Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest players of all time. The Basketball Hall of Famer (and Los Angeles Lakers legend) ...

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared his thoughts on who he believes is the greatest point guard in NBA ...

The first in a series of essays examining the past, present and future of a basketball superstar and cultural force.

Shaquille O'Neal was a monster athlete in the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s. Standing at 7-foot-1 and weighing 325lbs, the first ...

Devastating fires have caused the NBA to postponed Thursday's Lakers game and the NFL to move Monday's Rams game to Arizona.

1986 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers scores his 34,000th career point during 124-102 win over Indiana Pacers; ...

Todd Eldredge wins his sixth U.S. Figure Skating Championships title. After skipping two seasons of competition, Eldredge edges defending champion Tim Goebel. Michelle Kwan wins her seventh straight ...

1989 — LA Kings center Wayne Gretzky becomes NHL’s all-time leading scorer in combined regular season & playoff points; 4 assists in 5-4 home win over Edmonton brings his total to 2,011, 1 more than ...

Expand Tweet Ovechkin is now just 23 goals away from tying Wayne Gretzky's all-time mark of 894 career goals, a record that is on pace to be broken given Ovechkin's pace this season. An even more ...

Ovechkin is 23 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky for the most goals in NHL history and scored again in a wild 7-4 victory over the New York Rangers. Postgame, he was asked — as was to be ...

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky. Ovechkin has 871 goals and needs 24 to set a new record. Ovechkin entered the ...

By Hank Sanders and Emmett Lindner Wayne Osmond, an original member of the Osmonds, the family singing group that had a string of pop hits in the 1970s and helped launch the careers of his more ...