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Byline: Ben Golliver LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Lakers were dealt a significant setback when LeBron James suffered a right foot injury Sunday that is expected to sideline him [...]

Byline: Ava Wallace The Washington Wizards resumed practice Wednesday after their trip to Japan with one fewer player than when they left. Corey Kispert, the second-year guard who figured to [...]

Byline: Mark Medina, Columnist, USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - The Lakers star delayed Father Time with his blessed genes, impeccable talent and disciplined work habits. With those same qualities, can [...]

Byline: Ben Golliver If Anthony Davis's calf injury marked the first test for the Los Angeles Lakers this season, LeBron James's high ankle sprain represents their first bout with major [...]

Byline: Emily Giambalvo When the Maryland men's basketball team held a narrow lead over Rutgers, Darryl Morsell leaped with his arm outstretched, tipping a missed shot into the hands of [...]

Byline: Jerry DiPaola Dec. 23Pitt's hot start to the season hit a major roadblock when the Panthers' two leading scorers and rebounders Justin Champagnie and Au'Diese Toney were ruled out [...]

Byline: Jeff Zillgitt, Columnist, USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS - The Pelicans tried to slow the Zion Williamson Hype Train. A troublesome right knee brought it to a screeching halt. Not [...]

Byline: Steven Goff Senior guard Justin Kier, George Mason's top returning player, is in danger of missing the first few games of the basketball season after suffering a stress fracture [...]

Byline: Ben Golliver TORONTO - In the immediate aftermath of Kevin Durant's devastating Achilles injury, suffered during Monday's Game 5 of the NBA Finals, questions abounded. How healthy, exactly, was [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg Kevin Durant is officially out for the rest of the Western Conference semifinal series against the Houston Rockets with a mild strained right calf, Golden State Warriors [...]

When Zion Williamson of Duke went down with a severed shoe and a sprained knee 30 seconds into Wednesday night's showdown with North Carolina, it was bad news for plenty [...]

Byline: Jeff Zillgitt, Columnist, USA TODAY Duke star Zion Williamson's knee injury -- called a minor sprain by the team -- should have no impact on his draft stock, multiple [...]

Byline: Ben GolliverSANTA CRUZ, Calif. - DeMarcus Cousins will debut on Friday at the center of the basketball universe, playing in front of a celebrity-sprinkled crowd in Los Angeles and [...]

Byline: Neil GreenbergBradley Beal, for most of his NBA career, has had to play in the shadow of Washington Wizards teammate John Wall. But with Wall out for the season [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren When he saw Kevin Durant fall to the floor clutching the back of his leg Monday night, Tiger Woods could sympathize with how the Golden State Warriors [...]

Byline: Neil Greenberg The Golden State Warriors won Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday night but they lost Kevin Durant after the two-time Finals MVP left the game [...]

Byline: Ben Golliver TORONTO -- In the immediate aftermath of Kevin Durant's devastating Achilles' injury, suffered during Monday's Game 5 of the NBA Finals, questions abounded. How healthy, exactly, was [...]

Byline: Adam Kilgore OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Robert Griffin III had just come off the practice field at Baltimore Ravens minicamp early Tuesday afternoon. Holding his helmet by the face [...]

Byline: Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAYRams running back Todd Gurley said 'your best ability is availability' on the most recent episode of LeBron James's 'The Shop' on HBO.Of all the superlatives [...]

Byline: Candace BucknerOn Wednesday night, footage of the Detroit Pistons-Atlanta Hawks game played inside the Washington Wizards locker room. Otto Porter Jr., dressed in warm-up clothes with AirPods in his [...]

Byline: Ben Golliver The scene was horrific, eerie, and, in the words of Portland Trail Blazers Coach Terry Stotts, 'devastating.' Jusuf Nurkic, Portland's standout starting center, suffered compound fractures to [...]

Byline: Ben Golliver DURHAM, N.C. -- There are injuries that alter games, and then there are injuries that alter lives. Thankfully, Zion Williamson's heart-stopping slip Wednesday night, mere seconds into [...]

Byline: Sally Jenkins When Zion Williamson's foot burst through that sneaker just 30 seconds into the Duke-North Carolina game, he blew the seams off the whole deal. He exploded all [...]

Byline: Scott AllenOn Monday afternoon, Wizards Coach Scott Brooks got word from team president Ernie Grunfeld that John Wall, who was already out for the season after undergoing surgery on [...]

Byline: Washington Post StaffWall had surgery on Jan. 8 to prevent such a tear but now must schedule another procedure, which will further delay his return to the court. He [...]

