http://www.mail.com/subjects/2276-basketball.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/2276-basketball.html http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1766250-anthony-scores-30-knicks-beat-slumping-lakers.html NEW YORK (AP) — The pregame boos had barely finished, and Mike D'Antoni suddenly had much bigger problems. Carmelo Anthony had three 3-pointers in less than three minutes, and a look in his eye that he couldn't be stopped. "He has those games where he does that," D'Antoni said. "And when he does that, the Knicks are awfully tough to beat, obviously." ... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1766250-anthony-scores-30-knicks-beat-slumping-lakers.html 2012-12-14T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1766068-transgender-college-hoops-player-head-high.html SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The women's basketball team at Mission College expected the bleachers to be full and the hecklers ready when its newest player made her home court debut. In the days leading up to the game, people had plenty to say about 6-foot-6-inch, 220-pound Gabrielle Ludwig, who joined the Lady Saints as a mid-season walk-on and became, acc... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1766068-transgender-college-hoops-player-head-high.html 2012-12-14T07:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1765916-anthony-scores-30-knicks-beat-slumping-lakers.html NEW YORK (AP) — Sensing a fellow shooter had become gun shy, Kobe Bryant had a message for Carmelo Anthony last summer. Ignore the critics, he said. Stop worrying about fitting in and get back to a scorer's mentality. "You have to do what you do best," Bryant told him. That's what Anthony did in a spectacular first quarter Thursday night, and by the time ... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1765916-anthony-scores-30-knicks-beat-slumping-lakers.html 2012-12-14T04:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1764450-ap-source-basketball-schools-to-cut-big-east.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Big East is headed for another break up. This time, the seven prominent basketball schools that don't play FBS football are planning to cut ties with the ever-changing conference. The divorce is expected to be complicated, maybe even contentious, with millions of dollars and possibly the future of the league at stake. The Big East's no... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1764450-ap-source-basketball-schools-to-cut-big-east.html 2012-12-14T04:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1765660-column-memo-to-goodell-tips-tags-good-idea.html Paul Tagliabue has become one of those guys we come to appreciate much more out of office than we did when he was in it. Part of that is because history has been kind, so far, in assessing his 17-year run as commissioner. Some of it may have to do with his successor. Tagliabue lacked charisma, but never smarts. Low-key and pragmatic to the end, he rarely ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1765660-column-memo-to-goodell-tips-tags-good-idea.html 2012-12-13T23:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1764928-dantoni-hopes-lakers-start-playing-knicks.html NEW YORK (AP) — Mike D'Antoni never built the team he wanted in New York. Now he looks at the Knicks and sees what he would like his Lakers to become. D'Antoni returns to Madison Square Garden on Thursday for the first time since resigning as Knicks coach last March, hoping to see the type of performance his new team hasn't demonstrated nearly enough. ... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1764928-dantoni-hopes-lakers-start-playing-knicks.html 2012-12-13T19:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1763378-maya-moore-leaving-mark-chinese-basketball.html Maya Moore has excelled everywhere she's played, winning championships from college to the WNBA and Europe. Now she's leaving her mark on the Chinese women's basketball league. Averaging 45 points a game for the Shanxi Flame, Moore has helped bring new fans to the women's game in a basketball crazed nation. "They show maybe five NBA games a week here," Mo... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1763378-maya-moore-leaving-mark-chinese-basketball.html 2012-12-13T17:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html PARIS (AP) — '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 dovetail neatly, because part of the joy and merriment of following sports is debating who is best at them. This being an Olympic year, we were spoiled for choice in 2012. Oscar Pistorius is a temptin... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762462-column-1-athlete-year-2012-messi.html 2012-12-12T21:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762232-love-hes-happy-with-t-wolves-direction.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love didn't apologize. He didn't make excuses or suggest his words were taken out of context. What the Minnesota Timberwolves power forward did do on Wednesday in the wake of some harsh words toward the organization was offer some balance to the idea of him as another unhappy star in a small market seemingly destined to move on to... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1762232-love-hes-happy-with-t-wolves-direction.html 2012-12-12T19:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760474-column-tagliabue-goodell-its.html "Round up the usual suspects." Funny how that line near the end of "Casablanca" provides a fitting epitaph for Bountygate, too. Like Capt. Renault in the film classic, former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue was presented with a crime and empowered as both judge and jury. He considered the evidence, weighed the injury to the parties involved, then conclude... