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After getting league approval, sources told ESPN that Mark Walter has closed on the purchase of a majority stake in the Lakers at a record valuation of $10 billion.

The questions inside the Blazers' locker room and across the NBA are the same: How do we reconcile the man we thought we knew -- and a man the federal government believes is a criminal?

Businessman Mark Walter is scheduled to present his bid to acquire the Lakers to the NBA's Advisory Finance Committee as part of a process that could result in his approval by the end of the month to take over the team, sources told ESPN.

Led by interim coach Tiago Splitter, the Trail Blazers began moving forward after the arrest of coach Chauncey Billups, earning a 139-119 win over the Warriors.

The Portland Fire have hired Alex Sarama, an assistant with the Cleveland Cavaliers, as the WNBA expansion franchise's inaugural head coach.

Amid the WNBA Finals, two of the most powerful people in the game are locked in a contentious battle -- for public opinion, power and money.

Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier has canceled her meeting with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert next week, sources told ESPN.

McKenna Woliczko has committed to Iowa, becoming coach Jan Jensen's highest-rated recruit in the post-Caitlin Clark era and drawing some initial comparisons to the NCAA's all-time leading scorer.

Kawhi Leonard said that he doesn't "think it's accurate" that he performed no services for Aspiration, the now-bankrupt green banking company and Clippers team sponsor with which he signed a lucrative endorsement contract.

Duke women's head basketball coach Kara Lawson has been named the next head coach of USA women's basketball team for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer told ESPN that he would "want the league to investigate" if another owner and another team were accused of circumventing the NBA's salary cap, as the Clippers were in a podcast by Pablo Torre on Wednesday.

Wyc Grousbeck will no longer stay on as governor as part of the Celtics' $6.1 billion sale to Bill Chisholm, sources told ESPN.

When the Thunder set out to build a champion, they learned hard lessons from how their historic trio of KD, Russell Westbrook and James Harden flamed out a decade ago.

From group chats to high-level X's and O's breakdowns, the two superstars have pushed themselves -- and each other -- to the top of the basketball universe.

For decades, Boucek had professional dreams and personal ones -- and believed they were mutually exclusive. Now, as a mom and the first front-of-the-bench female assistant in the NBA, she's finally living both.

Texas Tech superstar pitcher NiJaree Canady has signed another seven-figure deal with Texas Tech.

On a random Saturday in January 2022, the Pacers' star guard was issued a challenge. He met it -- and his rise began.

Despite back-to-back 50-win seasons, whispers about Tom Thibodeau's future in New York had percolated for months.

Karl-Anthony Towns has undergone treatment on his bruised left knee and to repair ligament damage on his left finger after suffering both injuries during the playoffs, sources told ESPN.

One play six years ago introduced one of the league's most dominant defenders -- and he has been exhausting NBA superstars ever since.