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According to ESPN Stats & Information, Beal is the first player to score 50 points on consecutive days since Kobe Bryant also did it on both nights of a road back-to-back in March 2007.

Angel McCoughtry is headed to Las Vegas and Kristi Toliver is going back to Los Angeles on the first day that WNBA free agents can sign with new teams.

Most of the top NBA playoff contenders stayed out of the down-to-the-wire frenzy at the trade deadline. The Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers beefed up instead.

Bucks guard Pat Connaughton, the Orioles’ fourth-round draft pick out of Notre Dame in 2014, will reportedly compete in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Feb. 15 in Chicago.

Former Lakers star Kobe Bryant inspired one CCBC Essex athlete to honor him with the performance of a lifetime.

By Kyle J. Andrews

Feb 4, 2020

The first-place Bullets set a club record (39 wins) in a 132-122 NBA victory over the Chicago Bulls at the Civic Center. Guard Kevin Loughery scores 35 points for Baltimore, which still has 28 games to play.

By Mike Klingaman

Feb 3, 2020

Shaquille O'Neal tearfully said Tuesday he never could have imagined anything like Kobe Bryant's death, remembering his former teammate as a great player whose kids called him “Uncle Shaq.“

Wearing No. 24 in honor of Kobe Bryant, Joel Embiid scored 24 points in his first game in three weeks, leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a 115-104 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.

Baltimore residents gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday night to honor the memory of late NBA star Kobe Bryant.

By Phil Davis

Jan 28, 2020

The NBA has postponed the Los Angeles Lakers' next game in the wake of retired superstar Kobe Bryant's death in a helicopter crash

NBA players, coaches, entertainers and politicians took to social media and other avenues to express their shock and sadness over the helicopter crash that took the life of former basketball great Kobe Bryant.

Bradley Beal scored 36 points to help the Washington Wizards overcome exhaustion and get past the Cleveland Cavaliers 124-112.

A Prince George's County police officer has been suspended for shooting a video that shows former NBA player Delonte West as he was being questioned while shirtless and handcuffed.

The St. Frances graduate does not sound optimistic about returning to the Atlanta Dream and is looking forward to going “where I know I can make a positive change.”

By Edward Lee

Dec 22, 2019

The rookie guard and former Villanova standout was thrilled for the opportunity to practice at his alma mater’s The Smith Center before the Go-Go hopped onto a flight from BWI Marshall Airport to Las Vegas.

By Edward Lee

Dec 19, 2019

Fifty years ago, the city’s three major league teams — the Colts, Bullets and Orioles — all strode into the post-season with title aspirations. Yet that trio, favorites all, fell flat on their collective keisters to teams from — dare we say it? — New York.

By Mike Klingaman

Nov 27, 2019

Former Maryland basketball star Dez Wells left the Philippines last week after being involved in a reported fight with three teammates.

By Don Markus

Nov 26, 2019

Carmelo Anthony played in his first NBA game in over a year Tuesday night after signing with the Trail Blazers as a free agent. Here’s what experts and analysts around the country had to say about his performance.

San Antonio Spurs forward Rudy Gay came back home to Baltimore to open up a basketball gym in Towson called PickUp USA Fitness.

By Kyle J. Andrews

Nov 20, 2019

Baltimore native Carmelo Anthony is set with a nonguaranteed contract with the Trail Blazers and jersey No. 00

Lee, a Baltimore native and Calvert Hall graduate, underwent an MRI exam Tuesday morning that revealed a nondisplaced fracture of the fourth metacarpal.

James Harden scored 59 points and made one of two free throws with 2.4 seconds to play to give the Rockets a 159-158 victory over the Wizards.

Thomas Bryant had 21 points and 11 rebounds to help the Washington Wizards beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-85 on Friday night.

The Wizards opened their season with a 108-100 loss to the host Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

All-Star guard Bradley Beal agreed on 2-year, $72 million extension with the Washington Wizards

LeBron James believes Rockets GM Daryl Morey “was either misinformed or not really educated on the situation” and the potential consequences when he tweeted in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests.

The Washington Mystics have won their first WNBA championship, getting 21 points from banged-up league Most Valuable Player Elena Delle Donne to defeat the Sun in Game 5.

The Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics both will be playing for their franchise’s first WNBA title during a decisive Game 5 on Thursday, but that won’t be the only compelling story line