Anthony Davis

Erik Etherly will not listen to anyone who says Loyola's schedule was easy last year — unless those critics also went up against Ohio State's Jared Sullinger and Kentucky's Anthony Davis. While Davis (who went No. 1 to the Charlotte Bobcats) and...

LAS VEGAS — Buried in a ballroom amid the opulence of a high-rise casino hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, the 12 members of the U.S. Olympic basketball team were unveiled Saturday. They hope to hit the jackpot in London next month. Nine players...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Anthony Davis was seated on the court, the best players in the world towering above him. The NBA rookie had just been fouled while making a 3-pointer, falling backward toward the U.S. bench, looking up to see the likes of LeBron...

Ed Isaacson of NBAdraftblog.com spends all season evaluating players who will be picked in the NBA draft and now he’s already getting set to start watching those players just drafted as well as others in summer league play. Isaacson says his site...

It’s no question John Calipari has put his stamp on the University of Kentucky basketball program since he arrived in Lexington on April Fool’s Day in 2009. Always known as a master recruiter at the University of Massachusetts and later at the...

If college basketball analyst Jay Bilas is right, Kentucky is not going to match the record five first-round picks it had in the 2010 NBA draft. Kentucky coach John Calipari is hoping to have six players selected in the first round Thursday night, with...

By LARRY VAUGHT larry@amnews.com Archie Goodwin was a highly recruited player who could have had his pick of almost any school in the country. However, even if Kentucky fans didn’t know it, Goodwin never really considered signing with anyone else....

Six Kentucky players participated in last week’s NBA draft combine in Chicago in preparation for the draft later this month, but Ed Isaacson of www.NBADraftBlog.com has been evaluating the Wildcats’ NBA prospects for months. Isaacson predicted...

There’s no question the Kentucky basketball team will have a different look next season, with six players lost to graduation or the NBA and five newcomers entering the program. But it remains to be seen whether those newcomers will jell as well as...

Hornets head coach Monty Williams won't confirm what the basketball world knows: that New Orleans will draft Anthony Davis with the first pick in this month's NBA draft. Williams spoke with WGNO Sports, days after he visited with Davis at the NBA pre-...

It’s always a little humbling to attend the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) awards ceremony in Salisbury, N.C., and see all the talented folks from across the country who win awards. However, this year’s three-day...

The Hornets will work out national player of the year Anthony Davis of Kentucky Tuesday morning. On Monday, they worked out two who could pair with Davis: Baylor's Perry Jones and Ohio State's Jared Sullinger. Jones or Sullinger could be available when...