Zelmo Beaty, a 6-foot-9, 225-pound big man, was one of basketball's lesser-known stars in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, Bill Russell achieved an NBA Finals record by securing a total of 40 rebounds in Game 2 of ...

Brandin Podziemski has been a lightning rod, for both criticism and praise, all season. As is often the case for 23-year-olds ...

The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers to complete a two-game sweep. 1940 — Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paychek in the second round at Madison Square Garden ...

Long once scored 111 points in a high school game, averaged 45 points per game in the Warriors’ women’s basketball league in ...

Sports reporters of the day make no mention of the fact that all the Rens are black and the All-Stars are all white. 1942 — Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38 for the NCAA basketball championship. 1944 — ...

Jaylen Brown had 31 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help the Boston Celtics end the visiting Oklahoma City ...

Who's hot (Thunder, Lakers), who's not (Heat, Magic) and what to watch this week in battles for playoff positioning.

For much of the 1950s and early 1960s, professional basketball in America was still trying to figure out what it was supposed ...

The Los Angeles Lakers star, already the NBA's career leader in points and minutes, is now the league's career leader in ...

LeBron James surpasses Robert Parish for the most games played in NBA history, cementing his “Iron Man” legacy while still ...

Lower-seeded teams have long filled March with shocking upsets to earn the almost honorary title of Cinderella.