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Catchings and Fever beat Lynx for first WNBA title
The Indiana Fever made it their mission to get Tamika Catchings a WNBA championship. Catchings had won three Olympic gold medals and an NCAA ...
Howard debuts for Lakers in loss to Sacramento
After eight years in Orlando and six months of recovery from back surgery, Dwight Howard returned to an NBA court Sunday night on a new coast and ...
Catchings and Fever win first WNBA title
Tamika Catchings finally has the only title that was missing from her incredible basketball resume — a WNBA championship. She scored 25 points to help ...
Fever look to close out WNBA Finals in Game 4
Tamika Catchings hasn't forgotten how close she came to clearing the biggest hurdle of her basketball career. Catchings is a seven-time All-Star, five ...
Fever rout Lynx 76-59 in Game 3 of WNBA finals
Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve drew national attention with her screaming, jacket-tossing meltdown in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. The Indiana Fever ...
Nowitzki has knee surgery, could miss 6 weeks
The second makeover of the Dallas Mavericks in as many seasons just got tougher. Star forward Dirk Nowitzki had arthroscopic surgery on his ailing ...
WNBA fines Lynx coach after outburst
The WNBA has fined Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve for her coat-throwing outburst following a technical foul during Game 2 of the WNBA Finals ...
Column: 'The look on his face was priceless'
Two weeks on, the glow has lost none of its warmth. "We appreciate all the attention, believe me. But none of us ever dreamed it would turn out like ...
No surgery required for Love's broken hand
The Minnesota Timberwolves got a bit of good news Thursday when doctors told All-Star Kevin Love that he wouldn't need surgery on his broken right ...
Fever coach critical of Lynx counterpart
Indiana coach Lin Dunn criticized the coach of the Minnesota Lynx on Thursday, accusing her of a "lack of respect" for an outburst that seemed to spur ...
Oakland U coach breaks silence about sexual abuse
Beckie Francis remembers sitting on her couch last year, staring in amazement as she watched Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts reveal on TV that he ...
Timberwolves star Love out 6-8 weeks, broken hand
Kevin Love returned from the London Olympics determined to do what every veteran U.S. teammate of his had already done — lead his team to the playoffs
Augustus, Lynx shake Fever 83-71, tie WNBA Finals
These WNBA Finals are not for the feeble. Seimone Augustus and the Minnesota Lynx toughened up after a rare loss and a soft performance at home in the ...
Plenty of changes as Big 12 hoops season nears
Bob Huggins is back in the Big 12, this time with West Virginia. TCU has joined the fold, too, and everyone else converged on the Sprint Center on ...
Louisville picked No. 1 in Big East
Louisville, which has three starters back from last season's Final Four, is the unanimous choice for first place in the Big East coaches' poll.
Warlick embraces challenge of replacing Summitt
Tennessee's Holly Warlick insists she doesn't feel much pressure replacing one of the greatest figures in the history of women's basketball.
Column: Knight not living in past, will auction it
Here are a few things you won't find among the many items Bob Knight is putting on the auction block over the next two months in New York: The tampon ...
Griner focused on senior season with champ Baylor
Brittney Griner watched the Olympics and wished she was there. Thanks to the WNBA draft lottery, she might know where she's going. Before Rio in 2016, ...
Williams free but must register as sex offender
Ex-Oklahoma State basketball player Darrell Williams was freed Friday after a judge gave him a suspended sentence in a sexual assault case in which ...
Column: O'Brien engineering Penn State turnaround
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien settled in behind a microphone early in the afternoon for what was, by far, the second most-anticipated talk of the day ...
Former NBA All-Star McGrady joins Chinese team
Seven-time NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady says he is headed for China to play for the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles in the Chinese Basketball Association.
NCAA imposes postseason bans for Texas Southern
The NCAA banned the Texas Southern football and men's basketball teams from the postseason Tuesday, saying it came close to levying the so-called ...
Heat arrive in China for preseason games
LeBron James is visiting China for the ninth time, which makes him one of the resident Miami Heat experts about the world's most populous nation.
Fever even series with Sun on Zellous' jumper
The Indiana Fever are heading back to Connecticut thanks to Shavonte Zellous' last-second basket. Zellous' jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining lifted ...