Jeff Zillgitt

Lifelong friends and fans of each other's success, Detroit's Daniss Jenkins and Marcus Sasser are loving life as NBA teammates.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker has found a basketball home in Atlanta and is thriving with a career-best season, too.

LeBron James became the first NBA player to score 40,000 points on March 2, 2024. Revisit this story on what makes the Lakers star so great.

Curry unleashed a flurry of 3-pointers that left France flustered and delivered the U.S. its fifth consecutive gold medal.

In 1982, I dropped a quarter into a USA TODAY newspaper box. I was 12 years old, and the newspaper box was across the street from my elementary school, right in front of a Big Boy restaurant. The box was next to boxes for the Detroit Free Press,…

It's difficult to build a dynasty in today’s NBA but, surveying the league, the Thunder just might be in position to make it happen.

The Atlanta Hawks guard told USA TODAY Sports about his relentless perfectionism, from painful journeys in the Pacific to the 20-point checklist for his NBA-best three-point shot.

As Kevin Durant's NBA career has been in flux, there's been one constant for the star. The Olympics have been a place where Durant can just hoop.

For years, LeBron James and Steph Curry rivaled each other in the NBA. Now, they're working together for Olympic gold. This is a story of friendship.

Jim Boylen coached the men's basketball national team in qualifying games for the 2023 FIBA World Cup, a precursor to qualifying for the Olympics.

Khaman Maluach was born in South Sudan, fled with his family to Uganda and honed his basketball skills at NBA Academy Africa in Senegal.

Ernie Johnson. Charles Barkley. Kenny Smith. Shaquille O’Neal. A collective national treasure, if sports shows can be considered national treasures.

Mike Krzyzewski and the NBA’s Global Basketball Committee are focused on recommendations to address shortcomings in youth basketball in the U.S.

The LA Lakers make Luka Doncic the face of the organization with a contract extension, writes USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters the NBA will form a committee to explore the financial and on-court competitive issues around expansion.

Jerry West never lost his desire to win. Not as a player and not as a front-office executive.

Hall of Famer Bill Russell initially didn't want to coach the Celtics. Russell eventually changed his mind and became the NBA's first Black coach.