SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) - - Reigning National Basketball Association champions San Antonio kept their season alive Thursday with an emphatic 99-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets. More »
BEIJING, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sporting idol Yao Ming has said that his sorrow over the earthquake in his native China is too deep for words as he and other elite athletes and sports teams swing behind relief efforts. More »
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - Results from Thursday's National Basketball Association second-round playoff games (all series best-of-seven): More »
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - Guard Daniel Gibson will be sidelined by a separated shoulder Friday when the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Boston Celtics in a bid to stay alive in the National Basketball Association playoffs. More »
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - Eccentric former basketball star Dennis Rodman has been charged with spousal battery following his arrest at a hotel in Los Angeles last month, prosecutors said Thursday. More »
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - The Wynn Las Vegas casino has sued former National Basketball Association star Charles Barkley, saying he owes 400,000 dollars in gambling debts, the Las Vegas Sun reported Thursday. More »
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - - The Boston Celtics rallied for a 96-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday to move within one game of advancing in the National Basketball Association playoffs. More »
DALLAS, Texas (AFP) - - Rick Carlisle has been introduced as the Mavericks' coach, four days after inking a four-year contract with the National Basketball Association club. More »
NEW YORK (AFP) - - National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year Kevin Durant, a forward for the Seattle SuperSonics, was among the standouts named on Tuesday to the NBA All-Rookie Team. More »
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2008 (AFP) - Billionaire businessman Philip Anschutz's AEG firm and the National Basketball Association are near a deal to open up to 12 arenas in China, Street and Smith's Sports Business Journal reported on Monday. More »

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