June 1996 _ Iverson is drafted with the first overall pick of the NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. May 1997 _ Iverson is rookie of the year after averaging 23.5 points, including a 50-point game against Cleveland. August 1997 _ Iverson is arrest ...

Turnover, NBA. The NBA will scrap its new microfibre composite ball and bring back the old leather one beginning Jan. 1. The league sent a memo to its teams Monday, telling them that the change would be made for the remainder of the 2006-'07 season. ...

The home of the Utah Jazz has a new name that's sure to get a reaction. EnergySolutions, a nuclear waste services company based in Salt Lake City, has bought the naming rights to the downtown arena that has been known as the Delta Center since it ope ...

Indiana Pacers guard Stephen Jackson pleaded not guilty to a probation violation charge on Monday. Michigan prosecutors said Jackson violated his probation after being accused of firing a gun outside a strip club in Indiana last month. Jackson, who a ...

It's a tall order for Toronto's smallest player. Point guard T.J. Ford faces his former team right off the bat when the Raptors host the Milwaukee Bucks in their home-opener at the Air Canada Centre on Friday (TSN, 7 p.m. ET). The storyline is all th ...

His genius was building a basketball dynasty in Boston, his gift was straight talk, his signature was the pungent cigar he lit up and savoured after every victory. Red Auerbach, the Hall of Famer who guided the Celtics to 16 championships _ first as ...

The Golden State Warriors reached a10-year agreement Friday to sell the naming rights to their arena toOracle Corp., the large San Francisco Bay Area software maker. The Arena at Oakland will be renamed the Oracle under theundisclosed financial term ...

Houston Rockets centre Yao Ming left a pre-season game Thursday night against the Orlando Magic with a sprained right ankle. The team said the injury was minor and Yao left the game only as a precaution. ``It's not a big problem,'' Yao said. ``If we ...

Once was quite enough for the Toronto Raptors. Chris Bosh and Fred Jones scored 16 points apiece to lead theRaptors to a 118-84 win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in an exhibition gameThursday. The victory comes a year after Toronto lost to the Israelipowerh ...

Drew Gooden scored 21 points, LeBron James nearly had a triple-double in 30 minutes and the Cleveland Cavalierspulled away late in the first half for a 93-67 exhibition win overMaccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday night. Gooden, who missed the two previous g ...