José “Piculín” Ortiz played parts of two seasons in the NBA, but played in four World Championships and four Olympic Games.

The power forward who was drafted 15th overall and spent two seasons in the NBA died at 62 following a cancer battle.

The former Puerto Rican player for Real Madrid and Barcelona has died after cancer. The basketball world says goodbye to José Piculín Ortiz, the legendary former Puerto Rican player who died at the ...

Gerry Ward played on the Boston Celtics 1965 NBA championship team, but his family says he was so much more than that.

ATLANTA (AP) - The chief medical examiner in the state of Georgia reports that Atlanta Hawks' center Jason Collier died from a sudden heart rhythm disturbance, caused by an abnormally enlarged ...

John “Jackie” Moore, a former NBA player and the first Black men’s basketball player at La Salle University, died Thursday, April 9. He was 93. His family announced his death on social media, ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another ...

Lawyers for the family of an Oklahoma junior college basketball player who died after suffering a head injury during a game said Thursday the student had been struck by another player's elbow and ...