Sam Smith

Tyson Chandler shoots! He scores? Well, not actually. Though it mostly was a precaution, Chandler sat out the Hornets' exhibition game Friday night against the Lakers with a sprained ankle....

Larry Bird doesn't quite know what to make of what's going on with his Indiana Pacers: Four players involved in a fight in which shots were fired outside a strip...

Isn't it such fun when the kids go off to camp? They get to meet counselor Scott or counselor Phil, who'll have them running and jumping and figuring out how...

They signed the premier free agent on the market during the summer, but many suggested they'd paid too much, that he had slowed and his game was declining. No, not...

Jerry Colangelo expected a celebration at the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at Springfield, Mass., earlier this month. He stumbled upon a wake instead. Everyone was mourning the demise...

It's OK. Go ahead. Wrap your arms around this USA Basketball team. You don't have to be afraid to embrace NBA basketball in international competition anymore. You can fall in...

Kirk Hinrich and his USA Basketball teammates are scheduled to leave Friday for Guangzhou, China. Their itinerary also features stops in Hong Kong and Seoul before winding up in Sapporo...

Kirk Hinrich and his USA Basketball teammates are scheduled to leave Friday for Guangzhou, China. Their itinerary also features stops in Hong Kong and Seoul before winding up in Sapporo...

Mike Krzyzewski was speaking, and John Paxson probably was smiling. "You win the game of basketball not necessarily by how you're going to run an offense," Krzyzewski was saying as...

It's the little things, we're told, that mean the difference between winning and losing in basketball. Bulls general manager John Paxson seems to be trying to make sure he doesn't...