Basketball

AFL stars like Christian Petracca are paid vast sums compared to our top female athletes like the Matildas.

The damning stat that shows how bad sport gender pay gap is

GEORGIE PARKER: Women’s sport is more popular that every, but the players are nowhere near being rewarded for it has well as they should be.

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Perth Wildcats superstar Bryce Cotton has broken the NBL's single-game scoring record against New Zealand.

Record breaker! Extraordinary Cotton makes NBL history

Perth Wildcats superstar Bryce has broken the NBL’s single-game scoring record against New Zealand at RAC Arena.

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James reacts as time runs out in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets Monday, April 29, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Bombshell announcement as LeBron James ‘quits’

‘Everybody calls me a liar’: LeBron James speaks out about online harassment and tells his 160 million Instagram followers he ‘quits’.

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The NBA has suspended the 76ers' Joel Embiid for three games for shoving a newspaper columnist. (AP PHOTO)

‘Going to do to you’: NBA star banned for shoving columnist

The 2023 NBA MVP allegedly confronted a writer from his home town who mentioned the All-Star centre’s late brother in a series of columns.

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Alex Sarr guarding Jayson Tatum.

Former Wildcat Sarr’s baptism of fire on NBA debut

Former Perth Wildcat Alex Sarr has endured a tough start to life in the NBA, with the No.2 draft pick’s Washington Wizards blown out by defending champions Boston.

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Jason Joynes became a Mount Gambier Pioneers legend after his NBL career.

Ex-NBL player dies just weeks after sharing rare cancer diagnosis

‘We will forever love you and those big hugs you would give, miss you big fella.’

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Former Golden State Warriors head coach Al Attles has died at the age of 87.

NBA mourns sad death of Hall Of Fame legend

NBA in mourning as much-loved Hall of Fame basketball legend dies.

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Scott Ninnis has been axed as Adelaide 36ers coach during the NBL pre-season. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Adelaide sack coach on eve of NBL season

Scott Ninnis has been released from his contract as coach of the NBL's Adelaide 36ers midway through the rebuilding club's pre-season.

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The Opals won the bronze for Australia.

Opals strike bronze as Magbegor unleashes scoring beast

30 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and a bronze medal; Ezi Magbegor has played the game of her life to overcome a Belgian shooting spree and lead the Opals to their first Olympic medal in 12 years.

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Patty Mills’ match-tying shot over Nikola Jovic.

How the Boomers were robbed of a shot at victory

Aussie basketball fans are seething over a last second decision that could have won the Boomers their Olympic final.

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Nikola Jokic.

The NBA star who could end Boomers’ Olympic campaign

Having already been on the losing end of brilliant performances from two of the world’s best players in Paris, the Boomers face another huge challenge in their sudden death quarterfinal tonight.

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The Boomers fate his out of their hands after a loss to Greece.

Future in the balance as clumsy Boomers go down to Greece

The Boomers have been handed an agonising defeat in their crunch-time clash with Greece and their Olympic fate is now up to the basketball gods. 

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One end of RAC Arena will be transformed into a Boombox for multiple basketball games during HoopsFest after the event secured world renowned DJ Hayden James as a headline act.

REVEALED: Superstar DJ to headline HoopsFest at RAC Arena

One end of RAC Arena will be transformed into a Boombox for multiple basketball games during HoopsFest after the event secured a world-renowned headline act.

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Josh Giddey was Australia's most potent offensive threat against the Canadians. (AP PHOTO)

Giddey, Boomers outgunned by Canada late

The Boomers are locked in a battle to progress to the quarter-finals after they were outgunned 93-83 by Canada in a high-quality Olympic pool game in Lille.

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The Opals came up well short in their Paris Olympics opener against Nigeria.

Off-colour Opals shocked in Nigerian Olympic upset

The Opals were made to pay for constant turnovers and poor free-throw shooting in a 13-point loss to Nigeria that has severely dented their Olympic hopes.

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