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Opinion | The NBA may not allow sportswriters back into locker rooms. That’s bad for the media — and the public.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said over the weekend that it might be time to take a 'fresh look' at media access. Media members were not pleased.

February 21, 2022

What it was like to report from inside the NBA’s pandemic bubble

A Q&A with Washington Post national NBA writer Ben Golliver about the NBA’s 2020 season and “Bubbleball,” his book about it.

May 10, 2021

Why the 1980s were a golden age for the NBA’s press corps

Everyone was accessible. Reporters sat close to the court and could capture sights and sounds — those crucial, little things that make a story sing.

April 16, 2021

Meet the reporter who’s covered LeBron James since he was a high school player

Brian Windhorst goes so far back with LeBron James, he actually had to beg his…

May 25, 2017

Kobe Bryant bypasses conventional media with retirement announcement

Kobe Bryant. (AP photo) NBA superstar Kobe Bryant scooped the world — and mainstream news outlets…

November 29, 2015

Benjamin Mullin

Lying to sportswriters: Should one give a darn?

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr admitted lying to the press in during a…

June 15, 2015

The LeBron beat: Reporter stops covering Ohio’s governor, starts covering its king

Joe Vardon just started covering the most important man in Ohio. No, not the governor…

October 2, 2014

Benjamin Mullin

Former Time Warner CEO tapped as interim head of Clippers

NBA.com Richard Parsons, the former chief executive officer of Time Warner and ex-chairman of Citigroup,…

May 9, 2014