Recent Basketball Articles

Kevin Garnett has re-energized the Celtics and brought life back to the sport in one of the league's proudest cities. He plays every game, including pre-season games, as if it is Game 7 of the NBA Finals. That can't make the Atlanta Hawks feel very good.

Seattle Times - Derrick Low, center, goes to the hoop between Oregon State's Marcel Jones, left, and Sean Carter Thursday in Corvallis, Ore. CORVALLIS, Ore. — The dead zone, they're calling it. Scientists from Oregon State University are puzzled over patches of ...

Seattle Times - Oregon's Malik Hairston, center, is fouled as he drives to the basket between Washington's Ryan Appleby, left, and Joe Wolfinger. BRIAN DAVIES / THE REGISTER-GUARD Malik Hairston (ball in front), Bryce Taylor and Joevan Catron (50) swarm Ryan Appleby ...

Newsday - Trailing by eight points with just over three minutes left, the Stony Brook men's basketball team lost to Hartford , 53-51, last night at Stony Brook Arena. It was the 10th straight loss and 13th in the last 14 games for Stony Brook (4-20, 1-11 ...

Seattle Times - California's DeVon Hardin, left, tries to score despite the defense of Arizona's Jordan Hill during the second half Thursday in Tucson. TEMPE, Ariz. — Down seven points with 1:49 to play, Arizona State looked as if it was finished. But the Sun ...

Seattle Times - BELLEVUE — Leroy Lutu hit a three-pointer to snap a tie in overtime as fourth-ranked Mercer Island slipped past Skyline 52-49 Thursday night to reach the championship game of the KingCo 3A boys basketball tournament. Lutu finished with 22 points ...

Seattle Times - Tennessee's Sydney Smallbone, left, Alberta Auguste, center, and Alex Fuller can only watch as the final seconds of the Vols' 78-62 loss to LSU count down in Knoxville, Tenn. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Louisiana State fell behind early by 19 points ...

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Top seed: Fairport. Defending champion: Rush-Henrietta. Contenders: No. 2 R-H, No. 3 Penfield, No. 4 Edison. Outlook : These top teams know each other so well, this could be a coin toss, but history says it'll come down to Fairport and four-time ...

Chicago Sun-Times - Deanna Ortiz made a three-pointer with three seconds left as Resurrection stunned host Glenbrook South 37-35 in a Class 4A regional final Thursday in Glenview. Ortiz scored 18 points, including 10 in the first quarter as the Bandits (23-6) scored the ...

Washington Post - Amid burning crosses and Confederate flags of the 1960s, Perry Wallace, currently a professor at American University, became the SEC's first prominent African-American basketball player. (By Jonathan Newton -- The Washington Post) Buy Photo A ...