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Australian Satire Site dupes Deadspin with Olympic basketball story

Deadspin was duped by a satirical story claiming that the 2016 Olympics would have 3-on-3 basketball. The fake claims came...

Former pro basketball player Scottie Pippen's libel lawsuit against news outlets reporting he was bankrupt was dismissed, ABC News reported....

Miami's WSVN-7 News based a July 5 report about NBA team the Miami Heat's "potential signing of Ray Allen," on...

The Asian American Journalists Association issued a Feb. 22 "media advisory" for reporting on Jeremy Lin. Lin is a professional...

ESPN editor Anthony Federico apologized for his headline "Chink in the Armor: Jeremy Lin's 9 Turnovers Cost Knicks in Streak-stopping...

ESPN has apologized for using the term "chink" in a headline about NBA New York Knicks basketball player Jeremy Lin,...

Alan D. Mutter addressed the tone of obituaries in an Aug. 15 post for his blog "Reflections of a Newsosaur." ...

After being accused of cheating in a tweet, an NBA referee has sued an Associated Press sportswriter for defamation, City...

The Chicago Sun-Times is under fire for its publication of two anonymously sourced reports that the University of Kentucky intended...