MIAMI (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored a career-high 29 points, and the San Antonio Spurs made an NBA Finals-record 75.8 percent of their shots in the first half in a 111-92 victory over the Miami Heat on Tuesday night that gave them a 2-1 lead. The Spurs made 19 of their first 21 shots and […]
The New York Times and several other publications are reporting that Derek Fisher will be the next head coach of the New York Knicks. Howard Beck of Bleacher Report is reporting that Fisher, who played for Knicks head of operations Phil Jackson when he coached the Los Angeles Lakers, has accepted the position – but […]
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — No cramps, no problems for LeBron James. And with their superstar making it to the finish this time, the Miami Heat won Game 2, just as they always do when they drop an opener. James had 35 points and 10 rebounds in a powerful bounce back from cramps that knocked him […]
AN ANTONIO (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs handled the Heat, and the heat, during a sweltering start to the NBA Finals. Tim Duncan had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Spurs beat Miami 110-95 on Thursday night in Game 1 inside a steamy AT&T Center. With an air conditioning failure making it feel […]
NBA player Taj Gibson of the Chicago Bulls got the most heartbreaking news of his life this week – his young cousin, 6-year-old Prince Joshua Avitto and a 7-year-old friend were headed downstairs in their Brooklyn apartment building when a man, believed to be homeless, attacked them with a knife. The girl, Mikayla Capers, will […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shelly Sterling reached an agreement Thursday night to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion, according to an individual with knowledge of the negotiations. The individual, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press that Ballmer and the Sterling Family Trust now […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling responded to the NBA’s attempt to oust him on Tuesday, arguing that there is no basis for stripping him of his team because his racist statements were illegally recorded “during an inflamed lovers’ quarrel in which he was clearly distraught.” According to the response, obtained […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The Cleveland Cavaliers continued their remarkable lottery luck Tuesday, winning the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft for the second straight year. It’s the third time in four years the Cavs will be atop the draft after moving up from the ninth spot. They had just a 1.7 percent chance […]
The NBA charged Donald Sterling on Monday with damaging the league and its teams with his racist comments, setting up a June 3 hearing after which owners could vote to terminate his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers. The league also said the banned owner has engaged in other conduct that has impaired its relationship […]
It should come as no surprise that LeBron James is not exactly on the same page as former teammate Roger Mason who was quoted as saying James was prepared to lead a players boycott of the NBA if Donald Sterling still owned the Los Angeles Clippers at the start of the 2014-15 season. As we reported, Mason made the comment on sportscaster Jim Rome’s […]
Disgraced L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling definitely suffers from a disease – its called foot-in-mouth disease. On his rambling CNN interview with Anderson Cooper, Sterling has a lot to say, including that he doesn’t believe former NBA legend Magic Johnson is a “role model” for children because of his HIV status. In the interview, he […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Family and friends of a youth basketball coach called for swift justice Tuesday against two Mississippi sheriff’s deputies accused of assaulting their son after a recreational league game and causing injuries that led to his death. Hinds County Sheriff’s Deputy Joshua Adams was charged with murder in Monday’s death of 25-year-old […]
