Archive last updated: July 31, 2011 11:33:02 PM EDT - Latest Sports News

• Blazers' Batum has deal to play for French team (July 31, 2011, 11:49 PM ET)
• Point guard Law signs to play with Serbian team (July 30, 2011, 6:12 PM ET)
• FIBA: NBA stars can play overseas, at own risk (July 30, 2011, 6:12 PM ET)
• Durant says he's considering playing overseas (July 30, 2011, 6:11 PM ET)
• Sources: Frank accepts Pistons' four-year offer (July 30, 2011, 1:42 AM ET)
• Bulls coach Thibodeau undergoes knee surgery (July 29, 2011, 9:13 PM ET)
• NBPA prez Fisher: Lockout's 'been weirdly quiet' (July 29, 2011, 8:08 PM ET)
• Report: Kobe, Turkish club to meet Saturday (July 29, 2011, 6:44 PM ET)
• Candlelight vigil held for slain Wright Thursday (July 29, 2011, 12:33 AM ET)
• Bulls could work out together if lockout drags on (July 29, 2011, 12:16 AM ET)
• Celts' Moore signs with Italian team, can return (July 28, 2011, 6:04 PM ET)
• Page 2: Caption this Vikings trade for McNabb (July 28, 2011, 5:23 PM ET)
• Lane: Q&A, Kevin Love on beach volleyball (July 28, 2011, 3:50 PM ET)
• Jalen Rose to serve 20-day sentence for DUI (July 28, 2011, 2:19 PM ET)
• Palmer: Griffin NBA's top power forward (July 28, 2011, 1:02 PM ET)
• Bogut to work as Australian national team coach (July 28, 2011, 12:06 PM ET)
• Report: Bucks talking to Moncrief for coach spot (July 28, 2011, 12:06 PM ET)
• Sources: NBA, union plan to begin talks Monday (July 28, 2011, 12:05 PM ET)
• Jalen in jail? (July 28, 2011, 8:57 AM ET)
• Palmer: Ranking NBA's top small forwards (July 28, 2011, 8:34 AM ET)
• Jets' Edwards spared jail for probation violation (July 28, 2011, 2:59 AM ET)
• Agent: Mavericks seek long-term deal for Butler (July 27, 2011, 5:19 PM ET)
• Johnson: Now the hard part (NBA) begins (July 27, 2011, 3:59 PM ET)
• Ex-Charlotte player accused in drug operation (July 27, 2011, 1:47 PM ET)
• Page 2: Dwight Howard gets taste of Comic-Con (July 27, 2011, 6:35 AM ET)
• Paul, Anthony latest to consider foreign options (July 27, 2011, 3:28 AM ET)
• Wolves' Love takes his talent to beach volleyball (July 26, 2011, 8:55 PM ET)
• Ibaka says he's ready to help Spain at Euros (July 26, 2011, 4:57 PM ET)
• NBA shelves annual rookie transition program (July 26, 2011, 3:43 PM ET)
• Palmer: Ranking top 5 shooting guards (July 26, 2011, 2:18 PM ET)
• Mourning cited for leaving scene of traffic crash (July 26, 2011, 11:54 AM ET)
• Abdul-Jabbar: One-and-done complicates NBA labor issues (July 26, 2011, 9:55 AM ET)
• Amare: A lot of foreign clubs have been calling (July 26, 2011, 3:36 AM ET)
• Man gets 5 years for Madsen domain name sale (July 25, 2011, 6:46 PM ET)
• Vigil for Wright slated for Thursday in Memphis (July 25, 2011, 6:08 PM ET)
• Palmer: Top 5 NBA point guards (July 25, 2011, 3:04 PM ET)
• Adande: Baron Davis, getting wiser in Westwood (July 25, 2011, 11:29 AM ET)
• NBA hoops returns to Seattle for charity classic (July 25, 2011, 10:00 AM ET)
• Stars align at NYC streetball 'game of decade' (July 25, 2011, 9:15 AM ET)
• Moura: L.A.'s Drew League heats up (July 25, 2011, 8:59 AM ET)
• NBA players get work in at Dallas tournament (July 25, 2011, 1:32 AM ET)
• Warriors' Law dinged up at basketball tourney (July 24, 2011, 11:06 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: Yao's retirement (July 24, 2011, 7:45 PM ET)
