Basketball

October 13, 2023

How Ellie the Elephant, NY Liberty’s Twerking Mascot, Electrifies Barclays Center

Ellie the Elephant, the mascot for the New York Liberty, has become a star as the team has played its way into the W.N.B.A. finals. Every […]
October 3, 2023

Miami’s Jimmy Butler Makes Fashion Statement With Emo Hair

Jimmy Butler’s emo persona was as short-lived as it was spectacular. Regardless of his motivation, it kept the Miami Heat’s media day decidedly off-topic. Jimmy Butler, […]
June 23, 2023

Best-Dressed at the NBA Draft

Tailoring, bling and Louis Vuitton, oh my. The fact that the N.B.A. draft occurred smack in the middle of the Paris men’s wear shows was something […]
April 6, 2023

Scenes from the N.C.A.A. Final Sports Bra Watch Party

The Sports Bra in Portland, Ore., is a rarity dedicated exclusively to women’s sports. The latest highlight was the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball final. PORTLAND, Ore. — […]
July 24, 2022

Pretty in Any Color: Women in Basketball Make the Style Rules

Angel Reese considers herself “a pink kind of girl.” Pink nails, pink hair tie, pink shoes, sometimes even “a little bit of pink in my lashes,” […]
April 28, 2022

Trae Young, Your Hair Is a Magnificent Unsolved Mystery

The complex ’do of the Hawks player has been debated, dissed and memed. But our critic pays respect to its “confusion, awe and strength.” What now? […]
April 9, 2022

Russell Westbrook’s Complicated Homecoming

LAWNDALE, Calif. — “Go home,” Russell Westbrook yelled at a heckler seated behind the players’ bench. “Go home,” he repeated. The crowd at this late-February blowout […]
March 4, 2022

‘Winning Time’: When the NBA Went Pop

A new HBO drama chronicles the 1980s Lakers, whose fluid style and Hollywood flair changed the game and the culture. An N.B.A. writer takes account. When […]
May 21, 2021

Welcome to the Space Jam, Again

Every three hours, every day, for the past seven and a half years, an anxious, spirited Twitter bot has transmitted a short message of perseverance and […]
January 2, 2021

Los Angeles Lakers Owner Jeanie Buss on Leadership, Love and Magic

Credit…Tracy Nguyen for The New York Times Lady of the Lakers Jeanie Buss inherited a team, and a legacy, from her father. What will her imprint […]