On one side were the Pistons, a veteran-laden squad with proud and gutsy players like Isiah Thomas, Bill Laimbeer and Rick ...

Other major leagues have seen players earn $20 million — and more — for a decade-plus. Hockey has lagged far behind.

While Johnson spent most of his career having Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird as his rival, Magic faced Michael and his Chicago Bulls in the 1991 NBA Finals. The Bulls dominated that championship ...

Perhaps surprisingly, Nate McMillan makes it onto this list of the toughest defenders Magic Johnson ever faced in the NBA.

Despite being "stuck" behind Jordan for his first 11 seasons, Pippen was a seven-time All-Star and All-NBA member, ten-time All-Defense, and placed top-ten in Defensive Player of the Year voting in ...

Derrick Rose made a statement that shifted the focus from legends like Michael Jordan to another legendary point guard, Isaiah Thomas. Rose asserted that for him, Isaiah Thomas is the GOAT. This is ...

This past Saturday, I was fortunate enough to be invited to be part of a contingent of Providence College people who ...

A top 10 list is subjective and flawed, no matter how many stats are used to formulate it. The Athletic NBA writer, John Hollinger, demonstrates this ...

Michael Jordan called Reggie Lewis’ first step the best in the NBA, a rare compliment remembered by Jim Calhoun.

Today in Boston Celtics history, Paul Pierce and Bill Russell were inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and coach, respectively.

Matthew Schmidt is a sportswriter who covers NFL, MLB, NBA and college football and basketball. He has been writing professionally since 2011 and has also worked for On SI, Bleacher Report, FanRag ...

A month after his younger brother, Dylan, officially signed his rookie scale contract with the San Antonio Spurs, Ron Harper Jr. put pen to paper as well. Harper, the son of five-time Chicago Bulls ...