College basketball courts used to be rather bland, pale hardwood covered in colored lines. For a big splash, a school might add a brighter color to the lanes or make the logo at center court larger.

Chris Thornton loves talking about playing basketball on the most fragile-sounding of surfaces: glass. Thornton is managing director of the Americas division of ASB GlassFloor, a German company ...

Hardwood floors have been a staple of basketball courts for decades, but one German company is selling an unconventional upgrade: glass. While it may sound counterintuitive or dangerous, ASB ...

Down on hands and knees in the Alamodome, workers lurched forward to generate enough leverage to slide one large wood panel alongside another. Nearby was a 15-pound sledgehammer at the ready for a few ...

Hardwood has been the long-running foundation for basketball, but could the sport eventually find a home on glass. Chris Thornton loves talking about playing basketball on the most fragile-sounding of ...