Dave Adelman, a former assistant basketball coach at Loyola University, has spent the last decade teaching kids in Chicago to play the game with a focus on fundamentals and fun.

While most people agree that team play is good for children, risk of injury is real. In fact, Stanford Medicine says that ...

The octogenarian Twomey brothers will be among thousands of athletes playing in the National Senior Games in Birmingham. They tell us what it takes to play basketball in your 80s.

Local basketball programs keep kids active while also installing fundamental values they won’t learn from books.

“There's a big difference. In the United States, AAU basketball, guys are playing a lot of basketball, but are they being taught how to play?” It is the question that everyone is asking.

The 2021 Jr. NBA Conference covered how youth sports needs to change during and after the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic is starting his own foundation, saying his primary goal is to ensure that children learning how to play basketball are doing so the right way and within a ...

Do you think kids specialize in sports too early and play too much? At least in basketball, the NBA and USA Basketball agree with you. The two have partnered to create a series of guidelines for ...

Jay Caspian Kang talks to Jermaine O’Neal, Luka Dončić, Steve Nash, and others around the N.B.A. about how the professionalization of youth sports is changing the landscape of pro basketball.