• Ex-NBA player Wright's death remains mystery (July 24, 2011, 12:34 PM ET)
• Reports: Kobe, Rose to Manila for exhibitions (July 23, 2011, 8:14 PM ET)
• Thunder's arena to be renamed for energy firm (July 23, 2011, 7:06 PM ET)
• NBA audit reveals 5 percent income boost in '11 (July 23, 2011, 9:04 AM ET)
• Mavericks' Terry optimistic that lockout will end (July 23, 2011, 8:45 AM ET)
• Nowitzki to play for Germany at the Europeans (July 22, 2011, 8:57 PM ET)
• Report: Wolves looking at Bickerstaff, Adelman (July 22, 2011, 7:46 PM ET)
• TeamRankings: Chris Bosh's value to the Heat (July 22, 2011, 5:37 PM ET)
• Heat announce Nick Arison as team's new CEO (July 22, 2011, 4:11 PM ET)
• Haberstroh: Where the Rockets go from here (July 22, 2011, 3:12 PM ET)
• Turkish club: We've talked to Kobe's managers (July 22, 2011, 12:55 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: Which NBA star is on your game cover? (July 22, 2011, 10:47 AM ET)
• Sources: Pistons tab Frank as new head coach (July 22, 2011, 1:57 AM ET)
• Isaacson: Rose has makings of star -- in China (July 21, 2011, 10:48 PM ET)
• Former Spurs PG Quinn signs with Russian team (July 21, 2011, 10:40 PM ET)
• NBA 2K12 covers to honor Jordan, Magic, Bird (July 21, 2011, 5:12 PM ET)
• Former Illini PG Brown signs with Italian team (July 21, 2011, 2:49 PM ET)
• Source: Bulls' Rose to play exhibitions in Manila (July 21, 2011, 2:26 PM ET)
• Jordan, Bird, Magic to cover 'NBA 2K12' (July 21, 2011, 1:09 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: Do Heat only have a 'Big Two'? (July 21, 2011, 9:39 AM ET)
• Measuring Yao against other great NBA centers (July 21, 2011, 6:46 AM ET)
• Former Heat star Mourning sued over car crash (July 20, 2011, 8:54 PM ET)
• Team France has Bulls' Noah rehabbing ankle (July 20, 2011, 6:38 PM ET)
• Page 2: Caption this NBA schedule fantasyland (July 20, 2011, 5:51 PM ET)
• Jackson: Is there a Curt Flood among us? (July 20, 2011, 4:45 PM ET)
• It's official: Yao announces retirement in China (July 20, 2011, 3:21 PM ET)
• Boy dies following crash involving Lakers' Odom (July 20, 2011, 12:38 PM ET)
• Bosh bash? Shaq likens Heat stars to just 'Big 2' (July 20, 2011, 11:55 AM ET)
• Mavs' schedule is dressed up, awaiting invite (July 20, 2011, 8:54 AM ET)
• Page 2: Caption this NBA schedule release (July 20, 2011, 7:52 AM ET)
• 5-on-5: The matchups, teams to see in 2011-12 (July 20, 2011, 3:54 AM ET)
• NBA to open with Bulls-Mavs -- if season opens (July 20, 2011, 3:41 AM ET)
• Timberwolves interview Woodson amid layoffs (July 19, 2011, 10:00 PM ET)
• NBA, players' association staffers to meet Friday (July 19, 2011, 9:08 PM ET)
• Pelton: Five lottery-to-playoffs acquisitions (July 19, 2011, 5:18 PM ET)
• Lockout impact likely topic at NBA-FIBA meeting (July 19, 2011, 4:55 PM ET)
• 'NBA Jam: On Fire Edition' First Look (July 19, 2011, 4:33 PM ET)
• Simmons wants to remain in NBA after lockout (July 19, 2011, 4:24 PM ET)
• Yao set to formally end NBA career Wednesday (July 19, 2011, 3:26 PM ET)
• Report: Wolves interview Porter for head coach (July 19, 2011, 2:02 PM ET)
• Celts' Bradley looks overseas but wants Boston (July 18, 2011, 7:26 PM ET)
• No. 3: San Antonio Spurs (July 18, 2011, 5:17 PM ET)
• Lieberman moving to front office in D-League (July 18, 2011, 5:08 PM ET)
• No. 4: Chicago Bulls (July 18, 2011, 4:10 PM ET)
