Basketball excitement is expected to hit a crescendo in Arizona Sunday night when the No. 1 seed Phoenix Suns begin their pursuit of the franchise’s first NBA title. ... Read more»
Nineteen people, including three former Suns players and former University of Arizona player Will Bynum, were indicted on healthcare fraud charges in New York after they were charged with conspiring to defraud the NBA’s Health and Welfare Benefit Plan of nearly $4 million. ... Read more»
Tucson Weekly's Dan Gibson, Councilman Paul Cunningham, Sunnyside Governing Board member Daniel Hernandez, Washington commentator Jimmy Zuma, and attorney Don Loose.... Read more»
NBA owners are pushing for an age limit for future Olympians that would dramatically alter the roster of the U.S. men’s basketball team. But that won’t happen if Colangelo, chairman of Team USA and no longer a member of the owners fraternity, has anything to say about it.... Read more»
Many have succombed to Linsanity — the excitement surrounding New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin. Unfortunately, his celebrity carries a racial edge to it.... Read more»
Wildcat basketball star Derrick Williams announced Wednesday he will enter the NBA draft in June, and won't return to play for the University of Arizona next year.... Read more»
The final score of the NBA All-Star Game, played in Los Angeles on Sunday, was 148-143. That's entertainment.... Read more»
The NBA’s contract with its players expires after this season and Commissioner David Stern is already talking about a possibility he has never before discussed publicly — except to debunk rumors — in his 26-year tenure at the NBA helm: contraction.... Read more»
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.
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Last week the cricket teams from New Zealand and Sri Lanka played the first ever international cricket game on American soil. It was minor history in the making, albeit a bit perplexing to some Americans who witnessed it.... Read more»
India’s IPL cricket league, forecast to outgrow the NFL and NBA and become the world’s top revenue-earning brand in the next few years, has been recently ambushed by allegations of scandal and sleaze.... Read more»
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