MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has told teams that playoff seeding will be based on winning percentage, and that any tiebreakers necessary after that will follow the usual procedures.It was an issue that needed clarity because the 22 teams that will be going to the Disney complex near Orlando, …

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics coach Brad Stevens believes the best way he can be helpful to his players right now is by listening to them. Boston players including Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Enes Kanter and Vincent Poirier have been among several NBA players to participate in recent protests …

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:___Cricket West Indies has announced a temporary 50% reduction in salaries and funding across the region from July 1.CWI has kept players, staff, umpires and coaches on full pay since the outbreak began, but the lack …

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics forward Grant Williams is accustomed to having roommates. It was only a year ago that the 21-year-old rookie was sharing living space as a college student during his final season at the University of Tennessee. So when Celtics teammate Kemba Walker invited Williams to …

Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS's “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70.A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital after a long fight with a blood …

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — John McCarthy, who won an NBA title with 1964 Boston Celtics and helped the Canisius Golden Griffins to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in the 1950s, has died. He was 86.Canisius announced that McCarthy died Saturday of natural causes in the Buffalo suburbs, where …