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SAN FRANCISCO — Steph and Seth Curry couldn’t believe their dream of playing together on an NBA floor finally came true Sunday night. After a season defined by injuries for both veteran guards, the Curry brothers made their long-awaited debut in the second quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ 117-116 loss to the Houston Rockets,…

DALLAS — On his way out of American Airlines Center on Sunday, LeBron James exchanged a hug with Cooper Flagg. After tallying 45 points, eight rebounds and nine assists, Flagg had just outdueled James in the Dallas Mavericks’ 134-128 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Before finding the exit, James showed respect to a teenage…

It is often the case that the most famous athletes in the world are the highest paid. After all, they command the most eyeballs, generate more attention than their team-mates, and tend to be the focal point of the club or franchise they represent. It is why Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest soccer player of…

DALLAS – Luka Dončić traveled to Europe on Sunday to receive aggressive treatment on his injured hamstring in an effort to speed up his recovery, league sources told The Athletic. Dončić suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain Thursday in the Los Angeles Lakers’ loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team ruled him out for…

Donovan Mitchell broke two pairs of ankles with one move. On Sunday, during the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 117-108 win over the Indiana Pacers, Mitchell dropped jaws and two Pacers defenders before scoring via a floater as Indiana’s Micah Potter and Kobe Brown watched from the ground. WHAT A MOVE BY DONOVAN MITCHELL 😲 pic.twitter.com/vxILztyK9o — NBA…

SAN FRANCISCO — Easter isn’t the only religious holiday some members of the Golden State Warriors organization will celebrate Sunday night. They’ll also be thankful for the return of the most important figure in the team’s history: Stephen Curry. The 38-year-old superstar will return Sunday night after missing the last two months because of a…

The high-end sports card market’s torrid trajectory continued in March behind four publicly-reported sales of $1 million or more, including a record for three-time American League MVP Aaron Judge. One of two Judge cards to top $1 million last month, the 2013 Bowman Chrome Superfractor Autograph 1/1 — considered arguably Judge’s most important card created…

Last Thursday was a day to forget for the Los Angeles Lakers. The franchise was coming off its first 15-win month since March 2000, when Shaquille O’Neal was in the lone MVP season of his Hall of Fame career. Luka Dončić played all but one game last month; Austin Reaves played every game. A visit…

Stephen Curry was never going to sit out the rest of this season if he was healthy. The freshly minted 38-year-old wasn’t going to allow that to happen for two key reasons. First, he is proud of the standard of winning he helped establish for the Golden State Warriors over the last 17 years. It’s a…

DENVER — No matter the outcome, Victor Wembanyama thought it was an amazing game. Nikola Jokić versus Wemby, a battle of past and potentially future MVPs. A hallmark matchup of the big-man revolution. Two kids from Europe who came to the U.S. to rewrite the sport they love, turning it into an April spectacle amid…