Kobe Bryant Day: How the Lakers legend embraced being a girl dad

As Kobe and Vanessa Bryant had four children together – all girls – the Laker legend embraced his role as "Girl Dad" during and after his storied NBA career.

Babies born on Kobe Bryant's birthday received Lakers care package from UCLA Health

As August 23 marks what would've been Kobe Bryant's 45th birthday, babies born at UCLA Health on Tuesday received cute Los Angeles Lakers gear to celebrate the “Mamba."

Clippers to donate all proceeds from preseason game to Maui Relief

The Clippers and the Utah Jazz announced that they will donate all proceeds from a preseason game in Hawaii on Oct. 8 to benefit wildfire relief in Maui.

Everything you need to know about the 2023-24 NBA season

Teams have an average of 14 instances of back-to-back games this season, up slightly from last year’s rate of 13.3 per team. But back-to-backs involving travel are down to 9.0 on average.

Nowitzki, Gasol, Parker give international flavor to Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement

Laker legend Pau Gasol is officially a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. In his acceptance speech he thanked his friend Kobe Bryant, saying, "I wouldn’t be here without you, brother."

LeBron James-backed I Promise School delivers 'discouraging' student test results: report

The I Promise School opened in 2018 as a part of the Akron Public Schools system. But, multiple years have gone by since the school's fall class of eighth-grade students produced passing scores for Ohio's math test.

Lakers’ Rob Pelinka addresses Jaxson Hayes signing

Jaxson Hayes was sentenced to 450 hours of community service and three years of probation following a domestic incident in July 2021.