Olympic Basketball News

BALLARAT Rush recruit Steph Cumming and her Townsville team fell nine points short of glory in the Women's National Basketball League grand final.

Former NBA star Steven Marbury scored 43 points as Beijing Ducks claimed a road victory over defending champions Guangdong Hongyuan 109-104 here on Saturday.

Data whiz and nerd demigod Nate Silver revealed a slew of details about his site FiveThirtyEight 's new home on ESPN during a conversation with Grantland 's Bill Simmons here at SXSW on Saturday afternoon.

Wang Yi told reporters at an annual news conference that... Anaheim Ducks right winger Corey Perry leaps over Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury as Perry scored a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, March 7, 2014.

She could be about to end her glorious basketball career, but Kristi Harrower is still the best point guard in Australia according to her proud dad and coach.

Andrew Wiggins was 16, quiet-natured and shy, content to spend his days playing video games on the Thomas family's Xbox.

UConn's Breanna Stewart arrives at a press conference on Friday at Mohegan Sun Arena prior to being named the inaugural American Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

These are desperate times for the New York Knicks . The stink wafting from the Madison Square court is worse than even the nastiest Penn Station men's room.

UC Santa Barbara hosted the University of Hawaii in college basketball on Thursday night.

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Editor's note: in honor of the retirement of Big Z's jersey this weekend, we're going out of order.

Ambassadors Kevin Love, Pau Gasol, David Lee and other NBA stars lead Hoops for St. JudeTM Week, March 7-13 , the winners will be the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital .

Lady Lion senior guard Maggie Lucas has been selected as a finalist for the Wooden Award.

Every once in a while, a sports story comes along that's so inspiring - so improbable and such an incredible testament to the potential of human will - that whatever game the main character plays ceases to matter at all.

PICTURE Bendigo Spirit forward Chelsea Aubry in a tutu, pirouetting across the stage.

Jim Ross is a one-man show - really. The distinctive voice long associated with World Wrestling Entertainment visited ESPN's Bristol headquarters recently for a "Car Wash" to help promote "RINGSIDE: An Evening with Jim Ross."

Maya Moore was dancing, screaming, and kissed by her teammates. Smile appeared on her face.

SYDNEY He's already been declared a future NBA All-Star, now Australian basketball prodigy Dante Exum has been likened to the greatest player of all time - Michael Jordan.

Beijing Ducks had a hard-earned 90-87 home victory over the eight-time champions Guangdong Hongyuan in the first match of Chinese Basketball Association league semifinals on Tuesday.

One of the nation's top high-school basketball teams - Curie of Chicago - had to forfeit its 24-1 season and city league title when seven players were discovered to be ineligible.