The photographer Nathaniel Butler reflects on his enduring images of stars like Bill Russell, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

The Eastern Conference Finals MVP award is one of the NBA’s newer honors, given to the best player in the Eastern Conference ...

The history of the NBA is largely dominated by the Celtics and Lakers, and each team has added a championship in the 2020s.

The Celtics are long gone, but there are still some local connections to root for on both sides of this year’s NBA Finals.

For the seventh consecutive season, there will not be a repeat NBA champion. But until the Finals conclude, the Celtics still ...

2014 — Rafael Nadal wins the French Open title for the ninth time, and the fifth time in a row, by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improves his record at Roland Garros to 66-1.

Hear from the Thunder and Pacers today as both teams meet with the media ahead of Thursday’s Game 1 of the 2025 NBA Finals.

In other years, Andre Iguodala, Cedric Maxwell, Tony Parker and James Worthy won the hardware — all of whom were good players who impacted their Finals, but weren’t the bold-faced names on the marquee ...

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team survived a 128-126 triple-overtime slugfest with the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 ...

The Stanley Cup Final and NBA Finals may not attract Super Bowl or March Madness level attention in casinos but they’re far ...

Pascal Siakam won the ECF MVP over Tyrese Haliburton. Have there been any other controversial NBA Finals/Conference Finals ...

Indiana Pacers star Pascal Siakam said he was unaware there was an even MVP award for the Eastern Conference Finals.