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The NBA and its players union are nearing an agreement that will allow testing of players' blood for human growth hormone (HGH), ESPN reports. If the league and the National Basketball Players Association can come to terms, testing could begin as soon as the 2013-14 season...

The excitement of March Madness has petered down to the middle school ranks.

New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School was trailing Mt. Vernon by 10 points with 3 minutes left in the New York Section 1 Class AA championship game on Sunday afternoon. The Huguenots rallied to within two points with 2.9 seconds remaining, and they had the ball under their own basket for a last-ditch attempt...

Magic Johnson wants to see 'The King' take the throne once occupied by 'His Airness,' and he's putting up $1 million to make it happen. During an NBA broadcast on Friday, Johnson offered a million dollars to entice Miami Heat star LeBron James to participate in the NBA dunk contest in 2014...

Seven Catholic schools currently in the Big East will form a new Big East basketball league next season by adding two current Atlantic-10 teams, according to an ESPN report.

If you think the NBA’s slam dunk contest has lost some of its luster, then you won’t know what to make of the disaster that is the Chinese Basketball Association’s version of this event.

It's anybody's guess whether this amazing mid-court stunt shot by a cheerleader at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, Miss, is real, but we sure hope so. Plus, rumor has it that the cheerleader in question also works for Hooters, so that makes her doubly alright in our book.

The internet has been on a roll with the half court shot videos lately. Still, in terms of impressiveness, this one is going to be pretty hard to beat. It's hard enough to sink a shot from half court, but this cheerleader also did some fancy gymnastics stuff first...

Jerry Buss, the longtime owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, died Monday of cancer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 80. A child of the Great Depression, Buss defined the bootstrap mentality of his generation. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Wyoming, achieving his doctorate in physical chemistry at USC in 1957...

The new college basketball rankings are out and Indiana stays at #1 for the third week in a row. It’s been a while since the #1 has stayed in that spot but with wins over Nebraska and Purdue, the Hoosiers stay at #1. Indiana has a big game February 19against #4 Michigan State, last week’s #8...

The Maine High School Basketball Tournament is under way and we’ll be bringing you all the results each day of the tournament. Here are the complete results for Feb. 17. The coverage is being brought to you by Hight Chevorlet, located at 29 Madison Ave. in Skowhegan.

A trio of 1990s basketball greats were among 12 finalists named for possible election into the Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday.

It’s been over a month since we’ve had back to back weeks for a #1 in college basketball to stay #1, but Indiana did it this week.

Granted, if it were a grown up doing these shots, they probably wouldn't classify as trick shots, but when the person isn't even old enough to make a sandwich, come on -- it's pretty impressive.

It was big week in college basketball as the landscape changed again this season as #1 Michigan lost to #3 Indiana 81-73, propelling the Hoosiers top the #1 spot.

The pressures of a half-court shot are immense enough with having to worry about sinking said shot, averting an air ball or even making sure the basketball succeeds in making the long flight to the hoop. But this guy, Kevin, appears to have encountered a whole different worry we never saw coming -- like when your ball gets stuck between the hoop and a backboard.