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760474-column-tagliabue-goodell-its.html 2012-12-12T07:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760238-griffin-leads-streaking-clippers-bulls-94-89.html CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Paul liked the way the Los Angeles Clippers grinded out an ugly win when they were challenged. Blake Griffin had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help Los Angeles beat the Chicago Bulls 94-89 on Tuesday night for its seventh straight victory, the team's longest winning streak in two decades. Marco Belinelli hit a 3-pointer with less than ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 05:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760238-griffin-leads-streaking-clippers-bulls-94-89.html 2012-12-12T05:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759920-magic-johnson-lakers-play-inside-game.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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." The Lakers (9-12) fell to 4-8 in the 12 games since D'Antoni took over from the fired Mike Brown with a 100-94 loss to the Cavaliers on Tuesday night in Cleveland. "I'm not down on him yet a... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759920-magic-johnson-lakers-play-inside-game.html 2012-12-12T04:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760066-anthony-scores-45-knicks-rally-to-beat-nets.html NEW YORK (AP) — Now, this Knicks-Nets rivalry is really on. If it hadn't started when the Nets left New Jersey and set up shop in the Knicks' city, it surely arrived when Jason Kidd delivered the tiebreaking 3-pointer Tuesday night, making himself an enemy of his former franchise. "I hate him," Nets guard Deron Williams said. Williams ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760066-anthony-scores-45-knicks-rally-to-beat-nets.html 2012-12-12T03:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760036-irving-cavs-deal-lakers-loss-100-94.html CLEVELAND (AP) — There had to be a low point. The Los Angeles Lakers can only hope they've reached it. This chaotic season has gotten worse. Kyrie Irving scored 28 points in his return after missing 11 games with a broken finger, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-94 win over Kobe Bryant and the Lakers, who look nothing like a team projected to win ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1760036-irving-cavs-deal-lakers-loss-100-94.html 2012-12-12T03:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759826-tyler-summitt-takes-family-legacy-to-marquette.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — When Marquette coach Terri Mitchell picked up the phone to talk with Tyler Summitt about the opening on her staff, it figured to be little more than a courtesy call. Mitchell knew his pedigree — who didn't? The son of Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, who won eight national titles and more games than anyone else in NCAA college basketball i... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1759826-tyler-summitt-takes-family-legacy-to-marquette.html 2012-12-11T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1757284-with-big-night-james-heat-top-hawks-101-92.html MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James leaped as high as he can soar. Dwyane Wade shot better than he ever has before. And when the Miami Heat stars are on their games like that ... "We probably won't lose," James said. Such was the case Monday night. James scored 27 points, Wade had 26 and the Heat pulled away in the second half to beat the Atlanta Hawks 101-92, impr... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1757284-with-big-night-james-heat-top-hawks-101-92.html 2012-12-11T03:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1757238-falcons-closer-to-stadium.html ATLANTA (AP) — After about two years of discussions, the Atlanta Falcons are a step closer to getting a new downtown stadium. The state agency that owns the 20-year-old Georgia Dome on Monday approved the framework for a deal with the Falcons to build a roughly $1 billion stadium with a retractable roof. There are still several key steps ahead, including ... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1757238-falcons-closer-to-stadium.html 2012-12-11T00:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1756396-ap-poll-indiana-duke-1-2-top-top-25.html Indiana is No. 1 for a sixth straight week in The Associated Press college basketball poll. The Hoosiers are again followed in the Top 25 by Duke, Michigan and Syracuse. The only changes in Monday's poll is the order, not who's ranked. The Hoosiers (9-0) received 44 first-place votes from the 64-member national media panel. Duke (9-0) again drew the other... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1756396-ap-poll-indiana-duke-1-2-top-top-25.html 2012-12-10T17:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1754544-no-1-indiana-loses-etherington-season.html BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — No. 1 Indiana has lost sophomore forward Austin Etherington for the rest of the season because of a fractured left kneecap. Etherington was hurt late in the first half of Saturday night's 100-69 victory over Central Connecticut State. After being called for a foul on the play, he stayed on the ground and was surrounded by teammate... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1754544-no-1-indiana-loses-etherington-season.html 2012-12-09T18:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753686-mayo-40-mavs-win-mchales-return.html HOUSTON (AP) — Chris Kaman scored half as many points as O.J. Mayo for the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. Considering the way Kaman's left ankle looked, those 20 points were just as impressive to coach Rick Carlisle. Mayo tied a career high with 40 points, including 10 in the last three minutes, to lift the Mavericks to a 116-109 victory over the Roc... