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Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro said “yes” in a text message when asked if he and the team had parted ways on Tuesday. In his typical deliberate fashion, Clippers owner Donald Sterling waited until almost three weeks after the season was over...

    As Derrick Rose continually dominated the Miami Heat's ball boys during pregame warmups at AmericanAirlines Arena, it became increasingly clear that the Chicago Bulls were largely playing for the future these past two weeks.     Without Rose, as...

Following is a rundown of how former Notre Dame men's basketball players fared professionally during their respective 2012-13 seasons. Players are listed alphabetically with the years they played for Notre Dame in parentheses. Tim Abromaitis (2008-12)...

OAKLAND — Klay Thompson had just outdone himself and nearly everyone else in recent NBA playoffs. The shooting guard scored 29 points for the Golden State Warriors in the first half of a Western Conference semifinal game against San Antonio...

Colleges Terps' Schwarzmann, Aust, Cummings receive year-end honors Synapse Sports honored three Maryland women's lacrosse players with annual awards: Katie Schwarzmann (Century) is Midfielder of the Year, Alex Aust is Attacker of the Year and...

How did LeBron James go from beloved to hated to beloved again? Because story matters. The story of LeBron — why even pretend to refer to him as "James" in a newspaper? — began while he was still in high school, when Sports Illustrated...

     Yes, it is time for the yearly one-word rant now that the NBA has bestowed all of its annual individual awards: Why?     Actually, more to the point, the issue should be: When?     As much as anything, it is the Coach of the Year balloting, or,...

New Rutgers basketball Coach Eddie Jordan was brought in to lead the university out of the embarrassment of the Mike Rice scandal, but controversy continues after the school’s athletic department’s website inaccurately declared Jordan had...

And now comes the fun part. The Miami Heat split the first two games of the series in their building against an injury-depleted Chicago Bulls team. The degree of difficulty increases just a tad for the next two. The Heat must defeat the Bulls on their...

The Lakers hit a playoff dead end in Week 26, trying to beat the San Antonio Spurs with a decimated skeleton crew. TNT and NBA TV analysts Steve Kerr, Kenny Smith and Dennis Scott all agreed that the Lakers had no real chance against San Antonio....

Baltimore Sun reporter Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. Will Alex Len’s injury impact his draft status? Don Markus: Len, who will be out four to six months after...

George Karl was recognized Wednesday for leading the Denver Nuggets to their most successful regular season in franchise history with the NBA Coach of the Year award. He received 62 first-place votes and 404 points in balloting by 121 sportswriters and...