David Thorpe breaks down the five best rookies and updates the progress on other first-rounde

ISTANBUL -- Before it can win a world championship, the United States needed to start looking like a world champion.Kevin Durant, Chauncey Billups and the rest of the Americans finally had that appearance Monday, powering into the quarterfinals with a 121-66 victory over Angola."Obviously we want

Turkey used a 21-4 run spanning the second and third quarters on Sunday to eliminate France from the basketball world championship with a 95-77 w

The Milwaukee Bucks have signed second-round draft pick Darington Hobs

The Atlanta Hawks have signed free agent center Etan Thomas to add bulk in the frontcou

The Chicago Bulls have invited guard John Lucas III to training camp with a partially guaranteed one-year contract, according to sources close to the situati

The Boston Celtics will re-sign guard Delonte We

Carlos Boozer is thinking big in his first season with the Bul

Now that the Denver Nuggets have their management team in place, they're developing a strategy to keep All-Star Carmelo Anthony in powder blue and go

Court filings show a plea bargain is in the works for ex-Michigan State basketball star and retired NBA player Jay Vincent, who appeared in court Tuesday on charges in a $2 million Internet sc