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LeBron James Fined For ‘Obscene Gesture,’ Warned For Swearing

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James was slapped with a $15,000 fine for an “obscene gesture” and warned for swearing during a news conference by the NBA’s disciplinary officials on Friday....... Read more Lebron James Returns From Suspension To Inspire LA Lakers In Win Over Indiana Pacers

LeBron James returned from suspension to inspire the Los Angeles Lakers to a 124-116 overtime win over the Indiana Pacers in the NBA Western Conference. The Lakers trailed for most of...... Read more Lakers, Clippers' Home Court To Be Renamed Crypto.com Arena

NBA teams Los Angeles Lakers' and LA Clippers' home court the Staples Center will be renamed Crypto.com Arena this Christmas. The Staples Center said on its website on Tuesday that a...... Read more Rivers Hoopers Win 2021 Basketball Premier League

Rivers Hoopers basketball team on Tuesday emerged winners of the 2021 Super Eight men’s Basketball Premier League. The News Agency of the Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the final match played...... Read more Basketball: Rivers Hoopers Beat Nigeria Custom 85-75 To Reach Final

Rivers Hoopers basketball team on Monday defeated Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) 85-76 to secure a ticket to the final match of the the ongoing 2021 Super Eight men’s premier Basketball League....... Read more Basketball: Five Days Notice Not Enough To Prepare For A Competition, Says Onikeku

The Sports Secretary of Nigeria Customs Service, Samuel Onikeku, on Saturday said five days notice is not enough to prepare for a competition. Onikeku disclosed this after his team, the Nigeria...... Read more Final 8 Basketball League Kicks Off Nov. 12

The Secretary General of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), Olabisi Afolabi, has said the federation is ready to commence the Final 8 of the Premier Basketball Men’s League on Friday in...... Read more Electoral Committee Insists NBBF Polls Will Hold October 30 in Benin

Despite the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development’s order halting the Nigeria Basketball elections earlier billed to hold in Benin on Saturday, the NBBF Electoral Committee, yesterday, insisted that the...... Read more Michael Jordan’s Sneakers Sell For Nearly $1.5m, An Auction Record

A pair of sneakers worn by NBA superstar Michael Jordan early in his career sold for nearly $1.5 million on Sunday, setting a record price at auction for game-worn footwear,...... Read more LeBron James On Course To Climb Ladder In NBA All-Time Scores

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, considered one of the all-time basketball greats, is eyeing new records in the league, especially in the all-time scoring category, as the 2021-22 campaign...... Read more Unpaid Bonuses: D’Tigers, D’Tigress Money Ready To Be Disbursed – FG

The Federal Government says unpaid bonuses and allowances owed the D’Tigers and D’Tigress are ready. On Wednesday, D’Tigress players had taken to social media to lament over their unpaid bonuses, accusing...... Read more D’Tigress Protest Unpaid Wages, Allowances

Afrobasket champions, the D’Tigress are protesting over their unpaid wages and allowances. They are also expressing grievances over what they described as unfair treatment meted out to them by the Nigerian...... Read more NBA: No Pay If Unvaccinated Players Can't Play

Players who are forced to miss games due to the executive orders governing vaccination requirements in both New York and San Francisco will not be paid for any games they miss....... Read more President Buhari Congratulates D’Tigress On Afrobasket Feat

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, D’Tigress on their victory at the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Women’s Championship in Cameroon. According to a statement signed by the...... Read more Victorious D’Tigress Return As Commendation Trails African Champions

Fresh from their latest victory at the just-concluded FIBA Afrobasket for Women held in Yaounde, Cameroun, Nigeria’s women basketball national team, D’Tigress, returned to the country yesterday to the warm...... Read more D’Tigress Win Historic 3rd Consecutive Afrobasket Title

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, the D’Tigress have recorded a historic achievement of winning the Afrobasket championship for the third time in a row. The Nigerian team beat Mali 70-59...... Read more Nigeria Alleges Foul Play As D’Tigress Beat Cote D’Ivoire To Qualify For FIBA Afrobasket Semifinals

Nigeria braved all odds, including unfair officiating, to beat Cote d’Ivoire in one of the quarterfinal matches of the on-going FIBA Afrobasket for Women in Yaoundé, Cameroun. Although D’Tigress won the...... Read more D’Tigress Beat Angola To Qualify For Women’s AfroBasket Quarter-Finals

D’Tigress, Nigeria’s senior women basketball team, on Monday in Yaoundé beat their Angolan counterparts 85-65 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2021 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket Championship. In their final...... Read more D’Tigress Land In Yaounde For Afrobasket Title Defence

The women’s National basketball team, D’tigress are to commence their FIBA Afrobasket Championship title defence against Mozambique on Sept.18 in Yaounde, Cameroon. The team, has in the meantime arrived Yaounde,...... Read more D’Tigers Crash Out Of AfroBasket After Uganda Loss

Nigeria’s D’Tigers on Tuesday ended their 2021 FIBA AfroBasket campaign on a sour note with a 68-80 loss to lowly-rated Uganda in Kigali, Rwanda. The Nigerian senior men’s basketball team...... Read more 2021 AfroBasket: D’Tigers Beat Mali 81-73 In Opening Group Game

Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on Wednesday beat Mali 81-73 in their opening match of the ongoing 2021 AfroBasket Championship in Kigali, Rwanda. The Nigerian side, who were without most...... Read more D’Tigers Will Be Ready For Mali By Wednesday At Afrobasket, Brown Assures

D’Tigers will be ready to make their Nigerian compatriots proud by Wednesday when they take on Mali at the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket in Kigali, team head coach Mike Brown assured on...... Read more Mike Brown To Lead D’Tigers To Afrobasket In Rwanda

The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) has appointed three-time former NBA winner with Golden State Warriors Mike Brown to lead the country’s team to the Afrobasket in Rwanda later this month. Brown,...... Read more Warriors’ Curry Gets 4-Year, $215m Contract Extension

Two-time NBA MVP and three-time champion Stephen Curry has agreed to a four-year, $215 million contract extension with the Golden State Warriors, making him the first player in history to sign...... Read more Obama Joins NBA Africa As Strategic Partner

Former President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner and minority owner, the NBA announced Tuesday. NBA Africa conducts the league's business on that continent, including most notably...... Read more