Basketball

The National Basketball Association set a league record for most head coaches of color in the past year, helping it earn high grades in an annual diversity report.

They're finishing each other's sentences already. They're sitting side by side at breakfast. They're talking on defense, getting everyone involved on offense, celebrating each other's successes as if this team has been together for years.

PHOENIX (AP) — New Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia wasted little time overhauling his team's roster. Now, he's turned his attention to the fan experience at Footprint Center.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For an opening statement, USA Basketball's World Cup team made an emphatic one. Anthony Edwards and Cam Johnson each scored 15 points, and the U.S.

TORONTO — Jamal Murray has been ruled out of Canada's exhibition games ahead of the FIBA Men's Basketball World Cup.

OTTAWA — The Scarborough Shooting Stars and Calgary Surge are packing for an exciting weekend on the West Coast. The Ottawa BlackJacks and Edmonton Stingers are packing it up for the season.

Ricky Rubio of the Cleveland Cavaliers announced Saturday that he is taking a break from basketball to focus on his mental health, a move that comes as his Spanish national team prepares to defend its title at the FIBA World Cup that starts later thi

PRAGUE, Czechia — Edmonton's Michelle Plouffe had 15 points and five rebounds as Canada beat France 20-17 to capture gold in a 3x3 FIBA Women's Series event in Prague.

TORONTO — The Scarborough Shooting Stars poured it on in the final quarter on Friday to bounce the Brampton Honey Badgers 98-74 in a Canadian Elite Basketball League play-in game held at Toronto's Pan Am Sports Centre.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anthony Davis is under contract to the Los Angeles Lakers for the next five seasons, after agreeing to an extension that comes with the highest per-season average salary in NBA history.