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NBA and MLB are both gearing up for modified seasons, but reports that players have tested positive for COVID-19 are raising concerns that the precautions to keep players and staff safe won’t be enough. So will sports fans actually get to watch professional baseball and basketball this year? Sports injury expert Will Carroll weighs in.

It’s not socialism, just smart business. The NBA figured out long ago its best team was only as strong as its weakest. It’s a lesson the United States could stand to learn in the fight to end inequality.

Basketball is back! The NBA has laid out an extensive plan that includes players and coaches heading to Orlando, Florida, to continue the 2019-20 season. For 10 Questions With NBC10 Boston, Brian Scalabrine talked about about basketball’s return, his favorite memory with ’08 Celtics teammate Kevin Garnett and his NBA Finals prediction. Here are a few of the questions he…

NBA players have until June 24 to commit to playing in the upcoming basketball restart. Players who choose to participate in the upcoming season will be subject to strict coronavirus guidelines.

People, including local celebrities have been sharing videos of three-pointers in support of a Lakeville high school basketball coach Trevor Gagnier ahead of his brain tumor-removal surgery.

Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has died

Raul Martinez speaks with Celtics analyst Brian Scalabrine about the NBA moving toward a return.

The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

Samantha Gibbs, a Reading Memorial High School senior with Down syndrome and a manager of the Pingree School girls’ basketball team, where her dad coaches, is home with her family, but she misses her teammates.

A Tulane University basketball player who recently declared for the NBA draft has been charged in a Georgia slaying

A signed Michael Jordan Team USA jersey from 1992 is up for auction with bidding starting at $25,000.

A unique Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday in a unique way. Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are all expected to be officially announced as part of the 2020 class of enshrinees by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which typically reveals its annual selections at college basketball’s Final Four. This year, with sports shut…

The NCAA announced on Wednesday that its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be held without fans in response to the coronavirus pandemic, limiting attendance to “essential staff and limited family.”

The NBA released a statement Wednesday saying it was suspending the season until further notice after a Utah Jazz player tested positive for coronavirus.

It’s one of the highlights of the school athletic season: competing at the state high school basketball tournament. But this year’s games in Massachusetts and elsewhere are coming with warnings about large crowds. “I’m not touching anything,” said Lynn resident Angela Maggs. “Staying away from people that cough.” Despite the coronavirus, thousands of people are turning out at Boston’s...

It may be low on his long list of career accomplishments, but the 1988 All-Star game was an important mark in Michael Jordan’s legendary career. At a time when professional basketball was still dominated by established stars such as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone, the game elevated Jordan to a new height within the sport. The game was…

Gianna Bryant’s school retired her No. 2 basketball jersey on Wednesday night in a ceremony that paid tribute to her memory.

Liam Fitzgerald has been a welcome sight at Bruins games, but Tuesday, he had the chance to take his talents to the basketball court.

I hope you have a box of tissues nearby. The Los Angeles Lakers opened up their doors and their hearts to a sold out crowd at Staples Center on Friday night. It was the first time the organization that Kobe Bryant played with for 20 years took the court for a game after the helicopter crash that killed nine people,…