Andrew Wiggins of Kansas was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on Thursday night. Duke’s Jabari Parker went second to the Milwaukee Bucks, followed by Kansas center Joel Embiid to the Philadelphia 76ers, Arizona forward Aaron Gordon to Orlando and Dante Exum of Australia to the Utah Jazz.
Basketball
The NBA canceled a hearing to oust Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling, instead moving forward to vote on a record-breaking deal negotiated by his wife to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for $2 billion.
Donald Sterling couldn’t leave well enough alone. Apologies that just don’t work ought to have a Hall of Fame, and Sterling would have company: Lance Armstrong, Paula Deen, Rob Ford and Ted Nugent among others.
NBA Hall of Famer Magic Johnson says Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has badly outdated views about minorities and is shockingly ignorant about HIV and AIDS for such a prominent public figure.
Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling said he was set up to make racist comments in a taped recording that led the National Basketball Association to ban him for life from the sport, CNN reported on Monday.
Less than a week after dumping their team warmup jerseys at center court in a pregame gesture of defiance against Donald Sterling, the Los Angeles Clippers earned a cathartic 126-121 win over the Golden State Warriors and a second-round date with the Oklahoma City Thunder, starting Monday night.
V. Stiviano says Donald Sterling’s racist comments on an audio recording leaked to the public were not the first by the Los Angeles Clippers owner in conversations with her.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. Commissioner Adam Silver will try to force Sterling to sell his franchise. Sterling has also been fined $2.5 million.
Advertisers are backing away from the Los Angeles Clippers after racist comments attributed to the NBA team’s owner.
South Florida is looking for a new head basketball coach again after the school rescinded its offer to Manhattan’s Steve Masiello late Tuesday night.
Former SMU and NBA basketball player Quinton Ross had to ease the fears of friends and family members after he was erroneously reported dead.
Even the Duke haters have to admit Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski showed class when he stopped by the Mercer locker room to congratulate the Bears on their victory.
Warren Buffett looks at his offer to pay $1 billion to anyone who fills out a perfect NCAA tournament bracket as nothing more than a matter of having the numbers in his favor. Mathematicians say he’s right.
A UC Santa Barbara basketball fan ran on the court and confronted Hawaii coach Gib Arnold during the Gauchos’ 86-77 victory over the Rainbow Warriors on Thursday night.
After his game against the Denver Nuggest Thursday Jason Collins, the first openly gay athlete in America’s four major sports, met with the parents of Matthew Shepard, who was tortured and murdered in 1998 because he was gay.
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