World's Number One Basketball Brand Joins Forces with Europe's Premier Basketball League

Nike and Euroleague Basketball have announced a new five-year partnership to make Nike the official basketball supplier for Euroleague competition. The union of the world's number one basketball brand with two of the best Pan-European basketball competitions is the latest demonstration of both organizations' commitment to growing the game in Europe.

The Sacramento Kings have an agreement in principle with Reggie Theus to become the team's 21st head coach, it was announced today by Sacramento Kings' President of Basketball Operations Geoff Petrie. Details for a Wednesday (June 20th) afternoon press conference will be released tomorrow morning.

The San Antonio Spurs moved in among the NBA's greatest franchises with an 83-82 victory and a four-game sweep of first-time finalists the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.

Once again it was pretty much San Antonio the whole game, the Cavs had a small lead early on and fought back furiously to take it again at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but every time they did so the Spurs scored half a dozen points in about a minute to take the lead again. Down the stretch though, it was pretty evident that San Antonio had the experience to win it all and the Cavaliers couldn't buy a basket.

A Division I rule change that allowed NCAA basketball teams an extra regular-season game during the 2006-07 season led to total attendance records being shattered for the division and for all three divisions combined.

University of Alabama basketball coach Mark Gottfried has been selected as an assistant coach for USA Basketball at the Pan American Games in Brazil this July.

Golden State's Stephen Jackson was fined $50,000 (EUR36,650) by the National Basketball Association on Friday for his conduct after being ejected late in the Warriors' loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night.

Lenovo to Launch Playoff Promotions on NBA.com and ESPN.com, Giving Fans the Chance to Vote and Win a Trip to NBA Finals

Phil Jackson, a winner of 10 NBA titles as a player and coach, and fellow coaches Pedro Ferrandiz of Spain and Mirko Novosel of Yugoslavia were selected for the U.S. Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday.

Greek soccer clubs got a warning from the government Tuesday to curb fan violence that led to the murder of a 25-year-old fan last week. In exchange, league organizers agreed to stop distributing tickets to supporters' clubs and help authorities shut down fan organizations operating without a license, deputy minister for sport Giorgos Orfanos said.