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Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama reacts after not getting a call during the second half against the Suns at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on Sunday.
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Suns contain Victor Wembanyama to deal Spurs first loss of season
The Suns built a 31-point lead in the third quarter while throttling Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, who finished with nine points.
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Austin Reaves' buzzer-beater carries Lakers past Timberwolves
The Timberwolves nearly staged an incredible comeback before Reaves rescued the Lakers as time expired.
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Michael Jordan appalled by NBA 'load management'
Jordan said he's not buying the need for players to rest for the sake of rest.
Lakers guard Austin Reaves controls the ball against the Kings during the second quarter at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Oct 27, 2025
Austin Reaves pours in career-high 51 points as Lakers top Kings
Taking the leading role after Luka Doncic was a late scratch due to finger and lower-leg injuries, Reaves surpassed his previous NBA best of 45 points.
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups reacts during a game against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco on Oct. 8. Billups has been charged in a case involving the alleged rigging of high-stakes poker games.
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Oct 26, 2025
NBA insider arrests highlight risks of leagues embracing sports betting
By Amy Tennery and Rory Carroll
The arrests will bring fresh scrutiny to the relationship between online sports books and professional leagues, worth millions of dollars to both sides.
Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (left) dribbles the ball at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Thursday.
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Oct 24, 2025
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder to double-OT win in Finals rematch
The Thunder played just one overtime game in the 2024-25 regular season but have played consecutive double-overtime games to begin this season.
Blazers coach Chauncey Billups leaves the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse after a hearing following his arrest on federal gambling charges in Portland, Oregon on Thursday.
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Oct 24, 2025
NBA's Billups and Rozier among dozens arrested in gambling probe
By Joseph Ax and Maria Tsvetkova
Two separate but related federal gambling investigations involved the league and the Mafia.
The Lakers' LeBron James (right), seen during a preseason game on Oct. 5 in San Francisco, is expected to be out of action until at least November.
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Oct 23, 2025
LeBron James' absence resonates during Lakers' season-opening loss
James is expected to be sidelined into November.
A giant inflatable basketball promoting NBA preseason games held at Venetian Arena in Macao on Friday.
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Oct 12, 2025
Treading fine line, NBA money machine kicks into gear on China return
By Holmes Chan
The preseason games heralded the NBA's return to China for the first time since being effectively frozen out of the country in 2019.
LeBron James (right) sits next to Bronny James on the bench during a game against the Warriors in San Francisco on Oct. 5
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Oct 10, 2025
Lakers superstar LeBron James to miss start of season due to sciatica
The Lakers revealed the diagnosis of right-side sciatica after the team's practice on Thursday.

The second life of Japan's net cafes
Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Takaichi leads first ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign residents
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a ministerial meeting on policies regarding foreign nationals and immigration on Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
A narrow Pacific waterway at heart of U.S. plans to choke China’s vast navy
Philippine and Australian troops fire an M777 howitzer during live fire exercises as part of joint military drills in Laur, Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, in August.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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