By TIM REYNOLDS LeBron James will not be back with the Los Angeles Lakers and plans to play a record-extending 24th NBA season elsewhere, a person with knowledge of those plans confirmed Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on…
By BRIAN MAHONEY NEW YORK (AP) — By the time Jalen Brunson and the Knicks returned home, it was as easy to find something orange around New York as at Halloween. The city was caught up in this championship run for nearly two months and…
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WXXV)- Detroit Pistons forward and Bay St. Louis native Tolu Smith is hosting a community event and three-on-three basketball…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Pelicans have hired former Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley as their next coach, ending interim coach James Borrego's candidacy to retain his job on a permanent basis, a person with knowledge of the decision…
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Shaquille O’Neal wants to find the best dunker in the world. O’Neal — who had roughly 4,000 dunks in his NBA career, including playoffs — announced Monday night that he’s the founder and inaugural commissioner of Dunkman,…
By EDDIE PELLS All that talent at Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And somebody has to play the part of the unheralded “little guy.” At the Final Four next weekend, that role belongs, improbably, to Illinois. In…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- The City of Pascagoula honored the Pascagoula High School boys basketball team for their Class 6A state championship. A proclamation and individual certificates of achievement were…
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WXXV)- The Pascagoula Panthers boys basketball team won the state championship game and now it is time to celebrate! The community is encouraged to come out to…
By CLIFF BRUNT The NCAA is investigating potential violations of sports betting rules involving 13 former men’s basketball players who competed for six schools. Cases include athletes formerly associated with Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and…
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) - The Mississippi Queens is a semi-professional women’s basketball team looking to take the court by storm. With a 15-player roster in the works, the team is gearing up to play…
A sleepy Selection Sunday this was not. North Carolina barely slid into this year’s version of March Madness, a development that led its athletic director to remind everyone that he had nothing to do with that choice even though he’s the…
The St. Martin Yellow Jacket boys basketball team welcomed the Vancleave Bulldogs to town earlier this afternoon for a special kind of game. This was not your average high…
Wiggins residents had the chance to show off their basketball skills at an event this past weekend. The Wiggins Police Department hosted a three-on-three basketball tournament over the weekend. This allowed…
Two former Bay High basketball standouts and current professional players made a return to their high school over the weekend. Former Mississippi State star Tolu Smith and brother Galen…
When the basketball team at Bay-Waveland middle school took the court on Thursday morning they thought that they were in for an average basketball practice. Little did they know that…
PARIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 21 points and the U.S. women’s basketball team survived the biggest challenge of its unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic gold medals with a 67-66 win over France at the Paris Games on Sunday.…
By TIM REYNOLDS Updated 10:10 AM CDT, August 2, 2024 VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ, France (AP) — The U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team had a 23-point lead over Serbia with seven seconds remaining in its opening contest at the Paris Games earlier this week. Had this…
Gulf Coast, MS – July 12, 2024 – The South Coast Sea Turtles, Mississippi’s premier professional basketball team, are excited to announce an open tryout for the upcoming season. The tryout will take place on Saturday, August 17, 2024, from…
The Mississippi State Bulldogs and head coach Chris Jans will have to now shift their focus to off-season work and recruiting after their 1st round…
We are under 24 hours away from the 2024 NCAA Tournament tipping off as games are set to begin at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday morning. One…
Pass Christian let Wingfield hang around early - but this one got out of hand after the first quarter as the Pirated win 66-39.
St. Patrick catholic high school defeats Seminary, 85-54
The family of Southern Miss Men's Basketball Coach Jay Ladner has released a statement after he suffered a heart-related medical emergency earlier this week. The family…
USM head basketball coach Jay Ladner was hospitalized Tuesday morning in Hattiesburg after suffering a heart related medical emergency. While he is expected to make a full recovery, the university…