MAVERICKS EXTEND WINNING STREAK TO 13
Jason Kidd had 20 points and nine assists in 96-87 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night. Streak matches NBA's longest this season.
Jason Kidd had 20 points and nine assists, Caron Butler added 16 points, and the Dallas Mavericks recovered from a lethargic start and matched the ...
03/11/2010 12:20, LaTimes |
CLIPPERS' NEIL OLSHEY WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM BIT PARTS TO LEADING ROLE
 The new GM was an actor when ‘Law & Order' star Jerry Orbach offered the advice that eventually led him to the NBA.
Neil Olshey's long and winding path from fledgling actor in New York to new general manager of the Clippers was one of those road trips guided by a series of fortunate coi...
03/11/2010 12:20, LaTimes |
CLIPPERS' NEIL OLSHEY WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM BIT PARTS TO LEADING ROLE
The new GM was an actor when ‘Law & Order' star Jerry Orbach offered the advice that eventually led him to the NBA.
Neil Olshey's long and winding path from fledgling actor in New York to new general manager of the Clippers was one of those road trips guided by a series of fortunate coi...
03/11/2010 10:40, LaTimes |
EX-SPURS PLAYER ALVIN ROBERTSON RETURNS TO JAIL
Former NBA All-Star Alvin Robertson, facing sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges, is back in jail in San Antonio after a judge increased his bond.
03/11/2010 09:00, msnbc |
MAVERICKS BEAT NETS FOR 13TH STRAIGHT VICTORY
 Jason Kidd had 20 points and nine assists, Caron Butler added 16 points, and the Dallas Mavericks recovered from a lethargic start to match the NBA's longest winning streak this season with their 13th straight victory, 96-87 over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.
03/11/2010 06:40, msnbc |
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER THAN KOBE BRYANT
His winning shot against Toronto is his sixth of the season, the most since the stat began begin tracked nine years ago.
Even though Kobe Bryant called the game, uh, "garbage," his last-second winner Tuesday gave him six this season, the most in an NBA season since Elias Sports Bureau began tra...
03/11/2010 05:40, LaTimes |
DISGRACED MARION JONES JOINS WNBA'S SHOCK
 Former sprinter Marion Jones has signed with the WNBA's Tulsa Shock, hoping to launch a new career after losing five Olympic medals for using steroids and doing jail time for lying to federal prosecutors.
03/10/2010 21:00, msnbc |
DRAFT ON PAYDAY RULES LOSES A PROVISION
 Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient toward nonbank companies, but some advocates say that would hurt consumers.
03/10/2010 07:40, nytimes |
NBA SUSPENDS FRYE, GRANGER 1 GAME FOR ALTERCATION
Phoenix forward Channing Frye and Indiana's Danny Granger have been suspended one game without pay by the NBA for their part in an altercation Saturday.
03/10/2010 03:20, msnbc |
ALLEN IVERSON GOING THROUGH 'TOUGH TIMES'
Exiled Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson says he's experiencing "tough times" a week after it was decided he would not return to the NBA team and his wife filed for divorce.
03/09/2010 23:40, msnbc |
IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL, PAC-10 LOSSES COULD BE BIG WEST'S GAIN
 Long overshadowed on the Left Coast and particularly in the Southland, the Big West is set to begin its conference tournament with a chance to steal the spotlight in a down year for the Pacific 10.
Pacific 10 Conference basketball has lived the good life for years, growing fat off future NBA ...
03/09/2010 08:20, LaTimes |
MCNABB, T.O. TEAMING UP AGAIN - FOR TV SHOW
Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens are teaming up on a basketball court instead of a football field in the new season of Spike TV's "Pros vs. Joes." The episode features NFL players that played college basketball against former NBA stars.
03/08/2010 21:20, msnbc |
AFGHAN TALIBAN SEIZE VILLAGES FROM OTHER MILITANTS
The Taliban gained control of several villages in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday after two days of gunbattles with another Islamist group that ended when nearly 70 of the rival militants retreated and surrendered to government forces nearby, officials said.
