NEW YORK — “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary‘s latest big investment is the record-breaking purchase of a Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan sports card at auction over the weekend.

The Canadian venture capitalist, ...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Lynx continued their push for the top seed in the WNBA playoffs, and Napheesa Collier returned from an ankle injury to continue her campaign for the league’s MVP award on Sunday night at ...Read More

MIAMI — The games that matter for the Miami Heat officially don’t begin until the Oct. 22 season opener against the Orlando Magic.

And yet meaningful basketball for the Heat is at hand. This coming week. In August.

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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Dream beat the WNBA’s best team, the Minnesota Lynx, on Thursday. Two days later the Dream beat the defending WNBA champions, the New York Liberty. Both opponents were missing key players, but the...Read More

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces beat the Washington Mystics 91-81 on Saturday at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C., to extend the WNBA’s longest win streak to 10 games.

A’ja Wilson led the Aces (24-14) with 36 ...Read More

TACOMA, Wash. — Shawn Kemp, who was one of the most popular athletes in Seattle in the 1990s when he played for the Sonics, was sentenced Friday in Pierce County Superior Court to 30 days of electronic home monitoring ...Read More