 11 championships with the Boston Celtics, and for the last two, he had the role of a ...

Basketball's golden era is filled with stories of larger-than-life personalities and iconic rivalries. Still, few duels can match the intellectual and physical chess match between Bill Russell and ...

While Mavericks fans are regretting trading Luka Doncic, here are the 10 most regretful trades in NBA history before the huge ...

After losing an 11-point lead, UCLA makes the big plays in the final minutes of an epic win over No. 9 Michigan St.

Pete Medhurst, who died Monday at age 55, lived his childhood dream by becoming a sports broadcaster and being the “Voice of Navy Athletics.” ...

His family moved to Oakland, Calif., during World War II, when the 9-year-old Russell started playing basketball. Russell didn't become a starter at McClymonds High School until he was a senior ...

Jan. 30—In this excerpt from his new book, "Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk," Inquirer columnist Mike Sielski explores the effect of Julius Erving's career, ...