LeBron James

Lakers rookie Talen Horton-Tucker on his bubble experience with LeBron and Anthony Davis

The 19-year-old shooting guard is bringing his energy to the veteran squad

Black athletes were exhausted with bearing the dead on their shoulders

To only think of Black athletes as millionaires interested in their bank accounts would be to dismiss the complexity of being Black in America

The NBA ripple effect

The NBA players’ protest against police brutality showed that they’re on the right side of history, and their actions empowered other athletes

Five takeaways from Wednesday’s NBA players meeting

Here’s what happened, and why it matters

The reality of being Black in America isn’t changing fast enough

The shooting of Jacob Blake means we must keep telling our children this grim reality

How NBA players are responding to Jacob Blake shooting

What will they do next to continue the fight?

Sneaker scribbles in the bubble

From LeBron James to Donovan Mitchell to Chris Paul, some of the league’s biggest names are tasking fans to continue the conversation around social injustice by highlighting recent victims of police brutality

The most notable sneaker scribbles in the NBA bubble

LeBron James, Chris Paul and Donovan Mitchell are among the stars adding messages to their footwear

The NBA bubble is a grand experiment in epidemiology

We’ll see how technology, policy and human behavior influence an epidemic — and what we can do to stop it