NBA: Bulls end Cleveland win streak
CLEVELAND For a split second, LeBron James appeared to be on his way to bailing out the Cleveland Cavaliers once more. Luol Deng and Joakim Noah put a stop to that. Chicago s forwards double teamed James and denied the superstar on a drive in the f...
 3.7K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 776.0 NBA: Bryant leads Lakers to win
LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant had 41 points and eight rebounds, Andrew Bynum added 21 points and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away with 18 consecutive points in the third quarter for a 118-110 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night. Lamar Odom h...
3.0K - Nov. 2, 2009; scored 432.0 NBA: Nuggets tip Blazers
PORTLAND Carmelo Anthony almost couldn t miss and Greg Oden missed when it mattered most. Anthony scored 19 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter and the Denver Nuggets were helped by Portland s trouble at the free-throw line for a 97-94 victory T...
3.8K - Oct. 30, 2009; scored 529.0 Portland signs forward Aldridge to extension
PORTLAND The Portland Trail Blazers signed forward LaMarcus Aldridge to a five-year contract extension on Thursday. The terms of the deal have not been announced. The team was in Vancouver, British Columbia, for an exhibition game against the Phoen...
2.5K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 334.0 Sports Briefs: Senator requests BCS investigation
WASHINGTON Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, whose undefeated home state school was bypassed for the college football national championship last season, urged President Barack Obama to ask the Justice Department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series,...
4.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 334.0 Tebow out of hospital
GAINESVILLE, Fla. ” Florida quarterback Tim Tebow was out of the hospital and back home Sunday, recovering from the concussion he sustained during the Gators 41-7 victory at Kentucky. Tebow was released from the University Medical Center ...
5.2K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 334.0 Jordan soars into basketball Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Michael Jordan s thank-you list went well beyond friends and family. There was the coach who cut him. The player who dissed him. The media who doubted him. Anyone who ever provided Jordan with motivation to become a better player...
5.7K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 334.0 Jordan highlights Hall of Fame class
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Michael Jordan was the best, no doubt about it. That s what Charles Barkley was forced to acknowledge in 1984, when he came to the U.S. Olympic trials believing he was the best player in the nation and left realizing someone was ...
5.1K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 334.0 Sports Briefs: Philadelphia assistant Johnson dies
PHILADELPHIA Jim Johnson, whose attacking defenses helped the Eagles to one Super Bowl appearance and five NFC title games, has died. He was 68. Johnson had taken a leave of absence from the team in May as he continued to battle a cancerous tumor o...
4.8K - Jul. 29, 2009; scored 432.0 Goalkeeper Keller gets first All-Star experience
SANDY, Utah Nearing the end of one of the most successful soccer careers an American has had, Kasey Keller is a rookie again. The 39-year-old goalkeeper is making his All-Star debut tonight when a Major League Soccer squad hosts Everton, a club Kel...
4.8K - Jul. 29, 2009; scored 334.0 Sports Briefs: Reinsdorf will make bid to buy Phoenix Coyotes
PHOENIX Chicago Bulls and White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf has promised to make an offer by Friday to buy the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes and keep the team in Arizona. Reinsdorf s attorney Alan Klein said his client is in the midst of conversations wit...
5.3K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 334.0 USC coach resigns in midst of Mayo scandal
LOS ANGELES Tim Floyd took Southern California s basketball program from also-ran status to three consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Now he s gone, having suddenly resigned amid allegations that he paid to have O.J. Mayo delivered to the Troj...
5.5K - Jun. 10, 2009; scored 334.0 Van Gundy Family Reunion
LOS ANGELES There could be two celebrations if the Orlando Magic win the NBA championship: the one on the court and the one at the broadcast table. Jeff Van Gundy will be working the games as an analyst on ABC, telling viewers what he thinks will h...
3.8K - Jun. 3, 2009; scored 334.0 Sports Briefs: NASCAR hands out record fine
CHARLOTTE, N.C. NASCAR has suspended driver Carl Long for the next 12 Sprint Cup races and fined crew chief Charles Swing $200,000, the largest penalty in the sport s history. Swing also was suspended until Aug. 18 for using an engine that...
4.8K - May. 21, 2009; scored 699.0 Boston rallies for another big win
BOSTON The Magic lost their touch in a series some of their players believe should already be over. The Celtics keep finding theirs just in time. The defending NBA champions wiped out a 10-point deficit in the last five minutes and won Game 5 92-88...
3.4K - May. 13, 2009; scored 334.0 NBA Playoffs: Hawks advance to second round of playoffs
ATLANTA The Atlanta Hawks lingered on the court, savoring the cheers as red and silver streamers drifted down from the rafters. This celebration was a decade in the making. It won t last more than 24 hours. King James is waiting. The Hawks won a pl...
4.7K - May. 4, 2009; scored 669.0 Sports Briefs: Rose, Mayo lead All-Rookie team
NEW YORK Rookie of the Year Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and Memphis guard O.J. Mayo are unanimous selections to the All-Rookie team. Rounding out the first team announced Thursday were Oklahoma City s Russell Westbrook, New Jersey center Broo...
4.4K - May. 1, 2009; scored 334.0 NBA Playoffs: Bulls, Celtics headed for Game 7
CHICAGO Leading by eight after an 18-point run in the fourth quarter, the Boston Celtics looked like they were finally ready to move past the Chicago Bulls. Instead, a classic first-round series took its most dramatic turn and is headed for a Game ...
3.3K - May. 1, 2009; scored 723.0 NBA Playoffs: San Antonio makes early exit
SAN ANTONIO The San Antonio Spurs are done, and April isn t even over yet. I don t think I ve been off this early in a long, long time, Tim Duncan said. This is how Duncan, Tony Parker and the winningest NBA team of the past decade measures being ...
3.6K - Apr. 29, 2009; scored 432.0 NBA Playoffs: Bulls pull even in series with win over Celtics
CHICAGO Ben Gordon strained his hamstring early on. He got knocked to the floor, too. But the biggest shot was the one he delivered. Gordon scored 22 points, hitting the tying 3-pointer late in the first overtime, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Bos...
5.5K - Apr. 27, 2009; scored 766.0 | 
