The biggest thing to take away from Thursday's thrilling (ugly, yes, but thrilling) Lakers win in overtime over the Boston Celtics was the realization that this rivalry is really in its death throes.

A cult hero among the NBA community, Jeremy Lin was one of the most exciting players in the league during his short-lived prime. Earlier today, he announced his retirement from professional basketball ...

NEW YORK -- It was a Friday night and an old, familiar big-game buzz was permeating throughout Madison Square Garden. It was the kind of electricity that could be felt in the Garden when NBA royalty ...

NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include actor and director TONY BILL, who was born in 1940; former basketball player KOBE BRYANT, who was born in 1978; actor SCOTT CAAN, who was born in 1976; actress ...

On Saturday, Jeremy Lin officially ended his 15-year professional basketball career, announcing his retirement via Instagram. While it’s important to appreciate the totality of those 15 years, the ...

Warning: This story contains explicit language. BETWEEN THREE AND a million years ago, after an increasingly intimidating series of meetings with literary agents, I resolved to write a book about the ...