Baxter Holmes
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How a legendary performance from Stephen Curry changed the NBA Finals
The two-time MVP put the Warriors on his back to send the series back to San Francisco even at 2-2. → Read More
Inside the NBA's race to outlast COVID-19's omicron surge
More than 501 players have already suited up for the 2021-22 season, and now in the hours before Christmas Day, the NBA is trying to preserve the 10 teams preparing for Saturday's marquee schedule. → Read More
Sources: NBA players won't have to get vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine won't be required for NBA players this season, sources tell ESPN's Baxter Holmes and Adrian Wojnarowski. → Read More
NBA dealing with COVID-related referee shortage as playoffs near
Ten NBA referees, including veteran officials typically assigned to the NBA Finals, are sidelined due to COVID-related issues, a league official told ESPN. → Read More
NBA to require players to wear sensors as part of contact tracing
The NBA is planning to require players and many team staffers to wear sensor devices during all team-organized activities outside of games starting Jan. 7, according to a league memo obtained by ESPN. → Read More
Some NBA staffs struggle with going to Florida
NBA general managers are grappling with whether some staff members should go to Orlando for the league's reboot with the coronavirus still a big concern as cases surge in Florida. → Read More
Concern throughout NBA grows as coronavirus cases spike in Florida
With Florida posting a record number of coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day on Saturday, concern is rising among NBA players, team executives and the league office itself as plans go forward to resume play in Orlando next month. → Read More
NBA officials, staffers worry about psychological effects of return to league activities
Several NBA general managers and athletic trainers pointed to players and league staffers who are described as "germophobes" as examples of psychological effects that have to be considered for a return to organized team activities. → Read More
Lakers' Kobe Bryant also documented final NBA season with all-access film crew
As a documentary chronicling Michael Jordan's final season with the Bulls is aired, Lakers players and staffers are reminded that Kobe Bryant's final season also was captured in an all-access, behind-the-scenes look by a camera crew. → Read More
NBA, players union assessing potential COVID-19 rapid-test options
The NBA and the league's players association have been working in recent weeks to assess the viability of multiple blood-testing devices for the coronavirus that could provide accurate results within a matter of minutes, sources say. → Read More
The Scariest 3 Minutes in the NBA
By the time opponents know what's hit them, it's already too late. This is how the Warriors crush -- and how the NBA fails to fight back. → Read More
How the tiny hometown of Brandon Ingram became the greatest per capita producer of NBA talent in America
The tiny hometown of Brandon Ingram and other NBA stars has faced biblical floods, economic devastation, gang violence, even wayward nuclear bombs, yet has become the NBA capital of the world. This is the untold story of its survival. → Read More
The NBA's secret wine society
The inside-the-bottle story of the intense love affair between NBA stars and the gilded grape. → Read More
Town Business: Warriors overcome 14-point first quarter deficit to beat Pelicans
The Golden State Warriors debuted their Statement uniforms and overpowered the New Orleans Pelicans after a poor first quarter. → Read More
How Steve Kerr revolutionized the Golden State Warriors' offense on a charcuterie board
In the past three years, the Warriors have won two NBA titles with the most explosive offense in history. This is the inside tale of how it all began -- on a plate of appetizers. → Read More
The NBA's secret addiction
ESPN exclusive! How one performance-enhancing sandwich has spread through the NBA. → Read More
Lakers' Walton to Bucks: Don't touch my players
Luke Walton had a simple message to the Bucks staffer who was allegedly involved in a players' on-court scuffle during Friday's Bucks-Lakers game, saying "don't touch my damn players." → Read More
Mickelson battling for The Open title
Gene Wojciechowski takes us behind Phil Mickelson's perhaps-improbable contention after 3 rounds at The Open. → Read More
My Wish: Katie's spirit continues to inspire
Terminally ill with brain cancer, 12-year-old Katie Morris reunited her youth team for a day at Safeco Field in 2006. What happened the months after her wish was just as amazing. Today, those who loved Katie continue to be inspired by her spirit. → Read More
Too many games: The NBA's injury problem is a scheduling one
Needing a break, NBA players such as Stephen Curry are skipping the Olympics. Is the league ready to accept the burden of protecting player health? → Read More