Basketball

Los Angeles Lakers superstar and NBA icon LeBron James could become only the second player in U.S. basketball history to represent his country in four Olympic Games after being named in the initial 44-player pool.

A university women's basketball coach told his players they should kill themselves if they weren't prepared to put in more effort on court, according to his former players.

Basketball player DeJon Jarreau has been forced to apologize after his coach admitted the guard had bitten an opponent on the leg in a bizarre incident towards the end of a fiercely-contested NCAA game in Cincinnati on Saturday.

A US college basketball game ended with both benches brawling and a player wielding a chair as a weapon after an incident in the final second sparked a violent conclusion to the University of Kansas’s 81-60 win over Kansas State.

American YouTube sensations Dude Perfect are renowned for their incredible trick shots, but in their latest video they have taken things to a whole new level with trick shots that don't quite pan out as you first expect.