The Richmond Ballerz, whose season ended early, plan a move to Hampton Roads. If all goes as planned, minor-league pro basketball will be in the Hampton Roads area next season. Exactly where is sti… ...

In 1976, four ABA teams — the Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs — merged with the NBA. The terms of the merger required each team to pay the NBA $3.2 million ...

In an abrupt move to keep balance throughout ABA 2000, the Las Vegas Slam professional basketball team started play last Saturday night with a seven-point road loss to the Kentucky Cats.

DENVER — Gone, but never forgotten, the ABA is enjoying a curtain call this season — all thanks to the Denver Nuggets. Nearly 50 years after the breakup of the old, renegade league, with its ...

The ABA, which relaunched in 1999, has grown into one of the largest basketball leagues in the world, boasting 177 teams nationwide—including six in Louisiana.

The ABA was launched exactly 50 years ago when 11 owners ponied up franchise fees of at least $5,000 to get into a league whose purpose—not unlike many of today’s internet start-ups—was to ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Lafayette now has a semi-professional basketball team. Meet the Lafayette Ballers, the newest expansion franchise in the American Basketball Association. Amanda Perero ...