Author: Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY

The West is set up for a frantic race for the No. 8 seed, with six teams in contention and eight games to decide who gets the final playoff spot.

Several players who would not have been at full strength had the playoffs proceeded as normal are returning to key roles for their teams in Orlando.

Boston Celtics players surprised Kara Lawson by her by wearing Duke Blue Devils women’s basketball T-shirts before she left for her new job.

The Big Three of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have defined the best era of men’s tennis. But which player is the best ever?

A week after the discontinuation of the “Golic and Wingo” morning radio show, longtime host Mike Golic has found another role at ESPN.

Kara Lawson, a Boston Celtics assistant and former WNBA All-Star, becomes first Black head coach in the Duke college basketball program’s history.

Charles Barkley said the sports world’s focus on social justice statements is becoming a distracting “circus” that doesn’t produce real change.

Sen. Josh Hawley wrote letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver calling on league to support police, U.S. military and Hong Kong protesters on jerseys.

Former NBA player Stephen Jackson defended DeSean Jackson’s controversial Hitler posts, arguing that the Eagles receiver was “speaking the truth.”

The North American Scrabble Players Association is prepared to vote this week to ban more than 200 offensive words from its lexicon in tournaments.