• No. 4: Chicago Bulls (July 18, 2011, 4:07 PM ET)
• Pacers hire Boylen to complete coaching staff (July 18, 2011, 3:47 PM ET)
• Moura: Drew League draws top talent (July 18, 2011, 2:19 PM ET)
• League office to release NBA schedule Tuesday (July 18, 2011, 2:01 PM ET)
• Report: Turkish team's pursuit of Kobe on hold (July 18, 2011, 1:50 PM ET)
• Howard strongly considering playing overseas (July 18, 2011, 1:26 PM ET)
• Pelton: Teams that could regress (July 18, 2011, 12:13 PM ET)
• Report: Lakers' Odom passenger in car accident (July 18, 2011, 12:58 AM ET)
• The Mag: Importance of an athlete's background (July 17, 2011, 12:38 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: What's Shaq's TV analyst potential? (July 16, 2011, 11:46 PM ET)
• Ibaka nationalized by Spain, OK'd to play Euros (July 16, 2011, 7:10 PM ET)
• Rockets hire Sampson, 3 others as assistants (July 16, 2011, 7:09 PM ET)
• Shaw: Learned Lakers went with Brown on TV (July 16, 2011, 1:07 PM ET)
• NBA lays off 114 as part of 'larger cost-cutting' (July 16, 2011, 10:50 AM ET)
• Actor Wagner leads Tahoe celebrity golf tourney (July 15, 2011, 11:04 PM ET)
• It's official: D-Will signs deal to play in Turkey (July 15, 2011, 10:14 PM ET)
• Nets' Vujacic signs with Turkish team for '11-12 (July 15, 2011, 6:21 PM ET)
• Palmer: Lakers, Rockets tough for new coaches (July 15, 2011, 2:13 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: Time running out for Wolves' Kahn? (July 15, 2011, 11:09 AM ET)
• 5-on-5: 2011-12 NBA forecast (July 15, 2011, 11:08 AM ET)
• Diesel-fueled TV: Shaq signs with Turner Sports (July 14, 2011, 11:40 PM ET)
• The Mag: Dwight Howard Twitter experience (July 14, 2011, 6:38 PM ET)
• Heat's Jones trying to be realistic during lockout (July 14, 2011, 6:36 PM ET)
• Suns hire coach Turner as defensive specialist (July 14, 2011, 5:39 PM ET)
• Sources: Nelson on Wolves' list of candidates (July 14, 2011, 4:34 PM ET)
• Nowitzki-led Mavericks big winners at ESPYs (July 14, 2011, 12:59 PM ET)
• Cavaliers add D-League GM to Wilcox's duties (July 14, 2011, 12:29 PM ET)
• Thorpe: Barnes, Young benefit from Mavs' title (July 14, 2011, 12:24 PM ET)
• Former Illinois star McCamey to play in Turkey (July 14, 2011, 11:02 AM ET)
• Agent: Biyombo will play for Bobcats in 2011-12 (July 14, 2011, 10:08 AM ET)
• LA police dept. memo discredits Shaq accuser (July 14, 2011, 9:40 AM ET)
• Windhorst: Wade not ruling out Europe (July 14, 2011, 1:11 AM ET)
• Pacers make Shaw associate coach, keep Burke (July 13, 2011, 11:35 PM ET)
• NBPA's Hunter backs playing in Europe in memo (July 13, 2011, 10:37 PM ET)
• Comcast finishes sale of 76ers to Harris' group (July 13, 2011, 7:40 PM ET)
• Colangelo to gauge players' interest in Olympics (July 13, 2011, 7:24 PM ET)
• Wolves prez eyes 'up-tempo DNA' in next coach (July 13, 2011, 6:57 PM ET)
• Kevin Love talks high school, Rambis (July 13, 2011, 6:40 PM ET)
• Bryant: The year of thinking dangerously about lockouts (July 13, 2011, 6:23 PM ET)
• Wade undecided on Team USA for 2012 Games (July 13, 2011, 6:19 PM ET)
• Report: Pistons fired 15 people two weeks ago (July 13, 2011, 5:03 PM ET)
• Haberstroh: Lockout could help KG, Rose (July 13, 2011, 2:59 PM ET)
• Knicks' Stoudemire: Entertaining overseas ideas (July 13, 2011, 3:02 AM ET)
• Durant might play abroad if lockout not settled (July 13, 2011, 12:06 AM ET)
