The players wore T-shirts addressing the recent shooting deaths of black men by the police, without giving notice to the W.N.B.A.
A settlement from a 1970 lawsuit filed by Oscar Robertson led to the easy movement and lavish salaries that are now commonplace in the N.B.A.
Dallas Mavericks center Andrew Bogut will be given every chance to prove his fitness for the Rio de Janeiro Games after being named in Australia’s 12-man squad for the Olympic tournament.