Basketball

8/6/2025 |  Sex toy thrown near Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham during game in Los Angeles (Associated Press (AP)) A sex toy landed near Indiana’s Sophie Cunningham after it was thrown from the stands in Los Angeles while the Fever played the Sparks on Tuesday night.
The incident in Los Angeles occurred with 2:05 left in the second quarter with the object landing in the lane near Cunningham, who had been vocal on social media about fans throwing the toys on the court. The Fever forward jumped back in surprise and then Kelsey Plum kicked it into the stands.

8/6/2025 |  Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors won't stop swirling, but asking to move right now would be impractical (CBS Sports) Giannis Antetokounmpo is at the center of the offseason storyline that just won't die. The widespread assumption the moment Damian Lillard tore his Achilles was that the Milwaukee Bucks star would ask for a trade. It hasn't happen. Rumors slowed down in May and into early June. They picked back up around the Finals, with his name even seemingly factoring into rumors surrounding the vacant New York Knicks head-coaching job. Then Milwaukee signed Myles Turner. Yes, Antetokounmpo was reportedly upset that Lillard was waived to get him, but he was also involved in the recruiting process. Every time the rumors seem to cool down, something heats them back up.

8/6/2025 |  Ex-Miami Heat employee charged for selling millions of dollars' worth of stolen memorabilia from team facility (CBS Sports) A former Miami Heat employee, identified as 62-year-old Marcos Thomas Perez, made his first appearance in federal court Tuesday after he was accused of stealing millions of dollars' worth of Miami heat memorabilia and selling it to online brokers, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Perez was charged with transporting and transferring stolen goods in interstate commerce. 

8/6/2025 |  WNBA's CBA negotiations: From rev sharing to potential lockout (ESPN) We knew going into this WNBA season that the league's collective bargaining negotiations with the players would be one of the most important issues in 2025. With no deal in place ahead of the current collective bargaining agreement expiring on Oct. 31, it has become the single most important topic.

8/6/2025 |  How Lakers build around Luka: Fits, options, LeBron's future (ESPN) When LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2018, it had been five years since the franchise's last NBA postseason appearance, a drought as antithetical as it gets for a team that prior to that dry spell had only missed the playoffs five times in its 65-year existence.