UCLA's star big men had a massive impact on the history of the AP Top 25 men's basketball poll
UCLA's star big men during a run of seven straight NCAA championships had a massive impact on the history of The Associated Press men's college basketball poll.
Sculpture commemorating historic 1967 Cleveland summit with Ali, Jim Brown, other athletes unveiled
A sculpture commemorating the famous 1967 meeting of Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and other athletes โ now known as the Ali Summit โ has been unveiled on the site of the original gathering.
Nuggets' Christian Braun seeking NBA title a year after winning NCAA championship
Denver rookie Christian Braun is in rarified air with the Nuggets two wins shy of winning the first NBA championship in franchise history.
New this week: 'Your Place or Mine' and 'All That Breathes'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include an album from Paramore that shows off the band's funkier side, the Academy Award-nominated documentary โAll That Breathesโ about Indian brothers who heal birds of prey, and two rom-coms just in time for Valentine's Day โ โYour Place or Mineโ on Netflix and โSomebody I Used to Knowโ on Amazon Prime Video.
Ime's way: Celtics' Finals run a product of coach's vision
The Celticsโ transition from a team that has gone from just outside the top tier of the Eastern Conference to one that's four wins way from the franchiseโs 18th NBA championship began the moment Ime Udoka took the microphone at his introductory news conference.
Celebrating 75: Cleveland again welcomes back NBA's greats
The NBA is honoring its 75th anniversary team during the All-Star Game, but the league wonโt be able to duplicate the magic from 25 years ago in its return to Cleveland.
'It's an honor': The Hall of Fame's class of 2020 enshrined
Kobe Bryant is in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame now, along with contemporaries Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, headliners of a group of nine who got their delayed and long-awaited enshrinement on Saturday night, more than a year after being announced as the Hallโs Class of 2020.
The Latest: NHL postpones Avalanche games due to COVID-19
The Avalanche currently have two players on the leagueโs COVID-19 list: captain Gabriel Landeskog and forward Tyson Jost. AdThe Wolverinesโ 13th-ranked womenโs basketball team and highly competitive hockey squad also were cleared to enter their facilities. Michiganโs menโs basketball team is scheduled to play Feb. 11 at home against No. ___Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog, Buffalo defenseman Jake McCabe and Minnesota forward Nico Sturm were added to NHL COVID-19 protocol list. ___West Virginia is boosting home attendance to 2,800, or 20% of capacity, for the menโs basketball game Feb. 13 between the 17th-ranked Mountaineers and No.
From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports
FILE - In this Nov. 14, 1993, file photo, Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula is carried on his team's shoulders after his 325th victory, against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Not long after came a seismic jolt, the helicopter crash of Kobe Bryant in the fog-shrouded California hills that reverberated across sports and across continents. Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell. The losses, of course, came against a backdrop of a pandemic, its number of fatalities rolled out daily on TV screens. Kurt Thomas in 1978 became the first U.S. male gymnast to win a world title but lost an Olympic shot in 1980 because of the boycott.
Boston Celtics Hall of Famer K.C. Jones dies at 88
FILE - In this Jan. 15, 1988, file photo, former Boston Celtics teammates Bill Russell, Sacramento Kings coach, left, and K.C. Jones, Celtics coach, meet before the start of the Kings-Celtics NBA basketball game at the Boston Garden in Boston. Only Russell and fellow Celtics teammate Sam Jones won more NBA championships as players. Jones went, winning was sure to follow,โ the Celtics said in a statement before their Christmas Day game against the Brooklyn Nets. Jones reunited with Russell in Boston to win eight straight NBA titles from 1959-66.
Comforts of NBA bubble not lost on Lakers' Danny Green
Thatโs just fine with Los Angeles Lakers guard Danny Green. Sunday would be his 257th career postseason appearance, two shy of matching Derek Fisher for the most in NBA history. He entered Game 3 of the NBA Finals seven free-throw attempts shy of matching Shaquille OโNeal (2,317) for another postseason record. Itโs the 20th NBA Finals game for Foster, the 10th for Brothers and the first for Fraher. Itโll be the eighth finals game for Zarba, the fifth for Goble and the first for Brown.
Dad Discovers Bodies of Teen and Infant Who Cops Suspect Were Killed by Mom
Bill Russell told reporters. The father, who Russell said was distraught, was never detained and gave a voluntary statement to police. He told police last saw his two children alive when he left for work that morning, Russell said. Russell would not specify how the children died, only noting that carbon monoxide poisoning had been ruled out. He said the mother was dealing with depression but would not say if she was being treated for her condition.