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Kaila’s dad says she’s a better basketballer than her brother. He plays in the NBA
Kaila Proctor is the third person in her immediate family to be offered a university scholarship to play basketball in the US.
- Frances Howe
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Test your 2025 sport smarts: From Piastri’s rise to Postecoglou’s demise and Melham’s double delight
How closely were you following Australian sport in 2025? Our Year In Sport quiz will separate the contenders from the pretenders. How many questions can you answer correctly?
- Greg Dundas
‘Security took him out’: Josh Giddey clashes with NBA fan
A visibly frustrated Josh Giddey clashed with a fan courtside during Chicago’s 123-116 loss to the Hornets in Charlotte with security then removing the heckler in the closing stages of the contest.
Rare air: Big-money pressure no concern as Josh Giddey joins Michael Jordan in Bulls record books
Josh Giddey’s sparkling start to the NBA season is justifying his lucrative contract, challenging records held by the greatest Chicago Bull of all and drawing praise from other legendary figures from the club’s past.
- Roy Ward
- Opinion
- AFL 2025
The more we know the better: How the AFL’s NBA-style gamble on injury could come unstuck
The NBA is dealing with a gambling scandal that touches the biggest name in the biggest basketball competition in the world. The AFL can learn plenty from it.
- Michael Gleeson
Missed by that much: The top AFL draft prospect who could have been a Bomber
Cooper Duff-Tytler’s grandparents emigrated from Sri Lanka to Australia more than 50 years ago. But one small detail stopped him being tied to Essendon.
- Marc McGowan
Meet the NBA centre who got married the day before flying to Australia
Jesse Edwards made his NBA debut and got married in the past year, and both went quicker than he would have liked. He hopes his time in the NBL will set the platform for a long NBA career.
- Roy Ward
- Updated
- Crime
LeBron unwittingly dragged into NBA gambling scandal; dozens arrested in probe tied to mafia
More than 30 people have been charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games.
- Alanna Durkin Richer, Tim Reynolds and Philip Marcelo
Atlanta Hawks lock in ‘Great Barrier Thief’ on eye-watering new NBA deal
Dyson Daniels’ fourth NBA season is about to tip off, and he’s signed a new contract that places him among Australia’s highest-paid athletes.
- Murray Wenzel
Did LeBron James write for a communist paper? China said he did
Several of the NBA’s biggest names have made trips to China to promote business ventures, and the league. This one ended differently.
- Mara Hvistendahl and Tania Ganguli