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Yahoo and TBS enter sports-centric alliance
By Dawn KawamotoYahoo and Turner Broadcasting System announced on Thursday a multi-year content and advertising alliance. Under the agreement, Yahoo Sports will gain access to content from the league ...
Beasley, Rose set for first meeting as professionals
MIAMI — Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley will be forever linked. That's an inevitability for players who get chosen No. 1 and No. 2 in an NBA draft.So on some level, it's fitting their first pro gam...
NBA hires Army Maj. Gen. Johnson to oversee refs
The Associated PressNEW YORK: The NBA hired Army Maj. Gen. Ronald L. Johnson on Tuesday as senior vice president of referee operations, a newly created position to help strengthen the league's officia...
Artest stays; Davis opts out
By BEE NEWS SERVICESRon Artest will remain in Sacramento, but Baron Davis may be history in Oakland.Artest remained with the Kings on Monday, when the deadline passed for the small forward to opt out ...
NY prosecutors: Ref 'central' to NBA bet scandal
By TOM HAYSNEW YORK (AP) — Disgraced NBA referee Tim Donaghy has exaggerated his cooperation in a gambling investigation in hopes of lessening his prison term and avoiding paying hefty restitution, ...
Mayo and Love Swap Places After the Draft
By HOWARD BECK O.J. Mayo, who was one of the N.B.A. draft’s most intriguing figures Thursday night, became the pivotal player in a blockbuster trade hours after the draft concluded. In an eight-p...
Nets to Send Jefferson to Bucks in Three-Player Deal
By HOWARD BECK The Nets plunged into a full-blown rebuilding effort Thursday, agreeing to send Richard Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks in a three-player trade. The Nets will receive forwards Yi Jia...
As NBA draft looms, Bulls' eye keenly focused on Rose
By Mike Dodd, USA TODAY CHICAGO — The last time Derrick Rose played on the United Center court, he electrified the crowd with one of the more brilliant performances of his high-school career. In a ...
High Court Won’t Hear Appeal on Atlantic Yards
By Sewell ChanThe United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by 11 New York City property owners and tenants whose homes and businesses are scheduled to be taken over by the government a...
Won't be a summer sequel because Kobe Bryant is happy in Hollywood
Barring any more bombs thrown by Tim Donaghy, it's shaping up as a quiet off-season in the NBA, if only for one reason.Kobe Bryant is content with the direction of the Lakers.That means he won't be st...
Crowds cheer as Celtics roll through Boston
By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff, and Ryan Kost and Maddie Hanna, Globe CorrespondentsThe Boston Celtics were hailed by a sea of green-clad fans today as their rolling rally wound its way through the city...
Celtics return to glory with championship effort
by Mark KriegelBOSTON - Spend too much time in Los Angeles and you forget what a real crowd sounds like, those deafening decibels, that beery din. The Boston Celtics' 17th championship was accorded th...
Should they stay or should they go? Sonics case begins
By Lester MunsonESPN.comIn the first of a series of legal battles that will determine the future of the Seattle SuperSonics, attorneys for the city of Seattle will try to persuade a federal judge in a...
Lakers put 17 on hold
By Mark MurphyLOS ANGELES - In an NBA Finals stocked with blown opportunities on both sides, what’s one more?The Celtics [team stats] have become master escape artists in this series, again climbing...
Lakers will try to accomplish the unprecedented
By Mike Bresnahan, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe Lakers have already made history. They actually have a chance to do it again.Somewhere in the same sphere of improbability that goes with blowing a...
Lakers one game shy of elimination from NBA finals
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Kobe Bryant realizes the Los Angeles Lakers are in deep trouble. He believes there's only one reasonable way to approach such a grim situation."I'm not thinking about beating them th...
NBA hopes Celtics-Lakers rivalry can respark the fans
By Erik Spanberg | Correspondent of The Christian Science MonitorWith the return of pro basketball's most storied rivalry in the finals, the National Basketball Association has big hopes for a reboun...
Boston Celtics take 2-0 finals lead
Ian Whittell THE Los Angeles Lakers stumbled to another potentially costly defeat in their NBA Finals series with the Boston Celtics on Sunday but, from the ashes of a 108-102 loss, they may finally h...
Pierce will play through knee sprain
By Michael VegaThe day after, Paul Pierce had a noticeable limp, his right knee still sore, stiff, Miraculously (except, perhaps, to the man known as Dr. Phil in the Lakers' huddle), Pierce overcame h...
This version of Lakers and Celtics in unfamiliar territory
BOSTON - The season started this way, so why shouldn’t The Series, as well?As a giant question mark matching a riddle against a mystery, no one capable of saying with certainty how the NBA Finals wi...
Pistons coach Saunders won't be back next season
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Pistons say Flip Saunders won't be back next season after leading the team to three straight appearances in the Eastern Conference finals.President of basketba...
Pierce-led Big 3 lifts Celtics to 89-81 win over Pistons
By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP)—Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce walked together, sporting black hats with green four-leaf clovers, and tried to soak up the moment when both su...
Fines will be imposed for clear cases of flopping
By Marc SteinESPN.comThe NBA announced to its teams this week at its annual pre-draft camp that fines will be imposed on players starting next season for clear cases of "flopping," ESPN.com has learne...
Results of the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery
SECAUCUS, NJ, May 20 – Following are the results from the 2008 NBA Draft Lottery, which was conducted Tuesday at NBA TV’s studio in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Chicago Bulls, who had a 1.7 percent c...
Donaghy bet on more than 100 games he worked
Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on more than 100 games that he worked, federal prosecutors said in a court filing Friday, according to media reports.Donaghy pleaded guilty last year to charges he c...
Ex-Mayo confidant says he gave USC star gifts including TV, cash
Former USC basketball player O.J. Mayo, a projected lottery pick in this year's NBA draft, received thousands of dollars in cash, clothes and other benefits in apparent violation of NCAA rules while h...
D’Antoni Accepts Knicks’ Offer
NEW YORK, May 10 (AP) -- Mike D'Antoni is set to become coach of the New York Knicks, bringing his entertaining offensive style from the Phoenix Suns to a team coming off one of the worst seasons in i...
Bryant unanimous pick for All-NBA team
Associated PressNEW YORK - Kobe Bryant added another honor Thursday to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team.The Lakers star was voted to the first team for...
Bryant wins first MVP after carrying Lakers to big year
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Finally, an MVP award for Kobe Bryant.Regarded as the NBA's best player for several years but never its most valuable, Bryant earned the honor at last on Tuesday after l...