
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 ...
Moscow to host 2014 worlds in 3-on-3 basketball
The 2014 world championship in 3-on-3 basketball will be held in Moscow, which could be its first as an Olympic sport. The International Basketball ...
Murofushi challenges IOC election bar at CAS
Former Olympic champion Koji Murofushi left sport's highest court on Thursday after a two-day hearing to challenge his disqualification at the London ...
IOC mulls requests for new events at 2016 Olympics
Three years out from the Rio Games, 3-on-3 basketball and BMX freestyle are competing in an alternative Olympic contest — trying to win selection to ...
Kirilenko taking time off from Russia team
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrei Kirilenko is taking time off from the Russian national team for family reasons, local media reported.
Panathinaikos wins cup final marred by violence
Fan violence marred the Greek Cup final on Sunday, forcing the game to be suspended for an hour before Panathinaikos finished off an 81-78 win over ...
British basketball earns funding reprieve
The plea from Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng to British Prime Minister David Cameron has worked: funding will be restored to the country's Olympic ...
Deng asks Cameron to restore basketball funding
Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng has pleaded with British Prime Minister David Cameron to pump government cash into the country's basketball program ...

APNewsBreak: UCI's McQuaid replaced on IOC panel
The head of cycling's governing body has been replaced on a key International Olympic Committee panel as he deals with the fallout from the Lance ...

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 ...
Lithuania basketball exec held in corruption probe
A Lithuanian court has charged a top Lithuanian basketball executive with corruption in connection with the European basketball championship in 2011.

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 ...
Spain hires Orenga as basketball coach
Sergio Scariolo has been replaced as Spain's national basketball coach by his assistant Juan Antonio Orenga, the Spanish federation said at a news ...
Bayern Munich signs Pesic as basketball coach
Svetislav Pesic, who won world and European titles with Germany and the former Yugoslavia, has become Bayern Munich's third basketball coach in less ...