New Orleans Hornets general manager Dell Demps says he intends to talk to Chris Paul about a contract extension when rules allow for it this summer and that he believes the franchise has regained the All-Star point guard's confidence.
The arrival of Kendrick Perkins was expected to give the Oklahoma City Thunder the kind of inside muscle they needed to stand their ground with some of the NBA's beefiest big men.
The verbal jabbing of Phil Jackson and the mind games with Ron Artest will begin soon enough.
Two transcendent playoff performances by Chris Paul made the Hornets' first-round series with Los Angeles far more interesting than the two-time defending champion Lakers would have preferred.
Authorities say Los Angeles Lakers forward Derrick Caracter was arrested in New Orleans, accused of public drunkenness and shoving a pregnant cashier at a pancake restaurant.
We're only three days into a marathon that will drag on for another two months, but these NBA playoffs are shaping up as the most intriguing in years.
Whether he's on the court, in the locker room or at home with his reality-TV-star wife, Lamar Odom has evolved into the consummate supporting player.
Alex Ovechkin's tax preparations could soon be a hat trick of federal, Virginia and new D.C. "jock" taxes for his dazzling performances at the Verizon Center.
Grete Waitz had never run a marathon before the New York City race in October 1978. After it, her name and New York would be forever linked
