Kansas City isn't exactly ground zero for Oklahoma City Thunder fandom, but the NBA team does have support in the area.

The Spurs Youth Basketball League, originally formed as the Spurs Drug-Free League, is celebrating 35 years of opening the game up to thousands of Texas kids.

For the past month, local basketball programs have teamed up to raise awareness and spread hope for 9-year-old Autumn and other kids fighting diseases. Search query Search ...

said Andrea Travelstead, youth and sport development director for USA Basketball. "To earn that shirt, to be able to work with our coaches and our staff, just creates a special experience," she said.

SHREVEPORT, La. - Former WNBA player and co-owner of the Shreveport Knights Lisa Thomas, hosted Shreveport youth at A.B. Palmer Park Saturday for a basketball clinic.

Bank of Guam Winter Break Youth Basketball Camp. Weekly sessions: Dec. 26-30 and Jan. 2-6, $85 per child per week; The first session, for ages 6 to 10, is from 8 a.m. to noon.

Memphis Grizzlies star big man Jaren Jackson Jr. hosted his second annual youth basketball camp in Cordova this past weekend. JJJ celebrated the 901 Day by mentoring kids wanting to play hoops.