NEW YORK — As expected, Oklahoma City forward Jeff Green and Washington center JaVale McGee have been cut from Team USA.
The team trimmed the roster to 13 before Sunday’s exhibition game against France at Madison Square Garden. The squad must be down to 12 players by Aug. 26, two days before the start of the [...]
Reggie Miller heads the list of newcomers eligible for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011.
A year from now, he could become the first full-time Indiana Pacer enshrined.
Miller, a five-time All-Star who spent 18 seasons with the Pacers, remains the NBA’s all-time leader in 3-pointers (2,560, 116 more than Ray Allen).
Miller scored [...]
TRENTON, N.J. — Retired NBA star Jayson Williams has agreed to a plea deal that would send him to prison for up to three years for accidentally shooting a driver at his New Jersey estate in 2002, a person with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Williams, who retired in 2000 after [...]
Fred Cusick, the broadcast voice of the Boston Bruins for over 40 years and a major New England broadcaster for six decades, died early this morning at his home on Cape Cod. He was 90.
Over a long career Mr. Cusick covered every sport from the Patriots and Red Sox to the Boston Lobsters tennis team [...]
In a replay of sorts of last year’s opener, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics will launch the 2009-10 NBA season — only this time LeBron James has some welcome firepower in new teammate Shaquille O’Neal.
The league on Tuesday released its schedule, which begins with Shaq’s Cleveland debut on the Cavs’ home floor on Oct. [...]
Auburn Hills, MI (Sports Network) – The Detroit Pistons sent guard Arron Afflalo, forward Walter Sharpe and cash considerations to the Denver Nuggets on Monday in exchange for a future second-round pick.
Afflalo, the 27th overall pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, played nearly 17 minutes a game for Detroit last season, his second year in [...]
Casting a degree of doubt on Yao Ming’s immediate and long-term NBA future, Rockets team physician Tom Clanton on Monday described the extent of the center’s foot injury.
And with the league’s free-agent shopping season set to begin at 11 p.m. today, the Rockets will quickly discover how far the shock waves reach.
The fracture in Yao’s [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. — The chase for Kobe Bryant’s fourth title had taken the form of a horse in vain hunt for a carrot tethered teasingly in front of him. The prize was always within eyesight, always elusive.
That dogged pursuit ended Sunday night.
The cord was cut, the race ceased. The only carats Bryant will be concerned [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Kobe Bryant came out looking to put the Los Angeles Lakers in complete control of the NBA finals.
Instead, the Orlando Magic found a way to control him.
Bryant followed an explosive first quarter with three quiet ones, and the Lakers had their series lead sliced to 2-1 after a 108-104 loss to the [...]
Kobe Bryant: The Lakers’ ‘SWISH-BUCKLER’
LOS ANGELES – The Lakers are two victories away from giving Phil Jackson a record 10th NBA title. That would make him the league’s most successful coach ever yet, despite his track record, Jackson’s name never shows up on a U.S. Olympic roster.
Several years ago, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak was [...]
Industry the focus for month of September
Water Professionals Week declared in county
Former photographer honored in county fire truck dedication
Historic reunion slated for September in Inverness
Homosassa park names Svoboda volunteer of month
Runners join in fight against ovarian cancer
County employee service awards for August
Hot Pursuit 5K Challenge
Clothing county newborns
CFCC presents student leadership awards