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The NBA and its betting partners will implement new restrictions and policies on sports gambling ahead of the 2026-27 season, according to copies of memos sent out by the league and obtained by The Athletic. The league, and the sportsbooks with which it works (Fanduel and DraftKings), have agreed to restrict bets on what it…

As the NBA hashes out plans for its new basketball league in Europe, it also continues negotiating with the EuroLeague on a possible deal that would bring the continent’s incumbent preeminent league together with the entity that wants to take its place. While NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that the NBA is still in…

After taking a breath following a wild and fun Week 2 of the college football season, here are some quick, unscientific takeaways: Oregon might be overrated, Michigan remains confusing and Texas just might be ready for the big time. But let’s not get too excited just yet, particularly regarding Texas. The Longhorns still have six…

LOS ANGELES — It’s almost over. Sometimes, when he’s alone, taking a beat from the demands of the day, DeMar DeRozan repeats that phrase again and again: It’s almost over. It’s almost over. The phrase reminds him to play with urgency, to cherish this upcoming season, because he is acutely aware he has more time…

Earlier this month, I asked for questions about the San Antonio Spurs leading up to the start of training camp in a few weeks. I compiled answers based on some of your questions, which we’ll release in a few articles over the course of the month. In this edition, we’ll talk about the Spurs’ biggest…

BOSTON — A personal matter prevented former New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson from joining Paul George and Mike Conley Jr. at a media meet-and-greet for newly minted members of the Boston Celtics on Tuesday afternoon at the Auerbach Center. But that didn’t stop Brad Stevens, the team’s president of basketball operations, from speaking as…

NEW YORK — There will be no mercy. “The discipline is final,” Adam Silver said Tuesday. You learn, in covering the NBA, never to say never. But Silver’s words after the Board of Governors meeting don’t leave any wiggle room for Steve Ballmer or the LA Clippers to appeal the unprecedented penalties the league issued…

This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering the mental side of sports. Sign up for Peak’s newsletter here. It was only a moment, a random encounter on an ordinary day, but Sam Presti never forgot it. A 17-year-old high school gym rat on his way to play Division III basketball, Presti was at the…

NEW YORK — As the NBA’s owners and high-ranking executives met this week for the league’s latest Board of Governors meeting, the LA Clippers were missing. Steve Ballmer, the team’s owner, just began his one-year ban that was set down by the league this month. The Clippers’ president of business operations, Gillian Zucker, is suspended,…

The NBA is “making progress” with its plans to launch an NBA Europe league next fall and has held discussions with the EuroLeague about a potential alliance, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said after Tuesday’s NBA Board of Governors meeting. Silver did not specify the nature of those discussions with the EuroLeague or guarantee that a…