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- Kobe Bryant, longtime soccer fan, makes first trip to Africa to see World Cup
- Person with knowledge of decision says Thorn stepping down as Nets’ president-general manager
- After 20 years, Tom Thibodeau finally gets his chance to run NBA team and it comes with Bulls
- Going for 3?: Lakers wait to learn Phil Jackson’s future plans after 2nd NBA title
- Lakers to pay $2 million tab for victory celebration parade in Los Angeles
- Potential coaching changes and player moves await as NBA offseason opens
- Kerr won’t return as Phoenix Suns general manager
- ABC wins in Nielsen ratings behind classic Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals series
- An optimistic Avery Johnson takes over as New Jersey Nets coach
- Sponsorship deals with foreign leagues, athletes key to branding for Chinese sports companies
- Stalled Spartan: Tom Izzo, Cavaliers continue courtship without any decision
- Getting tough: NCAA’s harsher penalties could become new norm for rule-breakers
- USC gets 2-year bowl ban, loses scholarships, must vacate wins in NCAA ruling
- Nets confirm agreement in principle with Avery Johnson to be coach
- Study: NBA leads professional leagues again for combined race, gender grades
- Kroenke wants to keep NBA, NHL teams in family if he gets control of NFL’s Rams
- In high-definition TV land, pro basketball and hockey championships show strong ratings
- Cavaliers owner says team will not consult with LeBron James in coaching search
- Sale of Washington Wizards to Ted Leonsis gets approval from NBA Board of Governors
- Person familiar with negotiations: Hornets talking with Williams about coaching job
- Danny Ferry resigns as general manager of Cleveland Cavaliers after 5 seasons
- When free agency opens in July, will max-level players settle for less than max contracts?
- AP Interview: Wade has no wish list yet for free agency, repeats his hope to stay in Miami
- Sid the Kid’s golden shot, nail-biting playoffs enticing fans to give NHL another look
- After tumultuous departure from USC, Tim Floyd makes return to college hoops at Texas-El Paso
- Uncertain NBA labor situation leads to record number of early entries into draft
- No need to worry about Super Bowl weather, but NFL wins with vote anyway
- Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue says Big East won’t wait for Big Ten to make moves
- NFL owners to pick site of 2014 Super Bowl; using new OT rule in regular season also on agenda
- Brown Out: Cavaliers fire coach Mike Brown; team begins search with eye on keeping LeBron
- 76ers hire Doug Collins, returning coaching veteran to team that selected him No. 1 in draft
- Leonsis: NHL in better shape than NBA, says NHL cap ‘protects owners from taking stupid pills’
- Russian billionaire and new Nets owner may soon become a force in the NBA
- New Nets owner Prokhorov says GM Vandeweghe won’t be back
- How companies can secure brand loyalty
- Wizards win NBA’s draft lottery, earn No. 1 pick in draft
- NBA commissioner says he’ll wait out free agency excitement in his office
- Prokhorov will have a front-row seat as Nets try to win NBA’s draft lottery
- Wade in court: Opening statements given in case of Heat star against former business partners
- LeGone? Cavaliers playoff collapse sends LeBron James into free agency looking to win
- NBA board of governors approves sale of New Jersey Nets to Russian billionaire Prokhorov
- Some former pro athletes are finding a second career in politics
- Done with pro sports, some ex-athletes look to political office
- A rare chance for owners and players to make a statement _ and make money
- Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein donates $5M to support the National Book Festival
- Hornets begin coaching interviews with Avery Johnson and Dwane Casey
- Suns to wear ‘Los Suns’ jerseys for Game 2, owner criticizes new Arizona immigration law
- Orlando Magic’s new arena lands 2012 NBA All-Star Game, weeklong festivities
- 2 people familiar with decision tell AP: Magic’s new arena to host 2012 NBA All-Star game
- Person familiar with the negotiations: Shinn agrees to sale Hornets to Chouest
- Former 76ers player Doug Collins ‘intrigued’ by possibility of returning to coach team
- Major League Baseball players’ union opposes new Arizona immigration law
- Madhya Pradesh dam project: PM asked to revoke ban
- Pollin’s family says it reached agreement with Leonsis on ‘major economic terms’ for Wiz sale
- Former longtime Warriors owner Franklin Mieuli dies at 89; teams included 1975 NBA champs
- Magic coach Stan Van Gundy vows to lay off officials; David Stern responds with a smile
- NCAA to expand men’s tournament from 65 to 68 teams, reaches $10.8B TV deal with CBS, Turner
- Last resident on NYC site of NBA Nets arena project agrees to leave, sell condo for $3 million
- W.Va. 4-star Greenbrier resort look to June opening of full-scale underground casino
- Stern says NBA now projecting salary cap to be about $56.1 million, higher than expected
- Larry Brown having fun, insists Charlotte is last coaching stop in nomadic career
- Strong sales boost Nike’s third-quarter profit from a year earlier
- McGrady scores 26 points in Knicks debut, but Durant has 36 in Thunder’s 8th straight win
- Major League Baseball bans guns, long knives and explosives from clubhouses
- Cavs’ Ferry, Gilbert hope they’ve done enough to keep LeBron beyond this season
- McGrady joins Knicks, says he is healthy and hopes to be part of the team’s turnaround.
- Nets reach deal to play at Newark arena until new Brooklyn home is built
- NHL commissioner: League not close to decision about participating in 2014 Sochi Olympics
- Person tells AP Knicks get McGrady from Rockets; Houston gets Kings G Martin in 3-team swap
- List of top 15 cable programs in the Nielsen ratings for Feb. 8-14
- Detroit Pistons president, CEO Tom Wilson resigns, says he leaves team ‘in very good hands’
- Record crowd of 108,713 at Cowboys Stadium sees East beat West 141-139 in All-Star game
- Not only bigger in Texas, the biggest: NBA All-Star game sets attendance record for basketball
- Believing the league owes them, Russian stars want NHL shutdown for Sochi Olympics _ or else
- NBA commissioner: Bobcats sale likely within 60 days; Jordan buying ‘would be a good thing’
- Mavericks complete 7-player deal that sends Josh Howard to Wizards for Butler
- Stern says NBA projects $400 million in league-wide losses this season
- Nuggets extend coach Karl’s contract through 2011, financial terms undisclosed
- Union executive director Hunter says NBA tears up proposal after ‘contentious’ meeting
- Detroit Pistons owner: ‘The options are being explored’ for selling NBA franchise
- Injured NBA star Yao Ming enjoying role as owner of Chinese team where it all began
- LeBron James has another big night in Cavaliers’ fourth straight victory over Warriors
- NBA suspends Arenas indefinitely without pay; David Stern says he’s ‘not fit to take the court’
- Arenas indefinitely suspended without pay by NBA; Stern warns of ’substantial suspension’
- ‘Morality clauses’ in contracts enable companies to drop Woods, others; started with Hollywood
- Washington Wizards’ Abe Pollin, NBA’s longest-tenured owner, dies at 85
- Senator urges Adidas not to move NBA uniform production to Thailand factory
- Clippers broadcasters suspended 1 game for remarks about Iranian Haddadi
- Union director Billy Hunter plans to meet soon with Stern, says salaries are dropping
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