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753686-mayo-40-mavs-win-mchales-return.html 2012-12-09T03:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1753160-a-rod-committed-to-hard-road-back-surgery.html MIAMI (AP) — Alex Rodriguez went to see doctors with hopes of finding something wrong. When they actually located a problem, only then did he start feeling a bit better. The New York Yankees' third baseman said Saturday that plans set for him to have surgery on his left hip in mid-January, and that he's eager to embrace the challenge of coming back from b... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/1753160-a-rod-committed-to-hard-road-back-surgery.html 2012-12-08T21:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753396-mclemore-leads-no-9-kansas-colorado-90-54.html LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ben McLemore is already accustomed to being on the finishing end of alley-oop dunks. He was on the giving end on Saturday. It happened midway through the second half, when the freshman guard looked toward the rim and then lofted a pass that Kevin Young snared in mid-air. The senior sparkplug for ninth-ranked Kansas proceeded to throw... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 21:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753396-mclemore-leads-no-9-kansas-colorado-90-54.html 2012-12-08T21:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753230-sudanese-teens-center-recruiting-controversy.html BATAVIA, Ill. (AP) — Four young men from war-ravaged Sudan tower above their teachers and fellow students on the pastoral grounds of a century-old school in suburban Chicago. Eighteen months after arriving — and just as they are beginning to feel at home — these athletes find themselves at center court in a controversy over high school sports recruiting a... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753230-sudanese-teens-center-recruiting-controversy.html 2012-12-08T20:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753288-no-3-michigan-beats-arkansas-80-67-9-0-start.html ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jordan Morgan gives Michigan opponents one more problem, when they're already trying to figure out how to defend Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and the Wolverines' talented freshmen. Morgan scored a season-high 12 points and matched a season high with 10 rebounds to help No. 3 Michigan beat Arkansas 80-67 Saturday. The Wolverines (9-... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1753288-no-3-michigan-beats-arkansas-80-67-9-0-start.html 2012-12-08T20:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752474-thunder-hold-lakers-late-charge-win-114-108.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In a reversal of roles, Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers know they're the predators trying to track down Kevin Durant's Oklahoma City Thunder. They have some work to do. Durant had 36 points, Russell Westbrook scored 27 of his 33 in the first half to stake Oklahoma City to a commanding lead and the Thunder beat the short-handed ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 05:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752474-thunder-hold-lakers-late-charge-win-114-108.html 2012-12-08T05:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752438-gay-leads-grizzlies-hornets-96-89.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As animated as Quincy Pondexter was on a night when he couldn't miss, it looked as though he wanted the team that traded him away to notice how well he's doing these days. Pondexter denied it, to which teammate Rudy Gay said, "I don't believe him at all." Gay tied a season-high with 28 points, Pondexter matched his season-high with 16, ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752438-gay-leads-grizzlies-hornets-96-89.html 2012-12-08T03:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752390-turner-hits-winner-ot-76ers-top-celtics-95-94.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Evan Turner forgot about the missed shots and craved another chance. His short memory proved useful in the clutch for the 76ers. Turner drove past Courtney Lee and tossed up an off-balance, right-handed shot for the winner with 3.9 seconds left to lead Philadelphia to a 95-94 overtime win against the Boston Celtics on Friday night. ... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752390-turner-hits-winner-ot-76ers-top-celtics-95-94.html 2012-12-08T03:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752322-utah-st-player-who-collapsed-hopes-to-play.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah State basketball player who nearly died after collapsing during practice Tuesday is expected to be able play again. Danny Berger collapsed during practice in Logan and fell into cardiac arrest. The team's trainer revived him using a defibrillator. Doctors have inserted a small defibrillator underneath Berger's skin in his ches... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752322-utah-st-player-who-collapsed-hopes-to-play.html 2012-12-08T02:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752356-miller-leads-nuggets-pacers-92-89.html INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Denver's Andre Miller brought back a blast from the past Friday night. The 36-year-old backup guard scored eight of his 15 points during a 10-0 run in the final three minutes, leading the Nuggets past the Indiana Pacers 92-89. Miller had a hand in all of the points, also getting an assist on JaVale McGee's dunk during the decisive spur... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752356-miller-leads-nuggets-pacers-92-89.html 2012-12-08T01:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752080-rubio-big-expectations-await-return.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Wait 'till Ricky comes back. It seems like that's been the hopeful mantra for the Minnesota Timberwolves all season long. Guards getting torched by opposing backcourts? Wait 'till Ricky comes back. Nikola Pekovic not getting the same clean looks in the paint he did last year? Wait 'till Ricky comes back. ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/basketball/1752080-rubio-big-expectations-await-return.html 2012-12-07T22:27:00Z