Skip Myslenski

Magic Johnson has long said he won`t announce whether he is returning to the NBA until after the Olympics. But if he does, he indicated Wednesday in Monte Carlo, it...

Women sunbathe topless in Monte Carlo. Its head of state, Monoco`s Prince Rainier, was scheduled to attend the Monday practice of the U.S. Olympic team, but canceled at the last...

In the first 20 seconds of Monday`s Game 4 between the Bulls and Cleveland, Scottie Pippen and Mark Price chased after a loose ball. The Cavaliers` guard had spent the...

Scott Williams just wants minutes, which never is a certainty in Phil Jackson`s scheme. But Williams got the playing time Saturday, and he made the most of it. In 20...

Here is one fact that helps illuminate George Raveling, the University of Southern California basketball coach: He distributes, to schools and school children, a pamphlet entitled ''Reading With Raveling'' that...

From there to here. Or: Moving from undergrad to graduate school and learning that even though the ball still may be round, the game is hardly the same . ....

He was, even before Saturday, an outsized figure. Two students had been hired to help him handle his mail, and the letters that deluged him contained requests that stretched from...

Top-ranked Duke not only lost its game to North Carolina Wednesday night. It also lost point guard Bobby Hurley, with a broken ankle. He is expected to miss at least...

For a decade, ever since he emerged from his rookie pro basketball season with a world championship, Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson stood atop his game. He grew into an idol for...

The Pistons` Chuck Daly, who will coach the U.S. men`s basketball team at next summer`s Olympics in Spain, chuckled when asked the inevitable question about Michael Jordan. ''I hear he...