How a lockout looms over the NBA playoffs
OPINION - NBA owners say they have been losing about $300 million per season, and that this season will be no different...
NBA sees increases in viewers, sales, attendance
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA says its three national TV partners all had their most viewers ever this season, topped by a 42 percent increase for TNT...
LA Lakers, GLAAD team up to fight gay slurs
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Lakers say they'll work with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation on ways to keep anti-gay slurs out of basketball...
Jackie Robinson Day 2011: Baseball legend remembered across MLB
Jackie Robinson Day 2011 commemorates the 64th anniversary of his historic debut in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers...
'Life coach' fires ex-NFL QB JaMarcus Russell
If JaMarcus Russell hasn't hit bottom yet, we are not looking forward to what's coming next...
Being Kobe Bryant means never having to say you're sorry
I was just about to get over this whole Kobe Bryant thing when I hit the sports page and was reminded of his insulting non-apology...
Kobe Bryant fined by NBA for $100,000 over gay slur
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The NBA fined Kobe Bryant $100,000 on Wednesday for using a derogatory gay term in frustration over a referee's call...
Kobe's gay slur speaks volumes about homophobia in sports
OPINION - If our athletic icons use homophobic slurs, how can we expect our children to act any differently on the school yards and street corners?...
Guilty or innocent: Bonds remains baseball's scapegoat
OPINION - The Gestapo that is Major League Baseball needed Bonds to go down to prove that it had no fear of punishing one of its own...
Bonds found guilty of obstruction of justice
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal jury convicted Barry Bonds of a single charge of obstruction of justice but failed to reach a verdict on the three counts at the heart of allegations...
