When a game is one-sided, even very early, you start looking for individual plays that stand out. Thursday night, this assist off the backboard from Jason Kidd to LeBron James stood out like a sore thumb, a world-class slam...

What constitutes a rout? We're pretty sure that 112-69 will suffice. That was the lopsided score put up by the US last night against Venezuela in the opener of the FIBA Americas Championship in LAs Vegas. After four straight...

Still can't decide between Hillary and Obama in your local Democratic primary? Why not just have the candidates compete in a little free throw competition or friendly game of knockout in your driveway? After watching this...

There are strange sports news stories, and then there is the truly unique case of ex-Timberwolves forward Eddie Griffin. The man who once was arrested for causing a car wreck by masturbating while driving decided to take his...

They didn't want to be there - and really, who does want to be in Las Vegas when the temperature hits 115? - but Kobe Bryant and Team USA are apparently making the most of their training time there for their upcoming...

Need an offseason basketball fix? Try this on. German sensation Dirk Nowitzki faced off against the Chinese national team ... minus Yao Ming, of course. And while the video quality is less than HD, and the Chinese squad minus...

What does an NBA baller do on an off-day from a tense playoff series? If you're Houston Rocket sharp-shooter Shane Battier, you cue up some Neil Diamond. And then you butcher it. That's right, Battier took time away from the...

We don't know if they can play in the NBA yet, but hey, now we know they can dance! The newest crop of NBA rookies got jamming in a different way at a recent official photo shoot for their first trading cards. So who was the...

We hereby declare this the deadliest dunk in the world It's not a bad dunk but it comes with some horrendous luck, as this street baller picked the wrong hoop to try out his And-One tricks. We're happy to note that, somehow,...

You heard all about the biggest NBA trade since Allen Iverson hit the mountains, now watch the love-in that was Kevin Garnett's introductory news conference with the most storied franchise in NBA history. We can't tell you...

Want to see what the hype in Boston is all about? Feast your eyes on this: Kevin Garnett's Top 10 plays of 2006-07. The collection of clips shows just how dynamic the Big Ticket can be. Just note the ridiculous block that...

With his sport engulfed in the biggest ethics scandal in its century-long history, NBA Commissioner David Stern took the stand to address the game-fixing and mob allegations levied against recently-retired referee Tim Donaghy....

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse for NBA Commissioner Daivd Stern, suddenly, the Tim Donaghy scandal has additional resonance. While Donaghy only called a handful of games in last year's playoffs, one of the...

The Florida Gators won the last two NCAA titles, led by a quartet of juniors who have now all defected to the NBA. So what does returning coach Billy Donovan - who flirted with defection himself - do to restock? He lands one...

At GW he was a one-man freak show, tearing apart the A-10 with tomahawk jams and 360 on the break ... in games themselves. Now Pops Mensah-Bonsu is trying to find his way onto an NBA roster. Here's off to a good start,...