• Reports: NBA players will get escrow cash back (July 12, 2011, 11:43 PM ET)
• Josh Childress will share all the downsides of European play (July 12, 2011, 11:20 PM ET)
• Timberwolves end lengthy wait, fire Rambis (July 12, 2011, 8:39 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: If salaries slashed, will almighty Euro beckon? (July 12, 2011, 7:54 PM ET)
• Sources: Nelson has interest in coaching Wolves (July 12, 2011, 7:18 PM ET)
• Bobcats start laying off employees amid lockout (July 12, 2011, 7:16 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: Foreign legion of HOF excellence? (July 12, 2011, 6:30 PM ET)
• McMenamin: NBA players going overseas? If... (July 12, 2011, 6:15 PM ET)
• Reports: Sampson, J.B. Bickerstaff to Rockets (July 12, 2011, 5:01 PM ET)
• Basketball Without Borders affected by lockout (July 12, 2011, 2:24 PM ET)
• TR: Lakers, Thunder hurt by lockout (July 12, 2011, 1:56 PM ET)
• L.A. ESPY awards celebrate local standouts (July 12, 2011, 1:48 PM ET)
• Fictional Statue of the Week: Deron Williams (July 12, 2011, 11:37 AM ET)
• TR: Teams that could benefit from short NBA season (July 12, 2011, 7:41 AM ET)
• Agent says Artest is weighing overseas options (July 12, 2011, 1:58 AM ET)
• 5-on-5: What does future hold for LBJ, Heat? (July 11, 2011, 11:05 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: How Will D-Will's decision impact NBA? (July 11, 2011, 11:03 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: Who's ready to break out in the NBA? (July 11, 2011, 11:00 PM ET)
• 5-on-5: Trade 'em or keep 'em? (July 11, 2011, 10:58 PM ET)
• Report: Wolves to interview Blazers' Bickerstaff (July 11, 2011, 9:44 PM ET)
• Russell statue to be built near Boston's City Hall (July 11, 2011, 5:14 PM ET)
• Yao's agent declines comment on center's plans (July 11, 2011, 2:40 PM ET)
• D-Will: NBA players could go overseas for good (July 11, 2011, 2:32 PM ET)
• Sparks fire head coach Gillom, promote Bryant (July 11, 2011, 1:35 PM ET)
• Source: Bulls' Noah to play for France in Euros (July 11, 2011, 1:33 PM ET)
• KFC offers Wade chance to make some buckets (July 11, 2011, 1:14 PM ET)
• Shelburne: Glory is in the journey, not the wins (July 11, 2011, 1:04 PM ET)
• Yao's likely retirement could hurt NBA in China (July 11, 2011, 12:03 PM ET)
• Report: Yao to retire, but yet to file paperwork (July 11, 2011, 12:36 AM ET)
• Songaila signs one-year deal with Turkish team (July 9, 2011, 10:39 PM ET)
• Class A team sets mark for consecutive sellouts (July 9, 2011, 10:39 PM ET)
• Luminaries deliver their Jeter testimonials (July 9, 2011, 9:58 PM ET)
• Pelton: Projecting Greg Oden's impact (July 9, 2011, 3:23 PM ET)
• Adande: Yao was an international basketball star (July 9, 2011, 12:48 AM ET)
• Knicks' Fields says NBA stars could follow D-Will (July 8, 2011, 10:09 PM ET)
• Reports: Rockets' Yao retiring after 9 seasons (July 8, 2011, 9:24 PM ET)
• Lakers hire Italian coach Messina as consultant (July 8, 2011, 7:34 PM ET)
• Dwight Howard's got game (July 8, 2011, 6:45 PM ET)
• Stephen A.: D-Will & Beasley? Dumb and dumber (July 8, 2011, 4:00 PM ET)
• Raptors' Weems signs deal with Lithuanian team (July 8, 2011, 3:56 PM ET)
• Agent: D-Will to play in Turkey if lockout lasts (July 8, 2011, 3:33 PM ET)
• Mock NBA draft, espnW style (July 8, 2011, 3:33 PM ET)
