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Former Indiana basketball player Neil Reed dies
Neil Reed, the former Indiana basketball player who coach Bob Knight was caught on tape choking in 1997, has died after collapsing in his Central ...
AP source: Lopez joins Hornets in 3-team trade
The Hornets, Suns and Timberwolves have agreed to a multiplayer trade sending 7-foot center Robin Lopez and forward Hakim Warrick from Phoenix to New ...
US men's basketball unbeaten, says not unbeatable
The question sounded more like a concession. The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team had come to Barcelona and put a 100-78 beating on Spain, the ...
US beats Spain 100-78 in basketball exhibition
There is no exhibition game gold medal. The only prize was some player of the game award LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony shared. Not counting doesn't ...
US men hold off Argentina in basketball exhibition
Dressed like the Dream Team, tested like its predecessor never was. The U.S. Olympic men's basketball team held on for an 86-80 exhibition victory ...
Column: A lifetime to arrive, a heartbeat to miss
Thirteen seconds elapsed from the moment Adam Scott anchored the broomstick-length putter to his sternum and watched the 7-foot par putt slide by on ...
Column: Easy to underestimate, but tough to shake
Graeme McDowell looks like a guy people would pay to be an opponent, someone having way too much fun to accomplish anything important. And by the time ...
Marques removed from Brazilian Olympic team
Iziane Castro Marques was removed from Brazil's Olympic women's basketball team Friday after violating a team rule. In a release on its website, the ...
US men's basketball team to play Argentina, Spain
Forever in the Dream Team's shadow, the U.S. Olympic basketball team is now walking in its footsteps. The Americans are back in Barcelona, site of ...
Olympians complain of gender discrimination
Men up front, women in the back. Not so fast, Olympians. Sports governing bodies from Japan and Australia are being skewered following complaints that ...
Jeremy Lin lands in Houston
Jeremy Lin and his new Rockets teammate Chandler Parsons went out to dinner the night before Lin's introductory news conference in Houston.
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman finally meets father
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has finally met his estranged father after 42 years of separation, following an exhibition game in the Philippines.
Houston braces for Linsanity
Jeremy Lin is starting over in Houston. He will have to explain why he said he would have rather stayed in New York. The 23-year-old undrafted point ...
Trail Blazers match T-Wolves offer for Batum
The Portland Trail Blazers weren't bluffing about Nicolas Batum after all. The Blazers matched Minnesota's four-year offer sheet worth more than $45 ...
Source: Antawn Jamison will sign with Lakers
Antawn Jamison is joining up with Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash to chase a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. Jamison will sign a one-year deal ...
Lin's departure a surprise to ex-coach, teammates
Mike D'Antoni was there for the start of Linsanity, Kobe Bryant on the wrong end of its greatest highlight. Neither imagined next season opening ...
Linsanity to Houston as Knicks pass on Jeremy
The New York Knicks decided that Linsanity would have only a one-season run on Broadway. Lin is headed back to Houston after the Knicks decided on ...
New-look Nets re-sign Humphries to two-year deal
The Brooklyn Nets continued their offseason barrage of signings Tuesday, agreeing to a new, two-year deal with power forward Kris Humphries.
Hardwick to work security at Olympics
Kelly Hardwick will be headed to the Olympics after all. The NBA security official who filed an employee discrimination lawsuit against U.S.
Column: Aging well, Phil still learning new tricks
He is one of those guys people have in mind when they say "so-and-so leads a charmed existence." Phil Mickelson might have argued that point not too ...
James helps US basketball team win after bad start
The problem was Brazil, not the president's presence. The U.S. Olympic basketball players said they weren't nervous about playing in front of ...
NY Knicks' Kidd arrested on DWI charge in Hamptons
Jason Kidd mentoring Jeremy Lin was a nice story last week. Then Kidd was arrested on a drunken-driving charge, Lin's departure from New York for a ...