Willis Reed

Palm Beach County’s two teams at this week’s boys basketball final four in Lakeland both have an injury concern to one of their top players, but both players should play in their team’s state semifinal Tuesday. Grandview Prep guard...

What do you get someone who, with six NBA championships, five most valuable player awards, 14 All-Star selections, 10 scoring titles and multiple millions of dollars, seemingly has it all? Well, in the case of Michael Jordan's 50th birthday, memories...

BOSTON -- So Mike D'Antoni, Kobe Bryant and everyone else wanted Dwight Howard to rush back. For this? Talk about a pain in the shoulder. The Lakers were trailing by 26 after three quarters to the hated Celtics, officially designating this as an...

When you have worked in journalism for more than 30 years and have lived a lifetime of sports like I have, you make a lot of mistakes, say a lot of stuff you shouldn’t have said and make a lot of stupid predictions.  As my Christmas present to all...

Both UConn and Louisville had to replace their starting quarterbacks due to injury. However, the Cardinals got their outstanding sophomore, Teddy Bridgewater, back in the second half, and his six-yard touchdown pass to Devante Parker with 21 seconds left...

Sounds counterintuitive: The NBA creating a rule to speed up the game of basketball. The league has had to crack down on loitering -- late starting times caused by players who are performing their choreographed rituals and routines with teammates...

As I walked across the empty court of Bankers Life Fieldhouse, just an hour after the Fever had raised the WNBA Championship trophy into the air, I reached down to the ground for a piece of memorabilia. Covered across the hardwood floor, having fallen...

When life as a Notre Dame men's basketball player became too cluttered and confused to the point where it seemed the four walls of his single dorm room were closing in, Stan Wilcox always knew where to turn. Wilcox would visit a teammate who also lived...

LEROY ELLIS Ex-Laker backed up Wilt Chamberlin on 1971-72 title team LeRoy Ellis, 72, a first-round draft pick of the Lakers in 1962 who was the backup center to Wilt Chamberlin on the 1971-72 NBA championship team, died Saturday in Portland, Ore.,...

It was a strange scenario. The main figure with all the cameras from across the country facing him just three feet away, the one with the Super Bowl trophy patch on the right shoulder of his jersey, didn't seem to own the room like a person in this...

University of Kansas basketball legend Cylde Lovellette will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame it was announced Tuesday. Lovellette, who played for the Jayhawks from 1950-52, was a three-time All-American for KU and was a...

Dwight Howard exudes vitality. He brings thousands of fans to their feet when he slams home rim-rattling dunks or swats shots into the stands. His smile lights up arenas as large as Amway Center. And he possesses enough star power to guest not once but...