Category: Wirenews
Deputy commissioner Adam Silver will recommend to the NBA’s Board of Governors that Mark Tatum succeed him when he takes over as commissioner, according to multiple reports. Commissioner David Stern is retiring and Silver will succeed him Feb. 1. Tatum is the NBA’s executive vice president of global marketing partnership. Tatum has worked in the […]
Playing in front of a sparse home crowd because of icy road conditions, forward Johnny O’Bryant scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds and LSU blocked 11 shots to pull off an 87-82 upset of No. 11 Kentucky on Tuesday night at Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, La. Attendance was reported […]
WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita State won again, relatively easily, but the atmosphere afterward almost resembled a defeat. The Shockers defeated Loyola-Chicago 57-45 on Tuesday at Koch Arena to remain one of the nation’s three unbeaten teams. But the No. 4 team in the nation expects better. The Shockers didn’t deliver, and they knew it. “The […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Virginia scored the first nine points of the second half to extend a double-digit halftime lead and post a 68-53 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday night. The Cavaliers built a 20-point lead in the first half only to see it trimmed to 10 at the intermission. The Cavaliers, however, used […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Two men down and in a hostile environment, Michigan State found a way to win, much like it has been doing for much of the season. Senior guard Keith Appling scored 16 points, including a huge 3-pointer in overtime, sophomore center Matt Costello had career highs in points (11) and rebounds […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Washington point guard John Wall hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:28 to go, and the Wizards watched as the Golden State Warriors missed three 3-pointers down the stretch, allowing the Eastern Conference visitors to pull out an 88-85 victory Tuesday night. In winning for the second time in three games during an […]
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant’s return to the court will not occur for at least three weeks, the team announced Tuesday night. Bryant recently said he would return from a knee injury by the All-Star Game on Feb. 16 but that he would allow someone more deserving to play for the Western Conference team […]
LOS ANGELES — The Indiana Pacers shook off a sluggish first half to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 104-92 at Staples Center on Tuesday night. Six Indiana players scored in double figures, led by forward David West, who had 19 points and eight rebounds. Guard Lance Stephenson scored 15 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and handed […]
On a bone-chilling night that left most of LSU Tigers’ fans snuggling up to their warm televisions instead of braving icy road conditions to get to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Kentucky Wildcats coach John Calipari said his team played “passive.” That was all it took for LSU to take the fight to the 11th-ranked […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — After watching a 20-point first-half lead evaporate to 10 at halftime, Virginia Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett was, to say the least, pleased with the way his team opened the second half and took control of Tuesday night’s 68-53 road win against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. “I got that feeling that […]
