Report: Jerry Buss hospitalized with cancer
Lakers owner Jerry Buss has been hospitalized with cancer, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. The 79-year-old Buss has spent time in the ...
Police: Wife kills member of '79 Final Four team
A member of the University of Pennsylvania's 1979 Final Four team was fatally stabbed by his wife, who told police she had caught him looking at child ...

Big Ten biggie: No. 8 Mich St hosts No. 4 Michigan
For the first time in the history of the series, Michigan and Michigan State will play each other while ranked among the top 10. Bragging rights won't ...

After Whitney death, Clive Davis gala presses on
A year after Whitney Houston's death, music executive Clive Davis remembered her in words — and video. Houston died last year just hours before the ...

Celtics rout Lakers 116-95 for 6th straight win
The familiar "Beat LA!" chant started in the third quarter. It's easier to do that now than it was during most of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry.
Dodgers secure $7B TV rights deal with TW Cable
The Los Angeles Dodgers formally announced a deal with Time Warner Cable on Monday to create a new TV channel that people familiar with the situation ...

Lakers beat Cavs 113-93, snap 6-game skid
Dwight Howard arrived at Staples Center expecting to sit out another game to rest his injured shoulder. He ended up helping the Los Angeles Lakers out ...

Rockets beat Lakers 125-112 for 5th straight win
Sure the Los Angeles Lakers are short-handed. But a team with Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash and Metta World Peace should still play better than this.

Howard, Gasol, Hill all sidelined for Lakers
Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill all will miss the Los Angeles Lakers' upcoming road trip with injuries, leaving the struggling club without ...

Clippers beat Hornets 93-77 for 11th straight win
The Los Angeles Clippers' franchise record-tying 11th consecutive victory had owner Donald Sterling leading a "hip, hip hooray" chant in the locker ...

AP NewsBreak: Yankees hit with $18.9M luxury tax
The New York Yankees were hit with an $18.9 million luxury tax by Major League Baseball, the 10th consecutive year they will pay a penalty for their ...

Dodgers on track to pass Yanks in 2013 payroll
The Los Angeles Dodgers are on track to become only the second major league team with a $200 million payroll and could end the New York Yankees' ...

Magic Johnson says Lakers should play inside game
Magic Johnson questioned new coach Mike D'Antoni's system with the slumping Los Angeles Lakers, saying "it doesn't fit the talent the Lakers have.

AP source: Dodgers try to close deal for Greinke
Free-agent pitcher Zack Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers tried to close a deal Saturday night worth $147 million over six years, a person familiar ...

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 ...

Rondo, Humphries, Wallace ejected for fight
Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo was ejected in the second quarter of Wednesday night's game against Brooklyn when he shoved Kris Humphries ...