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Once again, the NBA has released a full schedule for all 30 teams, and we’re here to go over the big matchups. As teams book hotels and insert every itinerary into their smartphone calendars, a minimum of 1,230 regular-season (plus NBA Cup!) games are scheduled and ready to go. It’s always fun when the NBA…

The news that Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger had agreed to purchase Mark Walter’s majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers shocked the sports world Wednesday. But while the sale, which is pending the approval of the league’s board of governors, would be Iger’s first foray into NBA ownership, the Lakers would be the third…

PORTLAND, Ore. — From the outside, it appears the Portland Trail Blazers are on the verge of accepting a substantial, publicly funded arena renovation package in exchange for a long-term commitment to the city of Portland. But in reality, the process has just begun. And that process is no longer a simple transaction between the…

It’s that time of year when the gravitational pull of the NFL begins to yank our attention back in its direction. The catalyst was last weekend’s Hall of Fame festivities, which included not only the enshrinement of our next class of legends but also the Hall of Fame Game, the annual kickoff to preseason action.…

Stephen Jackson heard the news about Don Nelson’s pending departure. He wanted to call his old coach. But Nelson had left the paradise of Maui to spend his last days in Dallas. He couldn’t take calls anyway. With Nelson in hospice, noncommunicative, getting him on the phone wasn’t an option. But this gratitude couldn’t remain…

Over the course of my 20-plus years as a sportswriter, I’ve spoken quite a bit about my various non-sports hobbies and interests, with one in particular coming up quite often: I love board games. I loved them as a kid, was reintroduced to the hobby around the time when my daughter was born in 2006,…

When Dallas Mavericks general manager Mike Schmitz called to pick Dusty May’s brain about Michigan’s three NBA Draft prospects on the morning of May 24, he asked one question that got the ball rolling toward May leaving the school he’d just won a championship with to coach the Mavericks. “Would you have any interest in…

It is fitting Russell Westbrook left without saying a word. In a video with Oscar-worthy, short-story nominee production values — unless someone else has Michael B. Jordan narrating their retirement — Westbrook called it a career Wednesday, after 18 NBA seasons. He didn’t say “I’m retiring.” In fact, he didn’t utter a word in the…

The price to own a piece of professional sports keeps going up … and up … and up. The Los Angeles Lakers are in line to be sold at a $12.5 billion valuation to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner — a deal that would set a North American pro sports record if…

The Portland City Council approved $120 million in funding to renovate the Moda Center and attempt to keep the Trail Blazers in the city. The council voted 8-4 Wednesday to pass a non-binding term sheet, though it also included an amendment that would require the Blazers to pay about $3.1 million in rent annually. Advertisement…