Author: Martin Rogers, USA TODAY

America has an appetite for brackets and a thirst for single-elimination drama. The NBA needs a tournament of its own, and it needs it now.

With nine games to go, the Los Angeles Lakers are 32-41 and in danger of finishing with a worse record than last season’s miserable mark of 35-47.

The jockeying for playoff seeding will be intense during the NBA’s final weeks of the regular season.

Migratory Mexican free-tailed bats invaded the AT&T Center on Jan. 31. The San Antonio Spurs haven’t lost at home since – a streak of 11 games.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton has been undermined at just about every turn and never had a chance to shine in his role.

Real Madrid is set to rehire Zinedine Zidane in what seems like a desperate attempt to arrest of stunning fall, but that doesn’t make it wrong.

James Harden extended his 30-point streak to 32 games, but LeBron James and the Lakers stymied the Rockets in the fourth for a 111-106 comeback win.

It’s back to reality for LeBron James, who’s on a Los Angeles Lakers team that’s struggling mightily to make the playoffs.