Mikhail Prokhorov

The Brooklyn Nets have fired Coach Avery Johnson, the team announced Thursday. After an 11-4 start through October and November, the Nets have struggled in December, winning only three of their last 13 games. "The Nets ownership would like to...

Looking ahead NEW YORK AT BROOKLYN: Monday, 4 p.m. PST, TNT This battle of boroughs finally comes with some bragging rights, and a say in who rules the Atlantic Division. The Knicks will play their first game at the $1-billion Barclays Center in...

Well, it's obvious to see what the Magic have accomplished so far: They've taken any suspense out of their participation in the NBA draft lottery … by winning. Winning way too much already. Wait. What? That's right. Forget about getting a...

South Carolina Coach Steve Spurrier recently got criticized for comments made on a radio show, but one of the great things about Spurrier is that he could not care less if you or I disagree with him. And in this case, despite what you think, he's right....

NEWARK, N.J. - For the past 45 years, Herb Turetzky has had the best seat in the house to watch the Nets play basketball. It was front row, center court. between the benches, every night. Turetzky, the team's official scorer, has seen the Nets'...

Dwight Howard can become a free agent after this season, meaning the Orlando Magic have until then to trade their star center or risk losing him and getting nothing in return. Writers discuss where Dwight Howard might end up....

Mikhail Prokhorov, the billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets, said Monday that he will run for president of Russia against Vladimir Putin. Elections will be held in March. Prokhorov said he is running because "society is waking up…. Those......

Moscow authorities reject plan for opposition rally. Anti-Putin protest told to move....

Russia's Central Election Commission invalidated a substantial number of the 2 million petition signatures presented by presidential candidate Grigory Yavlinsky, virtually ensuring that the founder of the liberal Yabloko party will be barred from...

Moscow’s Garden Ring street, a 10-mile circle around large portions of the city’s historic center including the Kremlin, turned white on a frosty Sunday afternoon - not with snow but with white ribbons, stickers, balloons, posters and...

Mikhail Prokhorov is one of the richest men in Russia. He owns the New Jersey Nets. He's running for president. And he raps. Prokhorov dropped a few rhymes on a Russian talk show called Projector Paris Hilton a few weeks ago. "I am a real Russian Eminem,"...

In Russia, Vladimir Putin is widely expected to win his third presidential term in March, partly because there are no strong opponents on the ballot....