The twins are seven now and have already developed a keen nose for ‘controvassy’.

I see the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference was held a couple of weeks ago at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, arguably the best NBA player of his generation, will retire at the end of this season.

The NFL and the UFC have a lot in common. Both are vaudevillian nightmares that shouldn’t work but really seem to manage just fine, says John Riordan.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have rubbed shoulders with Brooklyn royalty when they met Jay Z and Beyonce at a New York basketball match.

More than ever, sport in the US is becoming intertwined with politics and societal behaviour, with the NFL especially blinded by the glare of public opinion.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team for a record-breaking $2bn (€1.46bn).

The National Basketball Association has apologised to former player Earvin Magic Johnson after Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling called him a bad role model for contracting HIV.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life from the NBA over racist comments, has apologised and asked for forgiveness in his first public statement since the controversy began last month.

It was a poor week for the racists. But another maligned bunch — the PR gurus — have had worse.

Hollywood moguls, sports stars and rappers have all voiced interest in taking over the Los Angeles Clippers after the NBA urged owners to expel disgraced Donald Sterling in the wake of a racism row.

V Stiviano, the woman whom Donald Sterling was talking to when he made racist remarks, is "very saddened" by his lifetime NBA ban, and she didn’t release the recording of their conversation, her lawyer said.

These United States of America have been dealing with a doozie of a week when it comes to the long, ongoing tension between the races.

Los Angeles Clippers players staged a protest at a play-off game on Sunday against racist comments allegedly made by team owner Donald Sterling, turning their warm-up jerseys inside out to hide the team name before a loss to the Golden State Warriors.

The Philadelphia 76ers couldn’t have picked a worse time to record their first win in 27 attempts.