Basketball

NEW YORK — The results of tonight’s NBA Draft Lottery and the NBA Draft on June 27 of course will produce massive financial implications for the players involved and slightly less significant financial implications for the teams involved....

TORONTO (AP) — Bryan Colangelo is still president of the Toronto Raptors, but he's no longer the club's general manager. The Raptors announced Tuesday that while Colangelo's contract as team president is being extended, a new general manager will...

PONTE VEDRA – Judging from the reaction of many of the coaches in attendance at the American Athletic Conference spring meetings this week at Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, league officials hit one out of the park when it came to the conference’s new...

   Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel stressed Monday that he meant no disrespect to the Miami Heat in his postgame comments Saturday night and took to South Florida radio to clear the air.    In the wake of the Pacers eliminating the New York Knicks in...

Sacred Heart men's basketball coach Dave Bike, one of the state's treasured sports figures, has decided to retire after 35 years and will not return for the 2013-14 season, according four sources familiar with the process. Anthony Latina, a Hartford...

Recent Holy Cross graduate Yama Kader is days away from finally laying eyes on the country he’ll be representing on the basketball court. Kader, who was born in California to Afghan immigrants, is a guard on the Afghan National team, which is...

Following is a rundown of how former Notre Dame men's basketball players fared professionally during their respective 2012-13 seasons. Players are listed alphabetically with the years they played for Notre Dame in parentheses. Tim Abromaitis (2008-12)...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana spent the entire season perfecting its defense. On Saturday, it produced the biggest payoff for the Pacers in nearly a decade. Roy Hibbert's block of Carmelo Anthony's dunk attempt midway through the fourth quarter...

UCLA and Steve Alford. A basketball program of unmatched pedigree led by a former prodigy who became a national champion and Olympic gold medalist before making a steady climb up the coaching ladder. On paper, a harmonic convergence. ----------------...

In the early stages of his journey toward the NBA, former Michigan point guard Trey Burke picked a guide who has been there his entire life. In one of the most unconventional pre-NBA draft moves, Burke selected his father Benji to serve as his agent....

Q: The Pacers will be a tough opponent and the Heat need to do better on the boards than they did against the Pacers in the regular season. Can you see a possible Chris Bosh/Chris Anderson tandem at times if rebounding becomes an issue? -- Martin. A:...

A golf day with Alexi Giannoulias does not begin at the driving range or Sportmart. If you're going to make him suffer on the links, he will burn you on the hardwood. His preferred round ball has no dimples. Bill Murray's Caddyshack character yelled,...