03/08/2010 14:40, msnbc |
WINDERMAN: NBA FULL OF STRETCH RUN STORYLINES
 Winderman: Soon the Madness will grab hold of the basketball spotlight. And for nearly a month, it is quite possible NBA balls could bounce without making much of a sound. Now is the time to look at the back stories that could emerge front and center when the glare turns back to the NBA.
03/08/2010 07:40, msnbc |
MAGIC MAKES A STAND AGAINST LAKERS
 Orlando, beaten by the Lakers in the NBA Finals last season, gets physical — and verbal — in its 96-94 victory.
Orlando, beaten by the Lakers in the NBA Finals last season, gets physical — and verbal — in its 96-94 victory.
03/08/2010 07:00, LaTimes |
LAKERS, KOBE BRYANT AREN'T FEELING SO BUBBLY AFTER 96-94 LOSS TO MAGIC
 Defeat in Orlando, site of their NBA title-clinching triumph last June, gives Lakers an 0-3 trip and their first three-game losing streak since Pau Gasol joined them in February 2008.
Defeat in Orlando, site of their NBA title-clinching triumph last June, gives Lakers an 0-3 trip and their fi...
03/08/2010 07:00, LaTimes |
LAKERS, KOBE BRYANT AREN'T FEELING SO BUBBLY AFTER 96-94 LOSS TO MAGIC
Defeat in Orlando, site of their NBA title-clinching triumph last June, gives Lakers an 0-3 trip and their first three-game losing streak since Pau Gasol joined them in February 2008.
Defeat in Orlando, site of their NBA title-clinching triumph last June, gives Lakers an 0-3 trip and their fi...
03/08/2010 06:40, LaTimes |
TALIBAN, OTHER MILITANTS BATTLE IN AFGHAN PROVINCE
Gunbattles between the Taliban and another Islamist faction have left at least 50 fighters dead in northeastern Afghanistan, as militants apparently fought over control of several villages where the government has almost no presence, officials said Sunday.
03/07/2010 13:20, msnbc |
LAKERS ARE MAKING LESS OF MORE
 It's the dog days of the NBA season, and the good news is that the Lakers still have time.
It's the dog days of the NBA season, and the good news is that the Lakers still have time.
03/07/2010 09:00, LaTimes |
MARK HEISLER: LAKERS ARE MAKING LESS OF MORE
It's the dog days of the NBA season, and the good news is that the Lakers still have time.
Nice knowing you, Lakers.
03/07/2010 09:00, LaTimes |
NETS (7-55) RALLY, BLOW OUT RIVAL KNICKS
NEW YORK (AP) -Devin Harris scored 31 points and the New Jersey Nets erased an early 16-point deficit to beat the New York Knicks 113-93 on Saturday night, improving the NBA's worst record to 7-55.
03/07/2010 05:40, msnbc |
LAKERS FIND THE ROAD TO A REPEAT ISN'T EASY
 With Friday's defeat at Charlotte, they have now lost as many games (17) as they did all last season.
Reporting from Charlotte, N.C. – The Lakers lost only 17 games last season when they won the NBA championship.
03/07/2010 04:20, LaTimes |
LETTERS: HOCKEY STEALS THE SHOW IN VANCOUVER
 And there's a gold-medal effort by photographers as well
I have always been a rabid follower of basketball and not much of a hockey fan. But last Sunday I did the previously unthinkable and after switching channels back and forth between games for an hour or so I finally turned off the Lakers...
03/07/2010 00:20, LaTimes |
FINALS REMATCH FUELS MOTIVATION FOR MAGIC, LAKERS
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -The picture hanging in the training room reminds Dwight Howard and Jameer Nelson of their NBA finals elimination during every workout.
03/07/2010 00:00, msnbc |
VLADISLAV ARDZINBA, ONCE LED ABKHAZIA, DIES AT 64
Mr. Ardzinba led the breakaway Georgian enclave of Abkhazia to de facto independence through a bloody war and ethnic cleansing.
03/06/2010 05:20, nytimes |