Students built a robot that can withstand more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit

FireBot is a 300-pound, four-foot-long robot that can enter a burning building to gather information for firefighters.

Gilbert Arenas blasts the lack of basketball IQ in the modern NBA: "If you draw a play up and just flip the play, you'd lose 85 percent of the players"

When players cut or drive, they collapse the defense, thereby creating opportunities to kick out to wide-open shooters ...

The world's tallest teenager becomes the tallest player in college basketball history

Olivier Rioux became the tallest person to ever play college basketball when he made his debut in Florida's 104-64 win over ...

Top 25 NBA players of the 21st century: Where do LeBron, Kobe and Steph rank?

Which NBA players have been the best of the best since the 2000-01 season? The Athletic NBA staff makes their picks.

Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, godfather of Seattle basketball, dies at 88

Lenny Wilkens is one of five people inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (1989) and a coach ...

Florida big man Olivier Rioux makes history, becomes tallest college basketball player ever

In college basketball, there are big men -- and then there is Florida's Olivier Rioux . Yes, there is a difference.

The USC men’s team is leaning into ‘positionless’ basketball. Will it pay off?

USC has the guards to achieve this solution. Making the most of its biggest strength — guard play — is part of why the team is shifting this heavy into positionless basketball at all. The path to ...