OKLAHOMA CITY—Pau Gasol scored 18 points and 11 rebounds and Andrew Bynum had 16 points and 10 rebounds as Los Angeles edged Oklahoma City 90-87 in a matchup of first-place teams on Sunday. All-star game MVP Kobe Bryant finished with 17 points for the Pacific Division leading Lakers who beat the Thunder for the 14th [...]
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) Filipina-American Ana Julaton dominated her Mexican-American challenger to keep the World Boxing Organization super bantamweight crown. In the match aired live on television from the Craneway Pavilion Point Richmond in California, Julaton had Franchesca Alcanter’s number from the get-go, landing solid punches, most of which found their way into the [...]
NEW YORK – Carmelo Anthony’s trade from the Denver Nuggets to the New York Knicks was sinking in Tuesday, ending a seven-month saga about where the flamboyant playmaker would finish the NBA season. Two days before the NBA trade deadline, the 26-year-old forward who helped the Americans win gold at the Beijing Olympics was sent [...]
MIAMI – The Miami Heat jump-started their second half of the season with a 117-97 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday at American Airlines Arena. LeBron James, who led the Eastern Conference in scoring in Sunday’s all-star game, scored 21 of his 31 points in the first half for the Heat who have won [...]
DUBAI—Roger Federer, without a Grand Slam title for the first time in eight years, had little chance to indicate the likelihood of holding one again as he comfortably negotiated his first encounter since losing the Australian Open title three weeks ago. Federer needed only 75 minutes to win 6-3, 6-3 against Somdev Devvarman, the world [...]
LOS ANGELES – They were teammates on the winning Western Conference side in Sunday’s 60th NBA all-star game but now it’s back to business for Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin. The second half of the 2010-11 NBA season begins with Durant’s Oklahoma City Thunder taking on Griffin’s Los Angeles Lakers as one of nine NBA [...]
