As a follow-up to the 50 Greatest Coaches list published this week, The Sporting News' team of bloggers put together some nominees for a companion list of the worst coaches ... Read More

The Sporting News assembled a panel of hall of famers, championship coaches and experts and gave them a simple task: name the greatest coach ever. UCLA legend John Wooden -- he ... Read More

Portland finally found someone to take their money, signing free-agent point guard Andre Miller to a three-year, $21 million contract. The veteran Miller wasn't the Blazers' first choice -- not by ... Read More

Contests between James Madison University and Marist don't usually have national ramifications... but this one is being played out in a very different kind of court. When Marist coach Matt Brady ... Read More

Rick Majerus, coach of St. Louis University, is one of several coaches recruiting Anthony DiLoreto. As Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com reports, "Saint Louis has offered," DiLoreto told me after he ... Read More

Ed O'Bannon last played for UCLA in 1995, as part of the Bruins' national championship team. Since then, his likeness has been used in promotions, video games, DVD releases and ... Read More

Some of the top young players in the NBA will assemble in Las Vegas this week for USA Basketball's National Team mini-camp. The camp schedule includes two days of practices on ... Read More

Jordan Crawford's dunk over LeBron James during a pickup game at James' camp in Akron shouldn't have become a big story. The tape would have aired on SportsCenter a couple ... Read More

For weeks, the Jordan Crawford/LeBron James dunk video was basketball's holy grail -- much discussion, many opinions, but no one had actually seen it. Until today. As we reported earlier today, TMZ.com ... Read More

The sports blogosphere's long-standing love affair with ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews took a decidedly creepy -- and illegal -- turn last week, when a video of Andrews in various ... Read More

USA Basketball made it official yesterday, formally announcing that the coaching staff of Team USA will return intact for the World Championships in 2010 and the 2010 Olympic Games in ... Read More

Xavier guard Jordan Crawford's dunk over LeBron James during a pickup game at James' camp became the stuff of legend... in part, because no one actually saw it. Until now. Nike representatives ... Read More

Ricky Rubio's plans for the 2009-10 basketball season are anything but clear at this point. But one thing seems certain: he won't be playing for DKV Joventut. The Associated Press is ... Read More

The list of teams interested in signing Allen Iverson reportedly includes the Clippers, Grizzlies and Heat. As they say on Sesame Street, one of these things is not like the others. Miami ... Read More

The headline on Rockets.com is optimistic in tone... "Yao Ming to Undergo Surgery Next Week; Rockets anticipate All-Star center to be ready for 2010 training camp." Setting the target as "summer ... Read More

Quick updates on some NBA-related stories... The insider trading case against Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been dismissed by a federal judge. The Securities and Exchange Commission has 30 days ... Read More

After several weeks spent denying the fact that the Ricky Rubio situation is an embarrassment to his franchise, Timberwolves president David Kahn is headed to Spain to talk buyout. It is ... Read More

The Utah Jazz will match Portland's four-year, $32 million offer to restricted free agent Paul Millsap, ESPN.com reports. Adding Millsap's new deal to their ledger puts Utah's payroll at approximately $80 ... Read More

Rip Hamilton got married this weekend... and "the groom wore a white suit with a silver tie and purple rose boutonniere." No mention of a clear plexi-glass facemask anywhere, which is ... Read More

With the NBA draft over and the recruiting season (finally) complete, it's time to take a first look at the Top 25 for the 2009-10 college hoops season. We have basketball ... Read More

Frustrated by the pace of negotiations, Lakers owner Jerry Buss has reportedly pulled the team's offer to free agent forward Lamar Odom. According to reports, Buss is annoyed that Odom's ... Read More

Rockets swingman Tracy McGrady is giving up his uniform number to newly-acquired Trevor Ariza. But this isn't one of those "I'll give you my number if you buy me a ... Read More

Lance Stephenson's future looks a little bit brighter now that his legal troubles have been resolved -- without jail time. Stephenson stood accused of sexual assault for groping a female Lincoln ... Read More

It's been a good twelve months for USA Basketball. The men's and women's senior teams won gold at the Beijing Olympics last summer, and under-19 team just followed up with ... Read More

The NBA has officially approved a four-team deal between the Magic, Raptors, Mavs and Grizzlies that sends Shawn Marion to Dallas and Hedo Turkoglu to Toronto, ESPN's Mark Stein reports. You'll ... Read More

The basketball blogosphere is astir with stories about Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford's two-handed slam in the face of LeBron James -- at King James' own skills academy -- Monday night. The ... Read More

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski will return as coach of Team USA. The Boston Globe reports, citing sources close to the coach, reports that Krzyzewski will return to lead Team USA at ... Read More

The Pistons have reportedly reached an agreement with a new coach; Cavaliers assistant John Kuester will take over for the recently-fired Michael Curry. The hire makes some economic sense -- a ... Read More

The NBA salary cap for the 2009-10 season has been set at $57.7 million -- a slight decline from the 2008-09 figure of $58.68 million. The luxury tax threshhold also decreased, ... Read More

The long-term plans of several teams were thrown into turmoil this week sources said LeBron James told Trevor Ariza he plans to be in Cleveland in 2010 and beyond. Only one ... Read More

Tough economic times seem to be having a very interesting effect on NBA rosters -- the rich teams are getting richer. Consider: The Lakers were able to add Ron Artest to their ... Read More

This Wednesday is a big day on the NBA calendar -- on July 8th, the NBA will finalize salary cap figures for the 2009-10 season. Once that paperwork is filed, ... Read More

Hedo Turkoglu was set to join the Trailblazers, but reneged on a verbal agreement with Portland to sign a five-year, $53 million deal with the Toronto Raptors. Why the change ... Read More

A Spanish newspaper is reporting that Ricky Rubio will play out the last two years of his contract with DKV Joventut. Rubio is also expected to drop his lawsuit against ... Read More

Lance Stephenson intends to play for the University of Cincinnati, the New York Daily News reports. An unnamed family member told reporters: "Unless something out of their control happens, he's going ... Read More