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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 ...
NBA's Stern scolds Christie on sports bet effort
NBA Commissioner David Stern scolded Gov. Christie and said New Jersey "has no idea what it's doing" by seeking to allow sports betting in the state ...
Bryant eclipses 30,000, Lakers beat Hornets 103-87
Kobe Bryant grinned and uttered the word "irony" as he considered the fact that the team that drafted him nearly 17 years ago was his opponent on the ...
Stern: Spurs rested too many players too early
NBA Commissioner David Stern said Wednesday his $250,000 fine of the San Antonio Spurs was justified because the club went beyond what league owners ...
Hockey talks resume Tuesday with owners, players
The cast of characters in the ongoing NHL labor saga is about to get a bit of a makeover, at least for one day. So far, Commissioner Gary Bettman and ...
NHL owners, players set to meet without leaders
Traditional labor talks have made little progress in the ongoing NHL lockout, so the league and the players' association are going to try something ...
Rasheed draws 1st ejection since return to NBA
Rasheed Wallace picked up two technical fouls and was ejected for the first time since returning to the NBA in the first quarter of the Knicks' ...
'Disappointed' Spurs shrug off fine, beat Memphis
So that's what $250,000 worth of rest looks like. Tony Parker scored 30 points and Tim Duncan had 27 points and 15 rebounds, giving the San Antonio ...
Popovich: 'Disappointed' in $250K fine from NBA
Gregg Popovich said Saturday night he doesn't know if the San Antonio Spurs will appeal a $250,000 fine from the NBA for sending his star players home ...
NBA fines Spurs $250,000 for sending starters home
Gregg Popovich sent his best players home, deciding they reached the end of the road before the trip was over. For that, and for keeping it a secret, ...
Short-handed Spurs fall to Heat, 105-100
When Gregg Popovich gives his best players a night off to rest, it's not uncommon for the San Antonio Spurs coach to get letters from upset fans.
After Rondo ejected, Nets beat Celtics 95-83
Doc Rivers wants the Boston Celtics to be tough — not violent. The message came too late for Rajon Rondo. The Celtics point guard was ejected from ...
Wizards beat Blazers for 1st win after 12 losses
After their worst start in history, the Washington Wizards became a national punch line. On TNT, Charles Barkley compared them with the Washington ...
LeBron, Knicks top NBA jersey-sale lists
LeBron James is atop the NBA's jersey-sales list once again. The Miami Heat star has the league's hottest-selling jersey, marking the third time the ...
US federal mediators to join NHL labor talks
Federal mediators are entering the stalled NHL labor talks, with the season's first 2½ months already lost because of the lockout. George Cohen, ...
New York, New York: Knicks, Nets meet Monday
From Madison Square Garden to the Garden State, the Knicks cast a shadow the Nets could never escape. The Knicks were considered first rate and the ...
Teams looking closer at secondary ticket market
Chipper Jones was down to the final few games of his distinguished career when the Atlanta Braves opened a series at Pittsburgh last month.
Wizards fall to 0-9 with 96-89 loss to Pacers
After his Washington Wizards, the only winless team in the NBA, dropped to a franchise-worst 0-9, coach Randy Wittman sat down for his postgame news ...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook captured in bronze
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's skyhook has been captured in bronze for future generations of basketball fans. Staples Center unveiled a nearly 16-foot-tall ...
Knicks hold off Magic 99-89 to improve to 5-0
In their first four games, the New York Knicks surprised many by consistently performing above preseason expectations and jumping out to an unbeaten ...
David Stern estimates NBA revenue up 20 pct to $5B
NBA Commissioner David Stern estimates revenue will be a record $5 billion in the current season, an increase of about 20 percent from the league's ...
Lakers intrigued by chance to play for D'Antoni
Pau Gasol got home from the game and read about it on Twitter, while Dwight Howard got a midnight message on his BlackBerry. They shared most Los ...
Lakers hire Mike D'Antoni as new coach
The Los Angeles Lakers hired Mike D'Antoni late Sunday night, signing the former coach of the Suns and Knicks to replace Mike Brown. The Lakers and ...
Lakers rout Warriors 101-77 after Brown's firing
A few hours after the Los Angeles Lakers' top brass abruptly fired coach Mike Brown and threw their season into turmoil before mid-November, Brown's ...