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Jimmer Fredette hired as Team USA men's basketball 3×3 managing director
Fredette, who played for Team USA’s 3×3 team in the 2024 Olympics, retired as a player last week and now will focus on the 2028 Olympics.
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Alaska high schooler gifted basketball shoes made for LeBron James
Rashawn Stone, 15, was gifted the size 16 Nikes by a Portland nonprofit.
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Son of former NBA star, USC recruit injured in fiery Winnetka crash
Alijah Arenas, son of former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, was hospitalized after a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash in Winnekta. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on April 25, 2025.
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USC recruit Alijah Arenas injured in Winnetka Cybertruck crash
The son of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas was injured in a Cybertruck crash. Video broadcast Thursday April 24, 2025 on the NBC4 News at 3 p.m.
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Alijah Arenas, son of ex-NBA star and top USC recruit, out of coma after Cybertruck crash
Top USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas, the 18-year-old son of former NBA player Gilbert Arenas, was hospitalized in serious condition Thursday following a fiery Tesla Cybertruck crash in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the situation
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Mattel launches LeBron James doll for first-ever Barbie Kenbassador
The doll will be available at select Target stores and online at Target.com, Amazon, Walmart and Mattel Creations starting Monday, April 14.
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Florida fights back, wins 2025 NCAA Championship
After trailing for most of the game, the Florida Gators came back in the final minutes to defeat Houston and win the national title.
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Houston and Florida will vie for a National Championship
The Final Four have been cut to two. The Houston Cougars will take on the Florida Gators in the National Title game on Monday.
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Houston Cougars stage comeback to defeat Duke, punch ticket to Championship
After trailing for most of the game, the Houston Cougars clawed their way back in the final minutes to defeat Cooper Flagg and Duke. Houston will vie for a national title against Florida on Monday.
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Florida defeats Auburn, advances to NCAA title game
In a Final Four showdown between two SEC teams, Florida eked out the win over Auburn to punch their ticket to the NCAA title game.
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Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard and Sue Bird lead Basketball Hall of Fame class
The Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 was announced Saturday, with Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird and more set to be enshrined.
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This Michigan company builds the March Madness basketball courts
Connor Sports in Amasa, Michigan, has produced the floors for the basketball courts used in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments since 2006.
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This Michigan company builds the March Madness basketball courts
Connor Sports in Amasa, Michigan, has produced the floors for the basketball courts used in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments since 2006.
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Aaliyah Chavez, No. 1-ranked recruit, leads Monterey to state title, wins Gatorade girls basketball POY
Aaliyah Chavez, the nation’s top 2025 women’s basketball recruit from Lubbock, Texas, has been named the 2024-25 Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year. WNBA champion and 2016 MVP Nneka Ogwumike surprised Chavez with the honor.
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Kansas center Hunter Dickinson ready to make ‘some March Madness'
University of Kansas center and DMV native Hunter Dickinson talks hoops, history and March Madness.
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JuJu Watkins driven to lead No. 1 seed USC on deep run in NCAA Tournament
JuJu Watkins grew up tuning into the NCAA Tournament and making her own bracket. Now, it’s the super sophomore’s time to shine, leading No. 1 seed Southern California in pursuit of a deeper run than its Elite Eight appearance a year ago. “Every year the goal is to break others’ opinions,” she said. The Trojans (28-3) host 16th-seeded UNC Greensboro...
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UCLA and USC earn top seeds in the women's NCAA Tournament
Los Angeles’ cross-town rivals earned No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA basketball tournament. The top seed was the first in program history for the Bruins, who won the Big Ten Tournament with a victory over their cross-town rivals in the title game. The only two losses for the Bruins this season came against USC, which earned a top seed…
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2025 NCAA women's tournament Selection Sunday recap
Here are the top three teams from each region of Selection Sunday for the 2025 women’s NCAA basketball tournament.
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Diana Taurasi says goodbye to one of the greatest careers in women's basketball history
Taurasi led UConn to three straight national titles from 2001-04 and the Mercury selected her with the No. 1 overall pick of the 2004 WNBA draft.
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Oliver Miller, former NBA center known as ‘The Big O,' dies at 54
Oliver Miller, a beefy center who helped Arkansas advance to the Final Four before playing nine seasons in the NBA, has died. He was 54.