Wheelchair basketball is a fast-paced game played by two teams of five players where the object is to shoot the ball into the opposing team’s basket, scoring the most points at the end of the game.

and a fellow wheelchair basketball player described as a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle. The baggage handlers had separated wheels from dozens of wheelchair frames while loading them onto the plane.

Basketball rules for wheelchair athletes are basically the same as for ambulatory athletes, except there is no double dribble, and players must dribble after two pushes of their wheels.

A wheelchair basketball player for more than a decade, he recently received a grant from the Kelly Brush Foundation for a customized RGK — All Star wheelchair that is making his time spent on ...

The Jazz were granted a disabled player exception worth $2.9M for Taylor Hendricks‘ season-ending injury, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon (Twitter link). Hendricks was lost for the season ...

Ke’Sean Paire will compete in Bogotá, Colombia, to compete in the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation World ...

Dribbling is required in wheelchair basketball but the rules have been adjusted for the game. A player must dribble the ball once, or make a pass, for every two pushes of the wheels on their chair.

Demesa, a wheelchair basketball player representing the Philippines, has been making waves internationally. The cager has competed in four international competitions thus far, and this year ...

The court dimensions (28x15m) and basket height (10ft) for wheelchair basketball are the same as the able-bodied version, as is the playing time (4x10 minutes) and number of players on court (five).

Wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater and wheelchair tennis player Lucy Shuker have been selected as Paralympics GB’s flagbearers at the Paralympic Games opening ceremony. The athletes ...