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LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to set NBA’s all-time scoring record

James surpassed Abdul-Jabbar’s vaunted total of 38,387 points in fewer games, with a higher scoring average and at a younger age.

By Ben Golliver

How the NBA scoring record evolved from Wilt to Kareem to LeBron

By Artur Galocha and Ben Golliver

The Super Bowl is a spectacle again after two years of covid restrictions

After two years of adjustments, the crowds are huge, the teams are in town all week, and the extravagance is back in Phoenix for the Super Bowl.

By Mark Maske

Patrick Mahomes played on a high ankle sprain. Here’s why that’s so rare.

Patrick Mahomes’s Chiefs are in the Super Bowl, and his rehabilitation of an injured ankle may factor big in the outcome of Sunday’s game.

By Nicki Jhabvala

A surfing legend is at odds with her sport over its transgender policy

By Cindy Boren

Kyrie Irving welcomes trade to Mavericks after Nets’ ‘disrespect’

By Ben Golliver

Terps rally but can’t solve Michigan State late, ending four-game win streak

By Emily Giambalvo

Perspectives

A Super Bowl lesson: Don’t fear the pricey franchise quarterback

By Jerry Brewer

Fordham men’s basketball came out of nowhere. Its new coach can relate.

By John Feinstein

Case in points: LeBron and Kareem will finally share a bond

By Jerry Brewer

NFL owners have a problem hiring coaches: They’re lousy at it

By Sally Jenkins

Hello, darkness: Aaron Rodgers to ponder future in sensory deprivation

By Des Bieler

No. 8 Virginia stifles No. 22 N.C. State to claim share of ACC lead

By Gene Wang

Bill Belichick and Tom Brady finally open up about what made them click

By Cindy Boren

Analysis

NCAA tournament bracketology: Virginia Tech getting hot at the right time

By Patrick Stevens

Analysis

The Kyrie Irving sweepstakes are over. Let the Victor Wembanyama race begin.

Analysis

Three reasons the Eagles might give the Chiefs fits in the Super Bowl

Analysis

Eagles-Chiefs Super Bowl could be decided not by QBs but who gets to them

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How the NBA scoring record evolved from Wilt to Kareem to LeBron

When LeBron James passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he will own arguably the NBA’s most hallowed individual statistical achievement.

By Artur Galocha and Ben Golliver

Their teammates died. Through high school hoops, they grieve.

Reminders of their late teammates are everywhere this basketball season in Northern Virginia, from Arlington to Dumfries to Purcellville.

By Spencer Nusbaum

Black interim coaches face a steep climb. Will Carolina elevate Steve Wilks?

Steve Wilks wants the interim tag removed from his title in Charlotte. He has the support of his players and hometown, but will he get owner David Tepper's?

By Michael Lee

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