The wait is over: NBA basketball is back. The league returns Tuesday night with a slate of heavyweight matchups, headlined by the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder beginning their title defense ...

Adam Silver speaks onstage during the Growing the Game panel, at the Fortune Global Forum on Nov. 11, 2024. Jemal Countess / Getty Images The Athletic has live coverage of the U.S. federal sports ...

Gamblers irate over the NBA betting scandal could have a slam-dunk lawsuit that could cost the league billions in litigation and reputational damage, gaming-law experts contend. “The risk to the ...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, in his first public comments since the arrests of Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami guard Terry Rozier on gambling-related charges, said Friday night that he was ...

One minute, Victor Wembanyama’s spectacular 40-point, 15-rebound game against the Mavericks on the second night of the NBA season is the sport’s biggest story. The next minute, it’s barely an ...

The NBA gambling scandal has laid bare the "Wild West" of private gambling, and it’s only a matter of time before one of those involved turns on the others, a leading casino surveillance expert says.

• A sprawling FBI probe into mafia-linked gambling and sports rigging schemes led to the arrests this morning of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, ...

"The fraud is mind-boggling," said FBI Director Kash Patel in a press conference announcing numerous arrests, including former Celtic Terry Rozier. A gambling scandal rocked the National Basketball ...

Prosecutors have detailed seven 2023 and 2024 NBA games they say were targets of bettors placing illegal wagers after they allegedly obtained insider information about players and games from people ...

The Emmy Award-winning studio show “Inside the NBA” officially moved to ESPN and ABC for the 2025-26 NBA regular season when the Knicks hosted the Cavaliers on Wednesday, Oct. 22. The network released ...

Over the past few years, Illinois coach Brad Underwood hasn’t just revitalized the Champaign-to-NBA pipeline – he has also built it up to arguably unprecedented levels. The Illini turned out a pair of ...