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Steph Curry’s sneaker free agency has seen him wear several different shoes across multiple brands this NBA season. Those shoes will now benefit charity. More than 70 pairs of shoes Curry wore this season will be auctioned through Sotheby’s from April 13 to April 28. Proceeds will benefit the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, an organization…

The NBA Rookie of the Year race hasn’t generated many memorable battles in the last two decades. After Cooper Flagg’s outrageous scoring onslaught for the Dallas Mavericks over the weekend, the Rookie of the Year showdown against former Duke roommate and Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Knueppel is one of the closest in years. Advertisement Flagg…

Over the past few weeks, several new Topps baseball and basketball releases have hit the market that we haven’t had a chance to dive into here. Topps is flexing its new NBA license with some solid products, and there are a couple baseball highlights (and lowlights) to recap as well. Here’s my math on the…

The Chicago Bulls moved on from their front office of executive vice president Arturas Karnišovas and general manager Marc Eversley on Monday, firing them with just days left in the regular season while they try to rebuild one of the league’s least talented rosters. Our staff has already recounted the various individual moves that hastened…

The Bounce Newsletter  | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. 🎶🎶 The ball is tipped. And there you are. You’re running for your life. You’re a shooting star. And all the years. No one knows. Just how hard you worked. But now it shows. In one…

Another North Carolina coaching search took an unexpected turn away from the college ranks and into the big leagues. And just like the first, it ended with a championship coach leading one of the Tar Heels’ signature programs. Sixteen months after UNC stunned the sports world by hiring six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick to…

With the 2025-26 NBA season nearing its conclusion, we’re almost to the point where a panel of 125 media members will vote on individual honors such as the Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year and more. But first, thanks to a rule that has inspired significant debate in its three years in place,…

James Harden made one request upon joining the Cleveland Cavaliers after the big trade in February. It was something off the court, a practice he’d engaged in for most of his 17 storied NBA seasons, where tape ends up on the floor. The kind of thing a few of his new, younger Cavaliers teammates had…

This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here. Mike Conley is a guard for the Minnesota Timberwolves in his 19th season. He has played more than 37,000 minutes in the NBA and has never been called for a technical foul. At least 15 times…

SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama was ruled out for the second half of the San Antonio Spurs’ matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers after suffering a left rib contusion. Wembanyama hit the deck at the 10:47 mark of the second quarter and sat on the floor holding his ribs in pain before eventually getting up and…