basketball

How times have changed. Once a fixture at Lakers games and adored by women, Jack Nicholson is now catching Clippers games and being sought by little kids.

My college basketball bracket is officially toasted! I was hanging on by a thread because I had Florida going all the way and winning the National Championship. WRONG! The Gators got beat in the Final Four by #7 Connecticut 63-53, so any hopes I had of picking at least one right went down the drain ...

Ok....so while Chad was taking a nap after a hard day at work yesterday, I went to the school and picked up the kids. I tried to keep the kids quiet. They did GREAT! They did their homework, they read books, played upstairs. It was I who had the problem.

You know how some things just pop out at you when you are looking at Facebook? Yup. This one was CRAZY! I mean, who even thinks about trying to attempt this? Apparently, some people have a lot of time on their hands....or feet!

New York Knicks small forward Camelo Anthony made it rain indoors at the All-Star game the other night. He made it rain three-pointers, that is.

The members of the 2014 Maine McDonald's Senior All-Star basketball teams were announced (Feb. 19) today.

March is the famously exciting month for college basketball. It's pretty much all hands on deck for people who love the marathon of matches. But even if you know nothing about basketball, you'll probably fill out a bracket predicting the winners of each round, if only in the name of school spirt.

Here’s something to think about the next time you go play a friendly game of pick-up basketball or play volleyball at a company picnic, the balls you’re playing with could be spreading germs. The same goes for organized play for all levels of competition.

Jason Collins' decision to become the first openly-gay player in American pro sports may have inspired a high school basketball coach to follow suit.

You don't always need to feel embarrassed when a dude in a Lycra bodysuit schools you at streetball. If the schooling is done by The Professor, it's totally acceptable to get trounced on the court.

I love watching basketball, especially this time of year when the playoffs are going on, even though my favorite team, the Boston Celtics was eliminated early by the New York Knicks. The problem I’m having this year is it seems the refs are taking over the game too much. I understand there have been times when they have to get the game under control and fouls, even technical fouls, are necessary b

The NBA playoffs is no time for child's play. Or is it?

If you've been hiding under a rock, or just somehow not on the internet at all today, here's a newsflash -- Jason Collins is now the first active NBA player to be openly gay.

St. Louis University is seeded fourth in this year's NCAA Tournament, and they're a sentimental favorite for a lot of hoops fans this year. In December, their coach, Rick Majerus, died of heart failure at the age of 64. The team dedicated their season to the memory of their coach. But an additional reason to root for St. Louis is their mascot: the Billiken. What exactly is a Billiken anyway? Read

Honestly, you don't even need to be a sports fan to enjoy this one. During a recent game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Detroit Pistons, the Clippers own DeAndre Jordan rocked the house when he successfully landed a "monster" alley-oop over Pistons player Brandon Knight. It was a shot that caused an immense uproar inside the Staples Center, one which you might still be able to

Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti contacted an Oklahoma high school player who scored a wrong-way buzzer-beater for the opposing team to end a state playoff game on Thursday. The Thunder will host the young man during Sunday's home game against the Boston Celtics...