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Column: A Ryder Cup debut decades in the making
Right guy, right time, and no better place on earth to drop an Ernie Banks reference. The few Ryder Cup fans who hadn't already fallen for Keegan ...
LeBron James: Champion Heat can be better
LeBron James looked at the assembled talent in the Miami Heat locker room, and one word came to mind. "Scary," he said. Translated, that means James ...
Texas to honor Jody Conradt with statue in arena
The University of Texas will honor former women's coach Jody Conradt with a 7-foot bronze statue inside the Longhorns' basketball arena.
Kansas signs hoops coach Self to $3.8M contract
Bill Self could be roaming the sideline at Allen Fieldhouse well into the next decade. The Kansas basketball coach agreed to a restructured contract ...
NBA finalizing flopping procedures
The NBA is about to act in hopes of stopping the floppers. Spokesman Tim Frank said Thursday the league is finalizing procedures to deal with ...
Rubio says he's on track but won't rush return
Ricky Rubio's return to the Minnesota Timberwolves is coming. His rehabilitation from reconstructive left knee surgery is on schedule. He's just not ...
Catchings would love to add title to resume
There's not much left for Tamika Catchings to accomplish. The 33-year old Indiana Fever forward was the WNBA's most valuable player last year, and she ...
Mercury eye Griner after winning WNBA's No. 1 pick
Phoenix Mercury president Amber Cox is an avid user of social media. She had just witnessed one of the greatest moments in team history when Phoenix ...
Thunder let veterans leave, count on youth
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook quickly went from being rookies to All-Stars, and now they're practically veterans on the increasingly youthful ...
Heat's Bosh: Ready for camp, injury 'behind him'
Heat forward Chris Bosh insists food tasted better this summer. People were friendlier to him and his family. Everything, he said, seemed more fun.
Column: A silhouette recalls why Ryder Cup matters
Every time a European player reaches for a club during the Ryder Cup, it's almost as if Seve Ballesteros were still looking on. A year after his ...
Seattle City Council approves new arena deal
A wealthy hedge-fund manager won approval Monday for his plan to bring professional men's basketball and hockey back to Seattle, with initially ...
Column: NFL deserves every bad call it gets
Remember this a year or two from now, when a video of the final play of Monday night's Packers-Seahawks game turns up on a blooper reel: It wasn't all ...
Mom's letter: Gillispie verbally abused son often
The mother of a teenager at Billy Gillispie's summer basketball camp claims in a letter to a top school administrator that the former Texas Tech coach ...
Decades later, Brooklyn has its own pro team again
It was like a death in the family for Brooklyn baseball fans when their beloved Dodgers left the borough behind in 1957 for the California coast.
Sparks beat Lynx 92-76 in playoff tuneup
Candace Parker is ready to make a run in the playoffs, if the Los Angeles Sparks can shed their inconsistency. Parker and rookie Nneka Ogwumike had ...
Gillispie resigns as Texas Tech basketball coach
Texas Tech fans had pinned their basketball hopes on Billy Gillispie. He had turned around two other flagging programs in the state, and they hoped ...
Planned AEG sale muddies Los Angeles sports future
A for-sale sign for the owner of the Staples Center arena, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy and a stake in the LA Lakers ...
Jeremy Lin begins workouts with Rockets
Jeremy Lin is finally getting his own bed. The 6-foot-3 point guard, who became an international phenomenon during one dazzling month with the Knicks ...
Jeweler settles suit against ex-Duke player
Former Duke basketball player Lance Thomas has settled a lawsuit that accused him of failing to pay nearly $68,000 for jewelry purchased while he was ...
Obama salutes WNBA's Minnesota Lynx at White House
President Barack Obama has welcomed the reigning WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx to the White House. It's been nearly a year since the Lynx won the ...
TT's Gillispie ordered to avoid stress for 30 days
Billy Gillispie said doctors have ordered him to avoid any stress for 30 days in an effort to bring the Texas Tech basketball coach's blood pressure ...
Faust: Harvard cheating not just a sports problem
Harvard President Drew Faust said Thursday that athletes should not be singled out for blame in what is believed to be the largest cheating scandal ...
Haskell Univ. responds to NAIA probation ruling
Haskell Indian Nations University has taken "corrective actions" to address concerns that led to its athletic programs being placed on probation this ...
Column: 'Believe you're special.' Calhoun did.
If you know Jim Calhoun, then you knew exactly what he was going to say on his last day as a coach. He got this far believing he could talk almost ...