Posted Aug 26, 2010, 1:12 pm
Mark Starr
/GlobalPost
The NBA has been zealously pursuing international conquest during David Stern’s 36-year reign as commissioner. Basketball is the second fastest growing sport in India, with 4 million now playing the game.... Read more»
Posted Jul 29, 2010, 5:06 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The UA men’s basketball team will vacate its 19 wins from the 2007-08 season, and will lose scholarships over the next 2 seasons because of recruiting violations under ex-head coach Lute Olson, the NCAA ruled Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Jun 10, 2010, 11:11 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
The University of Colorado Buffaloes will leave the Big 12 and join the the Pac-10 conference. They may start a stampede - as many as 5 other teams may switch.... Read more»
Posted May 13, 2010, 10:03 am
Michael Truelsen
/TucsonSentinel.com
Sarah Palin told an Illinois high school girls basketball team to “go rogue” after their game in Arizona was canceled because of the state’s new immigration law.... Read more»
Posted May 4, 2010, 1:05 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Phoenix Suns will wear “Los Suns” on their jerseys for Wednesday’s Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals to “honor our Latino community” after the passage of Arizona’s controversial new immigration law.... Read more»
Posted May 3, 2010, 9:01 am
Mark Starr
/GlobalPost
Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has become the first prominent figure in Major League Baseball to declare that if asked to partake in the 2011 All-Star Game next season, he will decline the prestigious invite.... Read more»
Posted Apr 20, 2010, 10:34 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Karl Pieroway, men’s basketball coach at Pima Community College since June 2008, has resigned, the college said.... Read more»
Posted Apr 13, 2010, 10:07 am
Ash Friederich
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucsonans Cole and Jeannie Davis will give the University of Arizona men’s basketball program a $2.65 million dollar gift to help pay for the renovation of the locker rooms at McKale Center and build a strength center at Richard Jefferson Gymnasium.... Read more»
Posted Mar 11, 2010, 7:12 pm
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Arizona men’s basketball team’s hopes of a 26th straight NCAA tournament bid ended Thursday in Los Angeles in 75-69 loss to UCLA in the second round of the Pacific-10 Conference Tournament.... Read more»
Posted Mar 6, 2010, 8:31 pm
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Arizona men’s basketball team will face UCLA at 1 p.m. Tucson time on Thursday in the Pacific-10 Conference Tournament... Read more»
Posted Mar 6, 2010, 2:17 pm
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
KWBA had to cancel its plans to show a ceremony honoring Nic Wise after UA’s game headed into overtime, then double overtime. So Wise did a little showing off at the end, hitting another game-winning shot, scooping in a layup with 1.2 seconds left.... Read more»
Posted Feb 23, 2010, 11:19 am
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
UA facing key games on the road. The Cats are 3-4 in Pac-10 road games, which isn’t bad. You want to try to play at least .500 on the road and then control your home court.... Read more»
Posted Feb 22, 2010, 10:52 am
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
UCLA game to air on March 4, USC game on March 6... Read more»
Posted Feb 21, 2010, 6:31 pm
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Arizona men’s basketball team held Ty Abbott scoreless for the final 11 minutes, but the junior still scored 28 points to help the Sun Devils to a 73-69 win. The Wildcats drop into a fifth-place tie in the Pac-10.... Read more»
Updated Feb 18, 2010, 7:02 pm
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
Sports Illustrated poll lists ex-Cats Andre Iguodala and Gilbert Arenas among the NBA’s overhyped stars... Read more»
Posted Feb 18, 2010, 9:07 am
David Petruska
/TucsonSentinel.com
The Cats hope to sweep the season series in Sunday’s game. UA can tie ASU in the Pac-10 standings with a win.... Read more»