There is no single path to becoming a top quarterback, yet a surprising number of the best signal callers in the NFL and college football share a common developmental thread: a basketball background.

Jaxson Hayes comes from an athletic background – his father played in the NFL and his mother was a standout college basketball player. But the Cincinnati native didn’t realize he might be able to play ...

There’s something uniquely compelling about athletes who take an unconventional path to greatness, and few stories capture that better than college basketball players who became NFL stars. In a sports ...

Tuesday's Niners Daily looks at members of the San Francisco 49ers who have been known to hoop it up in the past. *With Game 6 of the NBA Finals set to take place in a few hours, we already know that ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Quarterback Alex Smith said he could tell immediately that Kansas City Chiefs tight ends Travis Kelce, Demetrius Harris and Ross Travis have basketball backgrounds. It had nothing ...

DENVER – Tight ends are no longer big plodders who might be mistaken for jelly-belly linemen. They're athletic, fast, powerful and shifty, traits many of them honed on the hardwood. Guys like Jimmy ...

Dylan Harper, son of five-time NBA champion Ron Harper, turned a lot of heads on Tuesday after the San Antonio Spurs drafted him with the No. 2 overall pick, right after the Dallas Mavericks selected ...

The Patriots selected the Notre Dame tight end with the 95th overall pick in the third round.

Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers (90) stands on the sideline during the game against the Atlanta Falcons in the second half at the Georgia Dome. The Falcons defeated the Panthers 28-20.