A day after SBJ reported that Adam Silver persuaded WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to suspend Alyssa Thomas for putting a fist on Caitlin Clark’s throat, the NBA commissioner lamented that Clark has “become a bit of a political football in this country” and added, “I think it’s incredibly unfair ...

ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro was emphatic Thursday that his network would consider housing the NBA’s impending local streaming hub, after reading SBJ’s report this week that YouTube is already in substantive talks with the league.

The Hawks formalized an expansive over-the-air TV deal with Gray Media on Thursday that puts the team’s 2026-27 games on WANF-Channel 46 in Atlanta and on the Peachtree Sports Network statewide.

The Texas Rangers have abandoned the digital platform Victory+ effective immediately and, starting Friday, will instead stream their games on the freshly designed DTC service BZZR. The in-season move reflects the financial challenges inside Victory+, which has had three recent negotiations with NBA ...

LAS VEGAS -- WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert was not planning to suspend Alyssa Thomas for burying a fist into Caitlin Clark’s throat three weeks ago until NBA Commissioner Adam Silver implored her to reverse course and issue the discipline, multiple sources told SBJ Tuesday.

LAS VEGAS -- NBA Europe will intensify talks this weekend with ownership groups from possibly Spain, France and England, all of whom are expected to be in N.Y. for the World Cup.

LAS VEGAS -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday night he expects the league’s aggregated streaming hub for local broadcasts to launch in time for the 2027-28 season, with sources telling SBJ that YouTube is a leading candidate to house the platform.

LAS VEGAS -- The investigation into whether the Clippers conspired to circumvent the salary cap by arranging a no-show job for now-Raptors F Kawhi Leonard is nearly a year old -- but now apparently about to end. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday night he remains optimistic that a decision wh...

Cleveland-based KeyBank has emerged as the founding partner of the city’s impending WNBA franchise, with a long-coveted multiyear deal two years ahead of the team’s first game. As a longtime partner of Rock Entertainment Group -- and a previous sponsor of the Fever before the Caitlin Clark era -- Ke...

LAS VEGAS -- EuroLeague is either posturing or about to double its footprint, just as the NBA is preparing to cross the Atlantic. If the NBA’s Board of Governors didn’t already have its hands full here this week with domestic expansion, local TV free agency and Kawhi Leonard’s future, now it has to ...