Olympic Basketball News

Given that the first two games in the Bulls' Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Wizards produced few positive lasting memories, it's time to visit the archives before the series shifts to Washington for Friday's Game 3. Thursday marked the nine-year anniversary of Andres Nocioni's hyperactive 25-point, 18-rebound effort in the Scott ... (more)

Right now it's April going on May, so the early rounds of hockey and basketball playoffs are in process.

During his Hall of Fame NBA career, Shaquille O'Neal went by a plethora of nicknames - the Big Aristotle, the Big Shaqtus and the Big Shamrock among them.

View from the Cheap Seats is kind of an extension of the newsroom. Whenever our three regular reporters, Calvin Daniels, Thom Barker and Randy Brenzen are in the building together, it is frequently a site of heated debate.

Flip Saunders talks to "Mike & Mike" about the rumors that he might return to the Timberwolves' bench after the retirement of Rick Adelman.

Before the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver Broncos for the franchise's first Super Bowl title in February, the NFL's last three champions had won 10 or fewer games in the preceding regular season.

Paul George scored a game-high 27 points and the top-seeded Indiana Pacers recovered from their first game loss to tie their first-round play-off series against Atlanta at 1-1.

Myles Chefetz does a tasting in the kitchen at Prime Fish with chef Todd Zimmer, April 14, 2014.

The 2014 USA Basketball Men's National Team will hold its training camp July 28-31 at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Mendenhall Center in preparation for the upcoming FIBA World Cup tournament in Spain later this summer.

THUNDERSTRUCK: Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant reacts after a dunk late in the fourth quarter of Game 2 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies in Oklahoma City, Monday, April 21. Memphis won 111-105 in overtime.

Kate and Wills arrive in the heart of Australia: Royal couple receive traditional Aboriginal welcome as they arrive at Ayers Rock Town duped by mom who wrote blog about chemotherapy and raised more than $20,000 in donations for herself 'by FAKING cancer' - and even 'conned' her own mother and husband Will the agony ever end for MH370 families? Now ... (more)

Jamie Benn #14 of the Dallas Stars celebrates as Hampus Lindholm #47 of the Anaheim Ducks, Francois Beauchemin #23 of the Anaheim Ducks, and Frederik Andersen #31 of the Anaheim Ducks react Benn scored against the Anaheim Ducks in the first period in Game Three of the First Round of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at at American Airlines Center ... (more)

It's a tense moment on the court and Tim Duncan is focused, watching one opponent out of the corner of his eye as he sizes up another.

San Antonio Spurs' Manu Ginobili , of Argentina shoots over Dallas Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki , of Germany, during the first quarter of Game 1 of the opening-round NBA basketball playoff series on Sunday, April 20, 2014, in San Antonio.

Lakers vs. FC Barcelona The Los Angeles Lakers face off with Pau Gasol's former team and European Champions FC Barcelona on October 7, 2010.

Charlotte Bobcats' Al Jefferson, left, drives past Miami Heat's Shane Battier, right, to dunk during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014.

Never mind what happens in the regular season: the playoffs are a completely new ball game.

The 2014 USA Basketball Men's National Team will hold its training camp July 28-31 at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas' Mendenhall Center in preparation for the upcoming FIBA World Cup tournament in Spain later this summer.

Seattle-bound: Jenna O'Hea will concentrate on her career in the US with the Storm this year.

Marc Gasol definitely got the better of that matchup during the playoffs last season.