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The NBA All-Star Game is turning into a big-time music event. Kesha, B.o.B and Ludacris will perform during the pregame concert, joining previously announced performers Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo and others who are also singing as part of All-Star Weekend.

The season opener tonight for the Dallas Mavericks may not look like a typical season opener for the Mavs. Cuz there's no Dirk! When we think of the Mavs we think of Dirk Nowitzki. But he's still recovering from knee surgery and won't play tonight as the Mavs take on the Lakers in Los Angeles.

Even though it is football season, this basketball moment must be shared. I realize that this post is going to be viewed by mainly Dallas Mavericks fans, but I must show this video from one of the best dunkers since Michael Jordan.

LeBron James recorded a triple-double, and the Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA title with a 121-106 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder in Miami on Thursday night.

Now that the compressed 66-game NBA regular season has ended, the NBA playoffs will begin Saturday. Here’s a look at the match-ups in the best-of-seven, first round of the NBA playoffs.

The defending NBA-champion Dallas Mavericks never seemed to get any respect last season until the final buzzer sounded on their win over the heavily favored Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. This season hasn’t exactly gone the way the Mavs would hope as a follow-up, but one of the world’s largest brand stuck it to the Mavs right in our backyard.

The NBA All-Star Game is turning into a performance venue on the level of the Super Bowl. Maybe it’s not quite as high-profile, but the star power at the annual event is just as big. This year, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Ne-Yo and Flo Rida are among the artists who will be taking the stage during All-Star weekend.

Christmas Day has always served as a traditional showcase for the best players – and teams – of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to a labor dispute between the players' union and owners that was not resolved until last month, the NBA will open its 2011-12 schedule on Dec. 25, including ...

Oft-injured Houston Rockets center Yao Ming has informed the NBA he has retired after eight seasons in the league. Yahoo! Sports first reported the news. The top pick in the 2002 draft was an eight-time all-star, despite averaging just 48 games in each of the last five seasons. Yao appeared in only five games during the 2010-11 season after suffering a stress fracture in his left leg Nov. 10. Read

The latest edition of the Hitler 'Downfall' Internet meme has the Fuhrer furiously bemoaning the demise of the Miami Heat and its star, LeBron James, who lost the 2011 NBA Championship to the Dallas Mavericks Sunday night. Hitler blasts LeBron as "the biggest choke artist since David Carradine" and calls Miami Heat coach Eric Spoelstra "the most obvious puppet since Mussolini"

On Tuesday, 22-year-old Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose became the youngest MVP in NBA history. He celebrated the award with an unusually gracious acceptance speech, in which he showered praise upon the fans, his teammates and the players who had come before him. He saved his most emotional words for his mother, attributing all of his success to her, explaining that her tireless work ethic inspir

If you've been watching pro basketball lately, you've probably seen one of the NBA "Encouragement" promos, in which fans go back in time and tell younger versions of players like Steve Nash, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant all about their subsequent basketball careers. In this two-minute video, the technology behind the Steve Nash spot is explained.