It would be hard not to be envious of Bill Melchionni's basketball career. What a ride. From starring as a guard at Bishop Eustace Prep in his hometown of Pennsauken, New Jersey, to becoming a ...

Before the NBA was the biggest basketball league in the world, it faced tough competition at home from none other than the ABA and its golden child, Julius Erving. The American Basketball Association, ...

Editor’s note: At a time when sports are shut down, we are taking a look (in no particular order) at some of the bizarre moments from Georgia sports history. This is a story of what could have been.

Tim Bassett can tell a good basketball story. The 1973-'74 basketball season was the first of seven professional seasons for Bassett. At 6'8 225lb, the kid from Washington,DC, was positioned either at ...

Julius Erving has all the accolades to make him an unforgettable player: 11 NBA All-Star teams. Four more in the ABA. The league MVP in 1981. AN NBA championship in 1983. The 50th anniversary All-Time ...

In this occasional series, staff writer Tod Leonard attends sporting events to provide a taste and feel of the teams and games that are played throughout San Diego County. The team: San Diego Kings, ...

Basketball fans didn’t quite know what to expect in February when the NBA hosted its annual All-Star weekend festivities. There was a new format for the game. First, each of the first three quarters ...

The 1970s opened with two major additions to the Nets franchise. Lou Carnesecca arrived as head coach and the team acquired Rick Barry. At 22 years old, Barry had been the NBA’s leading scorer with 35 ...

Dennis Murphy, a Fullerton businessman whose visionary sports ventures included co-founding the American Basketball Assn., World Hockey Assn., World Team Tennis and Roller Hockey International, died ...

NBA TV did its best to fill the void between NBA Finals games with an extremely intriguing documentary about Julius Erving, simply titled The Doctor. We got to go on a trip through every aspect of Dr.