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NBA player Jarrett Allen provided children in Brooklyn with back-to-school haircuts.

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Chuck Cooper—the first Black NBA player—was posthumously inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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NBA star LeBron James surprised one of his I Promise School students with a back-to-school shopping spree.

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NBA star Stephen Curry will financially back Howard University’s revived golf program.

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NBA player Russell Westbrook is launching a tech education program for Los Angeles youth.

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NBA star Kawhi Leonard will donate one million backpacks to underserved children in Southern California.

The NBA player has spoken out for the first time about rumors surrounding his sexual orientation.

A closer look at the ugly saga between Masai Ujiri and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office suggests the allegations are flimsy and fueled by implicit bias, at best, and all-out racism at worst.

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Video has emerged on social media reportedly showing Raptors GM Masai Ujiri, who is Black, being “punched and pushed” by a white police officer at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

The man courtside who pushed Toronto Raptors star Kyle Lowery at the NBA Finals was identified as Golden State Warriors co-owner Mark Stevens.

The Washington Wizards seemed to be moving closer to hiring Danny Ferry as its new general manager following his resignation from another team for a "racist slur" about Africans.

Basketball legend "Magic" Earvin Johnson didn't hold a single thing back during his interview with Stephen A. Smith on ESPN's "First Take."