Derrick Rose, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls and the league’s MVP in 2011, announced his retirement on Thursday.

Former NBA MVP Derrick Rose announced his retirement from basketball on Thursday as the 35-year-old guard brought the curtains down on a career spanning 16 years. Once the lynchpin of the Chicago Bulls franchise after he became the number one pick in the draft,

Joe Wolf, a retired NBA veteran who remains one of the best players the state of Wisconsin has ever produced, has died, the Milwaukee Bucks announced Thursday. He was 59 years old. Wolf's cause of death was not announced, but Mark Miller of Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook reports he suffered an apparent heart attack.

Joe Wolf, a former North Carolina captain for Dean Smith and went on to play for seven teams in an 11-year NBA career before becoming a coach, died unexpectedly Thursday, the Milwaukee Bucks announced.

Zach Lowe, a senior NBA writer for ESPN, has reportedly been laid off by the media giant, according to The Athletic. Lowe is originally from Greenwich, Connecticut, and began his career in the state as a reporter at the Stamford Advocate,