Byline: Tim Bontemps The Washington Wizards have rattled off five straight victories without injured star point guard John Wall, making it a popular line of thought to wonder if the [...]

Byline: Tim Bontemps The last thing the slumping Cleveland Cavaliers need is another problem. When Kevin Love was lost for what likely will be the better part of two months [...]

Byline: Jerry Brewer The Washington Wizards' disenchanting season enters a precarious phase now. John Wall, their most important and expensive player, needs surgery on his left knee again. Suspend any [...]

Byline: Roman Stubbs COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland forward Justin Jackson has a torn right labrum and will miss the remainder of the season, Terrapins Coach Mark Turgeon said Thursday. [...]

Byline: Candace Buckner WASHINGTON - As the Washington Wizards went through a shoot-around Saturday afternoon, forward Otto Porter Jr. remained in the trainer's room receiving treatment on his right thigh [...]

Byline: Candace Buckner MINNEAPOLIS - Tim Frazier has carved out a career as a backup NBA point guard by being himself. On Tuesday night, as he made another start in [...]

When Creighton lost its star point guard, Maurice Watson Jr., to a season-ending knee injury in January, its season almost went down with him. Until then, the Bluejays had looked [...]

Byline: Ben GolliverVictor Oladipo changed the course of the Indiana Pacers last season with a breakthrough that few saw coming. Now, the all-star guard has shaken up his organization for [...]

Byline: Ben GolliverThe NBA's playoff races are starting to take shape -- well, two shapes.In the East, picture three distinct shelves. Five teams can dream of a Finals trip, the [...]

Byline: Candace BucknerWashington Wizards center Dwight Howard underwent surgery on his lower back Friday, the team announced, and could be out up to three months.Howard has been dealing with what [...]

Byline: Tim Bontemps It has been an eventful summer for Paul George, to say the least. The superstar forward arrived in Las Vegas for Team USA's two-day minicamp last week [...]

Byline: Cindy Boren The moment when Patrick McCaw hit the floor, his legs undercut by Vince Carter, was sobering. It left his Golden State Warriors teammates and the Sacramento Kings [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Sometimes having a headache represents just about the best possible outcome. Such was the case with Jaylen Brown on Thursday, after much worse was feared for the [...]

When the Knicks acquired point guard Derrick Rose from the Chicago Bulls last summer, they were at risk of taking on damaged goods. After several injury-plagued years, Rose, the N.B.A.'s [...]

Byline: Candace Buckner WASHINGTON - An MRI exam taken Thursday showed no damage in Bradley Beal's left leg, though the Washington Wizards guard is listed as questionable to play Friday [...]

Byline: Patrick Stevens COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland men's basketball team did plenty of things well in its 95-61 exhibition victory over Catawba on Saturday. It also did it [...]

Byline: AJ Neuharth-Keusch, @tweetAJNK, USA TODAY Sports From day-to-day ailments to long-term fractures and tears, the NBA has seen its fair share of players go down in the weeks leading [...]

Byline: Michael Lee NEW YORK - Derrick Rose had earned the right to rest in the fourth quarter with another encouraging, 'remember-me-the-former-MVP?' outing in his third ballyhooed return from a [...]

Byline: Michael Lee Kevin Durant's season of soreness and sorrow has mercifully come to an end as the reigning most valuable player was shut down following the discovery that he [...]

Byline: Adi Joseph, @AdiJoseph, USA TODAY Sports Kobe Bryant gets his All-Star bid, and no one gets upset. Well, not exactly. The Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard's shoulder tear should [...]

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Another day as a member of the Knicks meant conditioning work and shooting drills, a focus on the immediate future (four remaining games) and a sad reassessment [...]

Byline: Eric Prisbell, @EricPrisbell, USA TODAY Sports In a year devoid of a clear national championship favorite, the most significant X factor in the NCAA tournament is expected to be [...]

Eight months removed from Achilles surgery, Kobe Bryant is the most eyeballed player in the NBA, everyone wondering if his next step will show more bounce or, in a worst-case [...]

Byline: Jeff Zillgitt, @JeffZillgitt, USA TODAY Sports After Derrick Rose tore the medial meniscus in his right knee Friday against the Portland Trail Blazers, requiring surgery, the depressing but realistic [...]

To better understand the impact of Marc Gasol's sprained medial collateral ligament on the Memphis Grizzlies, USA TODAY Sports asked three NBA advance scouts to share their views. The scouts [...]