One of the highlights (and arguably the highlight for diehard fans) of the NBA's All-Star Saturday night is the 3-point contest. Introduced in 1986 as a companion to the dunk contest, the 3-point ...

With March Madness officially upon us, the importance of the three-point line is also heightened. Since the three-point line was established in college basketball for the 1986-87 season, we have ...

SAN FRANCISCO — What is the NBA desperately looking for in All-Star weekend? Star power and actual competition. The only thing that has consistently delivered that over the last decade or so is the ...

Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Damian Lillard will try to join a shortlist of three-time NBA three-point contest winners Saturday at All-Star Weekend in San Francisco. Lillard won in 2023 and 2024, needing ...

The New York Liberty won last year's WNBA Championship. They're in good shape to repeat, too. But before the team's second-half sprint to the playoffs, New York collected some other hardware Friday ...

New York Liberty superstar Sabrina Ionescu remains the queen of the WNBA All-Star 3-point contest. Ionescu became just the second WNBA player to win the 3-point competition multiple times, joining ...

The WNBA All-Star Break is rather short, with the league returning to full-tilt action on Tuesday, less than a week after the pause began. But All-Star Weekend is still rife with the competitive ...