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Mat Ishbia's slam-dunk rise in the mortgage-lending business could portend well in his role as the new controlling owner Phoenix's NBA and WNBA teams.

Nearly six years ago, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said there will be a female head coach, and it's on him to ensure it happens sooner than later.

"There is a stigma when it comes to athletes and mental health – even more so in the Black community," Clippers star Paul George writes.

Suns coach Monty Williams and Deandre Ayton exchanged words during a timeout late in Phoenix's 113-110 loss to Washington.

Ishbia, a billionaire mortgage lender who won a national title with the Spartans in 2000, will become the youngest NBA team owner at 42.

"They were all literally sitting around going, 'What the hell?'" said Scott Tartar, of Dropping Dimes, which helped ABA players get pensions from NBA.

Former NBA player Amar'e Stoudemire, 40, was booked early Sunday morning and charged with misdemeanor battery, according to court records.

NBA official John Goble explained why Ja Morant was assessed two technical fouls and ejected in the Memphis Grizzlies-Oklahoma City Thunder game.

Bronny and Bryce James returned to Ohio with Sierra Canyon to face LeBron's alma mater, St. Vincent-St. Mary. It wasn't particularly memorable.

Bronny and Bryce James' Sierra Canyon team is set to play St. Vincent-St. Mary, alma mater of their father, LeBron James, in his home state of Ohio.