K.C. Jones

MIAMI - For Dirk Nowitzki, the resume is complete. He's an NBA champion. For LeBron James, the agonizing wait continues for at least one more year. A season that began with Miami celebrating the signings of James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh - along...

As I wrote in Saturday's editions of The Times, there will be a one-on-one basketball tournament on Alcatraz Island Saturday night, featuring 64 players from the U.S. and abroad playing for $10,000. The island is known for its retired prison,......

What have you done with the real Sam Smith? The Sam Smith I know certainly didn't write suggesting the Bulls actually wait and not pull the trigger on a Kobe Bryant deal. The burner's hot. Kobe's in his prime NOW. The East is infinitely winnable NOW....

The telephone message emanating these days from the offices of the Boston Celtics identifies the franchise as having won 16 NBA championships. What it doesn't mention is this: It has been 20 years since the last one. On June 8, 1986, the Celtics closed...

They sit like a pale, forgotten exhibit in a museum, an extinct species from another time: The 1953 New York Yankees, the 1953 Detroit Lions, the 1958 St. Louis Hawks, the 1959 University of California basketball team and the 1969 University of Texas...