Bill Simmons is a columnist for Page 2 and ESPN The Magazine. This column also appears in the July 22 issue of ESPN The Magazine.

Check out today's list of famous athlete birthdays on March 16, 2026, including Joel Embiid, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Blake ...

The Big East Tournament always delivers. But as all of college athletics grapples to figure out its future, it is hard not to watch the best conference tournament of them all and wonder how it will ...

Celtics great Larry Bird capped a torrid Texas Triangle trip with an unforgettable shooting performance in San Antonio on ...

1960 — Rookie Wilt Chamberlain scores a playoff record 53 points in the Philadelphia’s 132-112 triumph over the Syracuse Nationals to send the Warriors to the Eastern Division finals against the ...

Basketball legend Artis Gilmore reflects on his one regret in Chicago, his ABA accomplishments, and his breakthrough ...

The Brooklyn Nets have 52 jersey numbers worn by over 600 different players over the course of their history since the franchise was founded in 1967 as a charter member of the American Basketball ...

A 10-game schedule kick starts the post-all-star break slate. Among the notable NBA odds include Pistons vs. Knicks (-4.5), Hawks vs. 76ers (-1.5), Celtics (-5.5) vs. Warriors and Nuggets (-4.5) vs.

While many NBA players have expressed concerns about the impact of betting on the game, other are signing on as sponsors and investors. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images As professional sports ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — NBA commissioner Adam Silver wondered out loud Saturday if a moral code in pro sports has been decisively crossed as more and more teams are blatantly losing games — the hated ...

The NBA will unleash a new All-Star Game format this year during All-Star Weekend in Inglewood. How does it work? Well, this year's All-Star Game will feature "a round-robin mini-tournament with four ...