Babies born on Kobe Bryant's birthday received Lakers care package from UCLA Health

As August 23 marks what would've been Kobe Bryant's 45th birthday, babies born at UCLA Health on Tuesday received cute Los Angeles Lakers gear to celebrate the “Mamba."

Everything you need to know about the 2023-24 NBA season

Teams have an average of 14 instances of back-to-back games this season, up slightly from last year’s rate of 13.3 per team. But back-to-backs involving travel are down to 9.0 on average.

LeBron James-backed I Promise School delivers 'discouraging' student test results: report

The I Promise School opened in 2018 as a part of the Akron Public Schools system. But, multiple years have gone by since the school's fall class of eighth-grade students produced passing scores for Ohio's math test.

Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers to play regular-season game in Paris January 2024

The NBA’s French connection continues to grow. The league announced Wednesday that the Brooklyn Nets and Cleveland Cavaliers will play in Paris on Jan. 11 in the third regular-season game held at Accor Arena.

NBA reveals long-awaited plans for in-season tournament that’ll start in November

The NBA unveiled the details Saturday of its inaugural in-season tournament, which will have a prize pool of about $18 million and will be capped by a championship game in Las Vegas on Dec. 9.

Damian Lillard asks the Trail Blazers for trade: Here's where he wants to go

Lillard is a seven-time All-NBA selection and was selected to the NBA's 75th anniversary team — but he has never been close to a championship.

Saying goodbye to FOX 5's Chip Zeller
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It's a bittersweet day for us here at FOX 5 Sports. Our long time leader, executive producer Chip Zeller is retiring. Chip is usually behind the scenes, but there are not a lot of people who have had such a big impact on FOX 5 or on sports media in Atlanta as our friend Chip.