HEADLINE: There's 'Magic' in Iowa for Hillary

CAPTION: Magic Johnson doesn't trust rookies to win a basketball game, much less lead the nation. Johnson was in Davenport at a packed rally Tuesday, with...

The Commission on College Basketball sharply directed the NCAA to take control of the sport, calling for sweeping reforms to separate pro and college tracks, permit players to return to school after going...

The White House says former NBA player Dennis Rodman's travel to North Korea with a team of retired basketball stars was considered private travel, and not subject to government review.

Rodman took the hoopsters to...

HEADLINE: Oklahoma City Thunder shaking up NBA

CAPTION: In just their second year in Oklahoma City, the NBA''s Thunder is near the top ten in attendance and top five in the Western Conference. Lead by 21-year-old...

HEADLINE : Time Lapse: Prepping for women's final four

CAPTION: Time lapse photography shows the transformation of the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for the Women's Final Four. Photos by Darron Cummings, Produced by Amy...

The NBA (National Basketball Association) owners' advisory and finance committee will hold a meeting Thursday to discuss the next steps in the removal of Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers.

The...

HEADLINE: Chief blames 'knuckleheads' for Lakers disturbance

CAPTION: Spontaneous downtown celebrations after the Los Angeles Lakers' championship win turned ugly. Eight police officers were injured and several businesses...

1. Mid of former basketball player Ervin "Magic" Johnson holding microphone and speaking

2. Wide of Magic Johnson speaking as cameras and audience lo
ok on
3. Mid of OraQuick package be
ing...

HEADLINE: Kobe scores 30, leads Lakers to NBA title

CAPTION: Kobe Bryant scored 30 points as the Lakers beat the Magic, 99-86, Sunday to win the 15th NBA title in franchise history. Bryant was named NBA Finals...

HEADLINE: Rubio opts out of deal to play in NBACAPTION: Spanish basketball star Ricky Rubio, the fifth-overall pick in the NBA draft by Minnesota, informed the Timberwolves Monday night that he wants to stay in Spain. (Sept....

HEADLINE: NBA lockout begins

CAPTION: The NBA has locked out its players until a new collective bargaining agreement can be reached. The lockout commenced at 12:01 EDT on Friday, after the expiration of the current deal that...

HEADLINE: AP Analysis: NBA locks out its players after no new deal

CAPTION: With no new collective bargaining agreement, the NBA locked out its players beginning at 12:01 EDT Friday morning. AP basketball writer Brian Mahoney...

Used car dealership chain CarMax says it is ending its sponsorship of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers in the wake of racist comments attributed to team owner Donald Sterling.

Sterling is alleged to have made the comments...

HEADLINE: NBA to lock out players at 12:01 EDT Friday

CAPTION: The NBA is locking out its players until a new collective bargaining agreement can be reached. The lockout will commence at 12:01 EDT on Friday, after the...

HEADLINE: Prosecutors want Arenas behind bars for 90 days

CAPTION: Prosecutors say Washington Wizards star Gilbert Arenas tried to pressure teammate Javaris Crittenton into covering up their locker-room confrontation in...

HEADLINE: Wade, LeBron, Bosh show teamwork on media day

CAPTION: The Miami Heat's new power trio can share just fine, as they showed at media day. Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh assembled for a 20-minute news...

Game geeks are getting their hands on the latest titles and gadgets at the Taipei Game Show in Taiwan, one of the biggest game exhibitions in Asia.

While...

HEADLINE: SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading

CAPTION: Federal regulators have charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information on a stock sale to avoid more...

Companies are being invited to bid for the right to stage the

ultimate marketing stunt: advertising on the side of a
space
rocket. When the Marxus Space Probe is launched in Nov
ember, the
main body of...

Los Angeles city councilman Bernard Parks condemned statements made by L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling during a press conference on Tuesday.

"It's our desire number one that the city of Los Angeles go on record to...

President Barack Obama is praising the sportsmanship of the San Antonio Spurs as "a great metaphor for what America should be all about."

Obama hosted the Spurs at the White House on Monday to celebrate their victory in...

1. Exterior of Hyatt park hotel in Paris where guests are staying

2. Media and crowd looki
ng on
3. Actress Nicolette Sheridan signing
autographs
4. Various of crowds, m
edia looking...

HEADLINE: In La., signs of regrowth seen in oiled marshes

CAPTION: Shoots of marsh grass and bushes of mangrove trees already are starting to grow back across the Louisiana coast where just months ago photographers shot...

Five years after being sued by the four major pro sports leagues and scolded by their top executives for seeking to overturn a federal ban on sports gambling, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may be on the...