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Alex Taylor is the founder and captain of Hoop York City, a New York City organization that gives female basketball players an empowering space to play the game. Taylor’s mission is to inspire woman to become entrepreneurs and help shift the perspective of a sport that often favors men.

Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans, Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers knelt alongside one another before the first games of the NBA restart.

A family from suburban Evanston is moving to Texas in wake of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s decision to add new restrictions for recreational sports, including school-based sports. Jaylon Gibson, the ninth ranked guard in the state of Illinois, says he’s moving to Texas just in time for his senior year to follow his “basketball dreams.” Under new guidance released...

WNBA star A’ja Wilson discusses the passing of Rep. John Lewis and how his loss is a reminder to her to use her platform to make change.

NBA and MLB are both gearing up for modified seasons, but reports that players have tested positive for COVID-19 are raising concerns that the precautions to keep players and staff safe won’t be enough. So will sports fans actually get to watch professional baseball and basketball this year? Sports injury expert Will Carroll weighs in.

It’s not socialism, just smart business. The NBA figured out long ago its best team was only as strong as its weakest. It’s a lesson the United States could stand to learn in the fight to end inequality.

Shawn Sloan will start playing for the University of Illinois wheelchair basketball team this fall despite being diagnosed with Cerebral palsy as a toddler, and NBC 5’s Mike Berman has his story.

As a young boy growing up on Chicago’s north side, Shawn Sloan was passionate about video games. Sports? He didn’t find them all that interesting, and when he did try playing, it never felt right. “When I would just be playing tag and stuff at recess, I’d just feel like I’m not like everybody else,” said Sloan. “I’d feel...

NBA players have until June 24 to commit to playing in the upcoming basketball restart. Players who choose to participate in the upcoming season will be subject to strict coronavirus guidelines.

Chicago Sky draft pick Ruthy Hebard discusses returning to the city where she was born.

Hall of Fame basketball coach Eddie Sutton has died

The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growing number of college leaders expressed confidence that fall sports will be possible in some form despite concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.

A Tulane University basketball player who recently declared for the NBA draft has been charged in a Georgia slaying

Talk about a coincidence: on April 28, 1998, Ruthy Hebard was born in Chicago. Days after her birth, she was adopted and moved to Alaska, where she’d grow up. And almost 22 years later, the All-American forward was picked in the 1st round of the WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky. Soon, she’ll return to the city where she was…

Fighting Illini Star Ayo Dosunmu talked with NBC 5’s Mike Berman about his decision to declare for the NBA Draft.

It’s hard for Ayo Dosunmu not to feel upset about the way his sophomore season at Illinois came to an end. Thanks in large part to his 16.6 points and 3.3 assists per game, Dosunmu had the Illini headed back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013. But then, disappointment. The coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of…

A signed Michael Jordan Team USA jersey from 1992 is up for auction with bidding starting at $25,000.

A unique Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday in a unique way. Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are all expected to be officially announced as part of the 2020 class of enshrinees by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, which typically reveals its annual selections at college basketball’s Final Four. This year, with sports shut…