
Parity abounds so far in NBA conference semifinals
Parity has struck the NBA playoffs, where the conference semifinals are all tied. The four series are all drawn at one game apiece — the first time ...

Denver's Karl earns NBA Coach of the Year honors
George Karl is the NBA's Coach of the Year after leading the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins. Karl received 62 first-place votes from a panel ...

Trash talk, bad blood reign in NBA playoffs
Talk is cheap in these NBA playoffs, and it seems as if everyone wants in on the act. As the stakes grew in the first round, the venom being spewed ...

Amaechi: British footballers wary of coming out
The advice John Amaechi gave to Jason Collins before the NBA veteran came out is very different to what he tells the gay football players he knows in ...

Gay athletes have come out while active or retired
Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement. From Martina ...

James scores 27 as Heat top Bucks in Game 1
LeBron James scored 27 points, finishing two assists shy of a triple-double, as the defending champion Heat picked up where they left off in the NBA ...

NBA to play 8 preseason games at overseas venues
The NBA is going overseas for eight preseason games in October, with stops in Europe, Asia and South America. The Oklahoma City Thunder will open the ...

Turkoglu banned 20 games for positive steroid test
Orlando Magic forward Hedo Turkoglu of Turkey was suspended 20 games by the NBA on Wednesday after testing positive for steroids. The NBA said ...

Hornets announce name change to Pelicans
New Orleans Hornets owner Tom Benson is changing his team's nickname to the Pelicans and said the switch will create a bond with the city that could ...
AP sources: Hornets plan to become Pelicans
The New Orleans Hornets will announce plans to change their name to the Pelicans next season, according to people familiar with the decision.
Forbes: Knicks most valuable NBA team over Lakers
The New York Knicks have surpassed the Los Angeles Lakers as the most valuable team in the NBA, according to Forbes' annual study. Boosted by ...

Bryant gets record 15th straight All-Star start
Kobe Bryant has been voted to his NBA-record 15th consecutive All-Star start, leading four Los Angeles players into next month's game. Lakers teammate ...

Stern has no problem with teams miking players
NBA Commissioner David Stern has no problem with teams aiming microphones at their own players during games. If anything, he wants more mikes on the ...

In London, Carmelo Anthony praises Knicks owner
If MSG chairman James Dolan is listening to what Carmelo Anthony has to say in London, he'll probably be happy to hear it. Two days after the Newark ...

LeBron about to become youngest to score 20,000
LeBron James was the youngest player in NBA history to win rookie of the year, to record a triple-double, to score 1,000 points, to score 10,000 ...

Knicks in London: Light load with 1 game this week
The injury-plagued New York Knicks welcome a week with just one game. The only catch is they had to travel to London for it. That's fine with the ...

Magic beat Clippers to end 10-game losing run
The Orlando Magic beat the Los Angeles Clippers 104-101 in the NBA on Saturday to end a 10-game losing streak. The loss ended the Clippers' ...
Patrick Ewing Jr. to play in Spain
Patrick Ewing Jr., son and namesake of the New York Knicks great, has signed with Spanish club Blancos de Rueda Valladolid until the end of this ...

Plenty of intrigue on NBA's Christmas schedule
The NBA's hottest team will be playing at home in Los Angeles, and it's the Clippers, not the Lakers. There's a finals rematch in Miami, a holiday ...

Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...

Timberwolves tap world market to great success
The cold, snowy climate in Minnesota has always been considered a hindrance to the Timberwolves' efforts to recruit top-flight free agents to join ...

LeBron, Knicks top NBA jersey-sale lists
LeBron James is atop the NBA's jersey sales list again. The Miami Heat star has the league's hottest-selling jersey, marking the third time the NBA's ...