Jordan’s under-19 national basketball team withdrew from its game against Israel at the ongoing FIBA World Cup after pressure mounted on the team to boycott the game. What happened: In an official statement, Jordan’s Basketball Federation said that it ...

This year's celebration includes a Congressional resolution, youth clinics, theme nights by NBA teams and more. Official release NEW YORK — The NBA today announced its celebrations of the 3rd annual World Basketball Day to honor the game and bring people ...

Can basketball be a force that helps bring a divided nation, a divided world together? That's the dream of World Basketball Day. A day — designated by the United Nations to be commemorated every Dec. 21 — where we celebrate the power of basketball to ...

Happy Birthday, Basketball! It's a day to celebrate hooping at its finest. Thursday, December 21, 2023, is officially the inaugural World Basketball Day as designated by the United Nations and first proposed by NYU professor David Hollander. It also ...

World Basketball Day will be celebrated annually on Dec. 21, the day Dr. James Naismith first introduced the game of basketball. Official release NEW YORK – The NBA today announced its celebrations of the first-ever World Basketball Day. Established by ...

OK, we can probably all agree that the USA has been the center of the basketball universe since . . . forever. Notice that the NBA winners are called world champions, even though 29 of 30 teams are from the same country. The sport wasn’t officially ...