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The Washington Wizards have forward Rui Hachimura from Gonzaga the first Japanese player ever taken in the first round of the NBA draft.

Two Maryland youth soccer teams earned US Youth Soccer National Championship titles this past weekend in Frisco, Texas.

The organizations hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration at the school, where an outdoor play space was unveiled featuring a new basketball court.

By Glenn Graham

Jul 24, 2018

The Thunder reportedly will either trade Anthony or use the NBA's stretch provision or a buyout-and-stretch combination.

By Katherine Fominykh

Jul 6, 2018

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony plans to opt in and take the $28 million he is due next season.

Luka Doncic is about to become an NBA player, though he's unlike the other top prospects who will be drafted. He's already a pro.

In a what-have-you-done-lately-for-me league, the Towson Catholic alumnus is reinventing himself as a key role player in Oklahoma City.

By Peter Schmuck

Jan 30, 2018

Carmelo Anthony ejected for flagrant foul, 'unnatural' basketball move

Carmelo Anthony scores 22 points in Thunder debut against his former team.

Happy New Year, NBA.

Paul George and Carmelo Anthony join Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City to make run at NBA title.

After months of speculation, the Knicks have agreed to trade Carmelo Anthony the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Carmelo Anthony, one of the most dissected professional athletes in the country said he felt completely at peace when he returned to Baltimore Wednesday.

By Childs Walker

Aug 2, 2017

The Basketball Tournament will hold its semifinals and championship at Coppin State this week.

Hoop dreams often incubate in dim, cramped gyms, much like the one at the Mount Royal Rec Center.

Isaiah Todd plays in Virginia now, and he's a rising star.

By Jonas Shaffer

Jun 23, 2017

Brigade defensive lineman Dexter Davis was named Arena Football League Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.

John Wall had 29 points and 13 assists, scoring Washington's final four points in the last 32 seconds as the surging Wizards beat the host Knicks, 113-110, on Thursday night.

Baltimore could get another preseason Wizards game soon. The wait for another Capitals game is another matter.

By Jonas Shaffer

Dec 14, 2016

For the first time since his knee surgery in May, John Wall played in back-to-back games, and the result was a rare win for the Washington Wizards.

Local men's basketball preview capsules

By C.J. Doon

Nov 10, 2016

In the fifth grade, my lips were chapped and 50 Cent's debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" spun feverishly in my Walkman. I was finally able to shoot free

1. The atmosphere is incredible. 

By Childs Walker

Aug 18, 2016

C. Milton Wright graduate Amanda Barnes was named the first head coach at East Carolina.

Carmelo Anthony will release a 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'-inspired clothing line this May at Macy's.

By John-John Williams IV

Mar 3, 2016

Baltimore product Will Barton is having a breakout season for the Denver Nuggets, and the ties that bind him to his hometown are as strong as ever.

By Childs Walker

Jan 29, 2016

The game has different values now. A forward who can rebound and defend and post up remains a commodity, same as it has been since the sport's early days. But a forward who also can shoot 3-pointers and lead fast breaks and handcuff opposing guards — the kind of player James Naismith might have conceived of only in a science-fiction setting — has become like basketball's analog of the smartphone. Everyone wants one, and it's getting increasingly difficult to imagine life without.

By Jonas Shaffer

Nov 10, 2015

Incoming Chapelgate freshman Jason Murphy experiences NBA Africa

By Tim Schwartz

Aug 10, 2015

Rij Patel of Hunt Valley shot his third straight 2-under-par 70 on Thursday to win the three-round Jos. A. Bank/David Leadbetter Championship, an American Junior Golf Association event at Cattail Creek Country Club in Glenwood.

City of Gods, which is named after a Baltimore clothing store, includes several players with local ties, including former Maryland star James Gist and Omar Strong, a former two-time All-Metro guard at Douglass High who played collegiately at Texas Southern.

By Don Markus

Jul 31, 2015

Owners of 2,711 dogs set to take part

The Washington Wizards' John Wall is the first player drafted by the franchise to be voted a starter in the All-Star Game since Earl Monroe

The Wizards returned to Baltimore on Monday night to play against the New Orleans Pelicans at the newly renamed Royal Farms Arena, and it seemed like the memories came flooding back more than the fans came storming into the antiquated venue.

By Don Markus

Oct 20, 2014

The Washington Wizards will play a preseason game at Baltimore Arena for the second straight year, hosting the New Orleans Pelicans on Oct. 20.

All Otto Porter Jr. and Glen Rice Jr. could do last season was sit, watch and wait. T

The Mavericks and New York Knicks agreed Wednesday to a six-player trade that returns center Tyson Chandler to Dallas three years after he helped win a championship only to leave right away in free agency.

C.J. Fair, the Baltimore-born Syracuse star, has prepared for the NBA draft by training with George Gervin and John Lucas.

"I take what they are giving to me," said Nene, who is averaging a team-best 20.5 points on 63.3 percent shooting in the first two games.

Carmelo Anthony had the full attention of basketball fans on Friday, when the New York Knicks forward and best basketball player to come out of Baltimore scored a franchise-record 62 points in the Knicks' 125-96 win over the Charlotte Bobcats.

Forward Carmelo Anthony scored 22 points to lead the Knicks to a 98-89 preseason win over the Wizards in his return to his hometown.

Baltimore basketball fans got a taste of something old and something new Thursday as the city hosted an NBA game for the first time since 1999.

The Washington Wizards were banking on a number of constituencies to pack the Baltimore Arena for Thursday night¿s exhibition game against Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks ¿ and they couldn¿t have been disappointed.

Carmelo Anthony will don a pro uniform in Baltimore for the first time when his New York Knicks meet the Washington Wizards at the Baltimore Arena.

Lack of modern, NBA-sized arena big obstacle to Baltimore attracting team

Washington Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell and guards Bradley Beal and Garrett Temple hosted a basketball clinic at Dunbar High School in Baltimore on Thursday.

Washington to face New York Knicks and Carmelo Anthony on Oct. 17

Having already collected the Lombardi Trophy and their Super Bowl rings, the Ravens could take home some more hardware at next month's ESPY Awards.

Brothers Tim Connelly (Denver Nuggets), Pat Connelly (Phoenix Suns), Joe Connelly (Washington Wizards) and Dan Connelly (Utah Jazz) grew up in Baltimore's Roland Park neighborhood and now work for NBA franchises.