Basketball

In the fourth installment of First Step, Chicago Bulls SF Jimmy Butler talks with Chicago youth about the violence that plagues the city.

I think it's important to have a male figure in your life. Whether it's blood related, a coach or a teacher – a positive influence like that can go a long way.

Those 628 days between us allowed me to watch Nneka pave the way. Everything I am, I owe to her. I don’t tell her that enough.

I'm at peace with retiring, but I've got one more ride left. One more season.

This isn’t just any case for me. It’s personal. And what’s occurred since Terence’s killing has made things even more difficult to swallow.

I don’t want to dwell on it, but I think I owe it to Clippers fans to say it once again before the season begins: I’m sorry.

UCLA will always be my home.

This team, the ones who’ve come before and the ones to come, will go down as one of the greatest sports dynasties of all time.

Before him, the NBA was a league known for its dominant big men. Shaq came and did it with a joy that no one had ever seen before.

Yao had to carry the weight of two cultures on his shoulders. I always respected and appreciated the grace he showed.

The full text of my Hall of Fame speech. If you listen closely, maybe you will be able to tell when I improvise.

Of course, nobody could be like Allen. But he gave them someone to look up to who actually looked like them.

I played at Rucker Park when I was 13 years old, and even at that age, I schooled people. It was either that or get laughed off the court.

From the outside, we looked like a perfect family that people hoped to have. Until the cops came.

I think God put me on this earth to play basketball.

All of us, together. Together for Chicago.

This is Scouting Myself, where elite high school athletes get the chance to break down film, run drills and discover what it takes to make it to the next...

Let me tell you about a picture.

During winter months, you're shoveling driveways and staying inside to watch sports. But from May to October, I can't think of a more idyllic place than my home

Things are going to get better. It is going to change, if we step up and help our city. And I’m here to help.

I was 36 years old, one of 400 people to have played in the NBA for 12 seasons, an elite athlete. And I had Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease.

When I got traded to the Cavs in February, I told myself that I was not gonna waste a day. I was not going to waste a moment.

Next up in the Rio Olympics Edition of What the (Blank)? is USA Women's Basketball forward Tamika Catchings. Yes, this is her real handwriting.

I wanted to choose guys whose NBA dreams hadn’t yet been fulfilled. Guys who had chips on their shoulder.