The payments are not equivalent to a pension and fall well short of the lifetime benefits modern players receive, leaving a ...

The NBA absorbed four ABA teams in 1976. So why the hold up in recognizing the stats from teams like the ABA's Kentucky Colonels? Jeff Faughender/Courier Journal / Imagn By Roy “Reb” Brownell The ...

Without question, the NBA wouldn’t be what it is had it not been for the American Basketball Association (ABA). A rebellion league that featured some of the most influential ballers, most notably ...

Darnell Hillman won two ABA titles with the Indiana Pacers and Jimmy Jones was named to the ABA All-Time Team in 1997. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic: Photos: John D. Hanlon, Lane ...

Julius Erving speaks on the historic ABA-NBA merger that changed professional basketball forever. Dr. J reflects on when the two leagues became one in 1976. Erving discusses what the merger meant for ...

Basketball did not always look this free. Or this loud. Or this fun. Before the NBA loosened its tie and learned to smile, there was the Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Association.

Kevin Love records his 52nd consecutive double-double to surpass Moses Malone for the longest such streak since the ABA and NBA merged in 1976 in the Minnesota Timberwolv ...

A nostalgic look at the ABA’s flair, talent, and cultural impact—Soul Power captures the league’s wild style, legends, and ...

Lana Sports partnered with Homefield Apparel to offer a collection of 55 different shirt designs commemorating bygone ABA teams.

The Hall of Fame forward had been hospitalized after suffering a cardiac arrest last week. McGinnis, who went to college at Indiana, debuted with the Pacers in 1971 when they still played in the ABA.