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Hall of Famer and Phoenix Suns great Connie Hawkins, who played seven seasons in the NBA, died at the age of 75. Hawkins, nicknamed “The Hawk” and a Brooklyn playground legend, played four All-Star seasons with the Suns from 1969 to 1973. The forward also played for the Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta Hawks. The

Coupled with an 0-4 start, the Chargers move to Los Angeles hasn’t gone over well. Despite playing in the smallest venue in the NFL, the Chargers are only filling 25,000 of the possible 27,000 seats. On Tuesday, an NFL spokesman finally spoke to the rumors that the league could force a move back to San

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson was released from a Nevada prison early Sunday after serving nine years for a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas. The former football star, whose 1995 murder trial in Los Angeles inspired years of debate over race and justice, was released only minutes after he became eligible, a

With the NBA season quickly approaching and the topic of protesting — specifically in regards to the National Anthem at sporting events — being such a major talking point in American sports and culture right now, it stands to reason that NBA commissioner Adam Silver already knows his thoughts on the matter. And if you

DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban expects his players to stand for the national anthem when the preseason starts Monday against the Milwaukee Bucks at American Airlines Center. The discord that has developed in the NFL after President Donald Trump verbally attacked players Sept. 22 for protesting civil injustice during the national anthem has

NFL players across the league have spoken out against President Donald Trump’s comments from last week in Alabama, but Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the league’s biggest star to comment on the issue. Rodgers took to Instagram on Wednesday with a picture of he and his teammates locking arms during the anthem, and

Weighing in on the simmering debate over football players kneeling during the national anthem, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slammed President Trump and those who have criticized high-paid players for their apparent lack of gratitude. “That’s pretty much what the British said about the leaders of the American Revolution — the wealthy were making money by colluding with

While so much attention is focused on sports and politics, J.J. Barea took time the last couple of days to take care of what’s really important — helping people. The Mavericks point guard, getting a big assist from owner Mark Cuban, was given use of the team’s private plane to haul supplies to his native

New England Patriots fans berated their team by booing them as players kneeled in protest during the national anthem. Before the Patriots took on the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. Sunday, more than a half-dozen players took a knee during the national anthem performance, — the first time a Patriots player had done so. A

On a day when the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that they, as a team, would stay in the locker room for the national anthem, the Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that, unlike other championship teams, they will indeed accept the president’s invite to the White House. RELATED: NFL coach on Trump: “there’s no longer a place to

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has picked fights with two of the nation’s most popular professional sports leagues, setting off a Twitter war with top athletes who were quick to fight back in an extraordinary display of political trash-talking with thinly veiled racial undertones. Even National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell jumped into the fray