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Jazz down 2-0 to Lakers as series comes to Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Jazz The Los Angeles Lakers The Jazz had hoped to come out of Los Angeles The offensive blunders have created easy baskets for Los Angeles, which pulled away to big leads and held off Utah's pushes at the end of both games.

LeBron's fans wait for 23-cent pizzas (AP)
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP)Wearing a blue Lebron James Witness T-shirt, Patrick Mone was willing to wait as long as necessary to get a 23-cent pizza in a promotion aimed at apologizing to Cleveland Cavaliers fans for a slam against their beloved

Nets promote Vandeweghe to GM (AP)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP)Kiki Vandeweghe became the general manager Thursday, less than six months after being hired as a special assistant to team president Rod Thorn. Vandeweghe replaces Ed Stefanski, who left in midseason to become the general

Softball team takes SEC opener
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Nash expects D'Antoni to stay with Suns (AP)
PHOENIX (AP)Despite rampant speculation that Mike DAntoni is headed to Chicago or New York, Phoenix point guard Steve Nash expects his coach to be back on the Suns bench next season. Beyond that, the two-time NBA MVP had little to say about the Suns

Comcast Sportsnet To Broadcast Five Washington Mystics Games This Season
Bethesda, MD - Comcast SportsNet, the leader in local sports television, announced today it will broadcast five Washington Mystics games this season, including four games in high definition on Comcast SportsNet HDTV. The games will all be featured during

Sun Waive Foley, Gahan And Quaye
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - The Connecticut Sun announced Wednesday that Jessica Foley, Tracy Gahan and Christina Quaye have been waived.Gahan and Foley are 6-foot-0 guards who starred for the Adelaide Lightning during the 2007-08 WNBL season, helping the team

Fever Waive George and Lawless
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Fever has waived a pair of former Purdue Boilermakers - guard Cherelle George and forward Erin Lawless. The Fever training camp roster remains at 16 players heading into Saturday's preseason finale at Seattle. Four Fever stars

WNBA Hosts Community Events Across The Country As Part Of WNBA Cares Week
NEW YORK - In celebration of the WNBA's 12th season, the league and teams will give back to their communities with special events throughout the country. During the week of May 11, teams will be active in their local markets, engaging with fans by

Two-Time All-Star Seimone Augustus Set To Join Lynx Training Camp On Friday, May 9
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL - The leading scorer for Minnesota Lynx in each of her first two seasons in the WNBA, guard Seimone Augustus will return to the Lynx on Friday, May 9, after finishing her season in the Russian Superleague with Dynamo Moscow.To make

Storm Launches Green Initiative
- The Seattle Storm announced today the launch of Go Green, a year-round effort to green the team's operations and inspire its fans to make environmentally-friendly choices in their own lives. The Storm is the first WNBA team to make a commitment to

Hall of Fame coach Marianne Stanley Returns To Sparks As Assistant Coach
LOS ANGELES - Hall of Fame coach Marianne Stanley will rejoin the Los Angeles Sparks as an assistant coach, the team announced. Stanley previously was an assistant under head coach Michael Cooper in 2000. Laura Beeman is the team's other assistant coach.

Jazz down 2-0 to Lakers as series comes to Utah
SALT LAKE CITY The Utah Jazz are hoping home court really is an advantage. Right now, they'll take any edge they can get. The Los Angeles Lakers lead the Jazz 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals and are coming to Utah with thoughts of a second

Nash really likes Mike, expects Suns coach to stay
2:56 PM ET PHOENIX -- Despite rampant speculation that Mike D'Antoni is headed to Chicago or New York, Phoenix point guard Steve Nash expects his coach to be back on the Suns' bench next season. Beyond that, the two-time NBA MVP had little to say about

Ask Sam Smith: Hornets-Spurs could indicate of shift in power in West (SportingNews.com)
Veteran NBA writer Sam Smith, a frequent contributor to SportingNews.com, answers e-mails about the playoffs, coaching carousel and shifting balance of power in the league. Sam: Whats your take on the San Antonio Spurs-New Orleans Hornets series? Steven

Lakers expect a hostile crowd tonight
SALT LAKE CITY -- The stage is set here tonight -- either for the Lakers to take a commanding 3-0 lead over the Jazz or Utah to once again turn this into a competitive series. The Lakers are expecting a fervent Utah crowd here, where the Jazz went a

Hoosiers dealing with NCAA violations, academic troubles, player dismissals.
INDIANAPOLIS - Tom Crean is getting ready for a restart at Indiana. After a bumpy first month as the Hoosiers coach, Crean spent Thursday riding around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval with three-time winner Johnny Rutherford, hoping the changes at

Crean guiding Indiana through it's tough time
INDIANAPOLIS - Tom Crean is getting ready for a restart at Indiana. After a bumpy first month as the Hoosiers coach, Crean spent Thursday riding around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval with three-time winner Johnny Rutherford, hoping the changes at

PSU's Timmons gets probation program
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) Penn State cornerback Knowledge Timmons must serve a year in a probation program for first-time offenders after being charged with two misdemeanors. Timmons was charged with disorderly conduct and defiant trespass after an Oct. 7

Basketball: Giants star heads to Oz
Nelson's Chris Daniel will play for the Singapore Slingers in the coming Australian National Basketball League season. The 1.97m 23-year-old is due to join his new team in July, after the Nelson Giants' campaign in the NZNBL. Daniel, who spent last

Buzz Briefs: Mary J. Blige, Foxy Brown
Mary J. Blige Starts Women's Foundation The queen of hip-hop soul is establishing a foundation to help women develop careers and gain self-confidence. Mary J. Blige, whose current album is 'Growing Pains,' and Steve Stoute, who founded a youth-oriented

Around the Association presented by T-Mobile: May 8
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Lakers' Derek Fisher Continues His Journey
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D'Antoni's Future as Suns Coach May Be Decided Today
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Lewis, Howard lead Magic revival, Lakers beat Jazz
Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant (24) drives past the Utah Jazz's Ronnie Brewer during the first quarter of Game 2 of their NBA Western Conference semi-final basketball series in Los Angeles, California, on WednesdayNEW YORK: The Orlando Magic thrashed

Knicks set for D'Antoni bid?
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Bryant Unanimous Pick for All-NBA Team
Kobe Bryant added another honor Thursday to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team. The Lakers star was voted to the first team for the third straight season and sixth time in his career. He led Los Angeles to

Jazz down 2-0 to Lakers as series comes to Utah
SALT LAKE CITYThe Utah Jazz are hoping home court really is an advantage. Right now, they'll take any edge they can get. The Los Angeles Lakers lead the Jazz 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals and are coming to Utah with thoughts of a second

The Betfair Contrarian: Why the LA Lakers won't win the NBA Finals
Home > Sports > US Sports > Basketball > Betting on the Lakers to land the NBA? Think again, says the Betfair Contrarian The LA Lakers have always fancied themselves as a cut above, with their celebrity hangers on, their golden costumes and

Victoria's Steve Nash expects coach D'Antoni to stay despite speculation
Beyond that, the two-time NBA MVP had little to say about the Suns' ongoing coaching saga during a charity appearance Friday. 'This is the last thing I'm going to say about our coaching situation: Mike's my coach,' said the Victoria native. 'So I expect