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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.

Athletes have had to adjust their training for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics amid the coronavirus pandemic. Philly Live’s Aunyea Lachelle talks to Steve Serio, U.S. Paralympian and Team Toyota Athlete in wheelchair basketball about his training regiment gearing up for Tokyo.

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.

Though they will never have experienced anything quite like games without any fans at Disney World, the Sixers have ideas about how they’ll adjust.

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.

Brett Brown had positive news on the health of Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid and offered an interesting take on how he plans to use the All-Star duo together.

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.

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.

From a no-brainer in Allen Iverson to a tremendous value selection in Maurice Cheeks, here are the 10 greatest draft picks in Sixers history.

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

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…

The NCAA announced on Wednesday that its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be held without fans in response to the coronavirus pandemic, limiting attendance to “essential staff and limited family.”

The 76ers players will be tested for COVID-19 after playing a team that previously played against the Utah Jazz, according to NBC10 sports reporter John Clark. Two Jazz players have tested positive for the coronavirus.

It may be low on his long list of career accomplishments, but the 1988 All-Star game was an important mark in Michael Jordan’s legendary career. At a time when professional basketball was still dominated by established stars such as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone, the game elevated Jordan to a new height within the sport. The game was…