He got eight shots on Edmonton's goaltender and had four more attempts. It took an empty net for the hats to fly from the juiced-up crowd of 18,573 fans who chanted “Ovi! Ovi!” throughout.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and give the Washington ...

Nearly 17 years after their beloved Seattle SuperSonics were relocated to Oklahoma City, the crowd of Seattleites began celebrating and clapping at the suggestion of their team returning.

The question was thanks to a one-time Seattle SuperSonics coach. Silver spoke with ESPN Radio as part of its pregame show leading into the broadcast of the All-Star Game on Sunday. And during that ...

Seattle SuperSonics fans of yesteryear had their hearts skip a beat earlier on Tuesday as Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell teased the crowd amidst his State of the City address with a basketball in ...

Harrell interrupted his State of the City address at Benaroya Hall on Tuesday to tease the return of the Seattle SuperSonics, something basketball fans in the city have been longing for since the ...

The context was not lost to anyone in the room. In theory, he was going to announce that the Seattle Supersonics were coming back to the Emerald City. But then Harrell pulled the ball back ...

Here’s the big mistake Harrell made in that moment. Sonics fans who have been waiting 17 years for the NBA to return to Seattle have a lot of anger, and a lot of people to direct it at.