Topic: Bob Cousy

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal are among the 76 players selected for the NBA's 75th anniversary team, the league announced. LeBron James and Stephen Curry are among the active players picked.

Former Boston Celtics guard and coach K.C. Jones has died, according to a spokesman for the team. He was 88.

President Donald Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom Tuesday to former U.S. Justice Department chief and senior White House adviser Edwin Meese, the White House announced.

President Donald Trump presented former NBA player and executive Jerry West with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump presented former professional basketball player and coach Bob Cousy with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Thursday.

On August 9, 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people were slain in Los Angeles by followers of Charles Manson in the first of two nights of murders.

Actor Gillian Anderson turns 50 and actor Eric Bana turns 50, among the famous birthdays for August 9.

On August 9, 1993, King Albert II of Belgium was crowned 10 days after King Baudouin I, his older brother, died of heart failure.

The Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics turn back the clock when they face each other in the Eastern Conference semifinals that begin in Boston Monday night.

Kansas guard Frank Mason III added to his impressive trophy case on Friday by being named this year's recipient of the John R. Wooden Award, which is presented to the nation's most outstanding men's basketball player.