They literally and figuratively elevate basketball and are at the heart of “Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the ...

Mychal Thompson, who won two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers, was inspired by Lauren Betts' performance in UCLA's win ...

Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Pearl is in the Final Four for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award. ATLANTA – Auburn head coach and Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year Bruce Pearl was one of ...

1982 — Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season. 1995 — Scotty Bowman gets his 900th regular-season coaching victory as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Canucks 2-1 in Vancouver.

1893 — The first women’s collegiate basketball game is played at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In this game, each basket is worth 1 point and the freshman class defeats the sophomore ...

1994 — Wayne Gretzky scores his 802nd goal, passing Gordie Howe as the top goal scorer in NHL history. The Los Angeles Kings center scores in the second period for his 62nd NHL record.

1997 — Tara Lipinski’s jumps, the cleanest and the surest in women’s figure skating, lift the 14-year-old into history as the youngest women’s world champion. 2000 — Pat Verbeek of the Detroit Red ...

UCLA men's basketball just watched UConn's 3-peat attempt die against Florida. John Wooden's Bruins remain the only men's ...

UCLA had a massive advantage with those teams, first with Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), then with Bill Walton, two of the greatest centers in basketball history. “We set records that ...