• Granderson: Maybe lockouts will foster financial common sense (July 8, 2011, 1:06 PM ET)
• Wulf: Second-guess "The Decision"? Not here (July 8, 2011, 1:05 PM ET)
• Pelton: How much Oden, Yao have left (July 8, 2011, 12:36 PM ET)
• LeBron's charity bike event stressing education (July 8, 2011, 10:41 AM ET)
• Ex-NBA, UNLV great Gilliam dies after collapse (July 7, 2011, 9:39 PM ET)
• NBPA: 'Adequate basis' to doubt NBA's losses (July 7, 2011, 3:38 PM ET)
• Palmer: How LeBron, Rose can get better (July 7, 2011, 3:21 PM ET)
• Mavs free agent Chandler: 'Lot of great teams' (July 7, 2011, 2:58 PM ET)
• Pacers go with favorite: Vogel hired as coach (July 7, 2011, 1:48 PM ET)
• Abdul-Jabbar: We Dodgers fans deserve better (July 7, 2011, 1:30 PM ET)
• Cavaliers to own, run D-League team in Canton (July 7, 2011, 12:38 PM ET)
• Hornets would return money if games canceled (July 6, 2011, 8:10 PM ET)
• Timberwolves' Beasley ticketed for marijuana (July 6, 2011, 7:27 PM ET)
• Bryant: NBA, Stern and lessons from past labor negotiations (July 6, 2011, 5:07 PM ET)
• Pelton: Griffin still has room to improve (July 6, 2011, 1:34 PM ET)
• No Griffin raise: Clippers season tix same price (July 6, 2011, 12:53 PM ET)
• Dedes, slated to call Knicks, arrested for DWI (July 6, 2011, 11:37 AM ET)
• NBA disputes report questioning financial losses (July 6, 2011, 11:15 AM ET)
• Sources: Pacers to officially name Vogel coach (July 5, 2011, 5:38 PM ET)
• Dirk to play for German national team if healthy (July 5, 2011, 4:18 PM ET)
• Gallo: Page 2's NBA Lockout Handbook (July 5, 2011, 3:18 PM ET)
• Report: Mavs' Fernandez passes up Spain offer (July 5, 2011, 3:14 PM ET)
• Keown: Face-value fan suggestions for NFL, NBA owners (July 5, 2011, 2:08 PM ET)
• Pelton: Irving, Fredette favorites for ROY (July 5, 2011, 10:46 AM ET)
• 5-on-5: When we resume wheeling and dealing (July 4, 2011, 3:35 PM ET)
• McMenamin: Five ways lockout affects Lakers (July 4, 2011, 2:54 PM ET)
• Report: Mavs G Fernandez offered deal in Spain (July 3, 2011, 5:48 PM ET)
• Ex-Duke star Scheyer joins Maccabi Tel Aviv (July 3, 2011, 12:53 PM ET)
• Funeral held for North Carolina St. star Charles (July 3, 2011, 11:27 AM ET)
• Free agency first casualty of NBA's lockout (July 2, 2011, 8:30 PM ET)
• Sources: Nets' Williams tabs Schwartz as agent (July 2, 2011, 5:17 PM ET)
• Shelburne: Asst. GM's career with Lakers ending (July 2, 2011, 3:00 PM ET)
• Hill: NBA players can't expect fans to relate (July 2, 2011, 1:27 PM ET)
• Lakers G Brown opts out, will test free agency (July 1, 2011, 8:38 PM ET)
• Source: Kobe has platelet therapy on hurt knee (July 1, 2011, 8:37 PM ET)
• Jason Terry blasts Rudy Gay in "Black Ops" grudge match (July 1, 2011, 5:57 PM ET)
• Person, Snyder added to Lakers coaching staff (July 1, 2011, 4:57 PM ET)
• Another lockout? Let's celebrate (July 1, 2011, 4:00 PM ET)
• CBA expires, NBA locks out its players (July 1, 2011, 1:56 PM ET)
• Bryant: The mystery of winning is solved in Boston (July 1, 2011, 12:41 PM ET)
• Stephen A.: Stern to feel the pressure (July 1, 2011, 11:02 AM ET)
• About Last Night: Day 1 of the NBA lockout (July 1, 2011, 9:16 AM ET)
• O'Connor: David Stern's legacy at stake this time (July 1, 2011, 9:06 AM ET)
• 5-on-5: Who's to blame for NBA lockout? (July 1, 2011, 6:42 AM ET)
• Mavericks exercise options for Beaubois, Jones (July 1, 2011, 3:27 AM ET)