http://basketball.about.com Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-12-13T11:20:29Z Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/15/basketball-schools-leaving-big-east.htm <p>It's official.</p> <p>The seven non-football members of the Big East conference have voted to go their own way. The presidents of Georgetown, St. John's, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova, Marquette and DePaul released a joint statement, saying:</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/15/basketball-schools-leaving-big-east.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/15/basketball-schools-leaving-big-east.htm Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:17:30 +0000 2012-12-15T16:17:30Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/13/referee-attempts-to-block-free-throw-attempt.htm <p>During the fourth quarter of last night's Nets/Raptors game, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://deadspin.com/5968124/watch-a-referee-block-kris-humphriess-free+throw-attempt?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&#038;utm_source=deadspin_facebook&#038;utm_medium=socialflow">referee Courtney Kirkland attempted to block a Kris Humphries free-throw attempt</a>.</p> <p>Yes, you read that correctly.</p> <p>There's something you don't see every day, huh?</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/13/referee-attempts-to-block-free-throw-attempt.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/13/referee-attempts-to-block-free-throw-attempt.htm Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:20:29 +0000 2012-12-13T11:20:29Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/13/big-east-to-dissolve.htm <p>Another major shakeup could hit the Big East conference in the next few days. It is even possible that the once-mighty basketball power could be dissolved.</p> <p>The seven non-football schools in the conference - DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova - <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8742607/seven-catholic-schools-leaning-leaving-big-east-sources-say">are "close to a consensus" on what they'll do next</a>. The plummeting value of the league's television contract is a big factor. According to one report, the Big East is being offered about $60-80 million per year in current negotiations. Last year, they <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2012-articles/december/big-east-s-potential-tv-contract-plummets-in-value.html">turned down an offer from ESPN that would have paid three times as much</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/13/big-east-to-dissolve.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/13/big-east-to-dissolve.htm Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:39:37 +0000 2012-12-13T10:39:37Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/12/basketball-stars-to-participate-in-12-12-12-concert.htm <p>Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Kanye West and Bon Jovi might be the headliners at tonight's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://top40.about.com/b/2012/11/15/paul-mccartney-bruce-springsteen-and-kanye-west-to-headline-hurricane-sandy-benefit-concert.htm">12.12.12 Concert for Sandy Relief</a> at <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/od/teamsandconferences/p/msg.htm">Madison Square Garden</a>, but the NBA will be supplying ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/12/basketball-stars-to-participate-in-12-12-12-concert.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/12/basketball-stars-to-participate-in-12-12-12-concert.htm Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:51:01 +0000 2012-12-12T11:51:01Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/06/kobe-bryant-scores-30000th-point.htm <p>Kobe Bryant reached the 30,000-point mark in career scoring during last night's win over the Hornets. He's just the fifth player in league history to hit that lofty plateau and - at 34 years of age - the youngest.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/06/kobe-bryant-scores-30000th-point.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/06/kobe-bryant-scores-30000th-point.htm Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:38:48 +0000 2012-12-06T13:38:48Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/04/the-new-orleans-pelicans.htm <p>The New Orleans Hornets will change their name to the Pelicans, Yahoo! Sports is reporting. The change could take effect in time for the 2013-14 season.</p> <p>The team has been known as the Hornets since 1988, when the then-Charlotte Hornets joined the NBA as an expansion club. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/04/13/saints-owner-tom-benson-to-buy-new-orleans-hornets.htm">Tom Benson bought the team from the league last April</a> and has been considering a change ever since. "Pelicans" has some local significance; the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://birding.about.com/od/birdprofiles/p/brownpelican.htm">brown pelican</a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/04/the-new-orleans-pelicans.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/04/the-new-orleans-pelicans.htm Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:54:04 +0000 2012-12-04T20:54:04Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/04/ben-gordons-10000th-point.htm <p>Charlotte Bobcats sixth man Ben Gordon became the sixth University of Connecticut player to reach the 10,000-point mark in the NBA.</p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/od/collegebasketball/a/Ben-Gordon-S-10-000th-Point.htm">Can you name the other five?</a></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/04/ben-gordons-10000th-point.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/04/ben-gordons-10000th-point.htm Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:36:59 +0000 2012-12-04T16:36:59Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/03/lebron-james-named-sis-sportsman-of-the-year.htm <p>LeBron James has been named Sportsman of the Year by <em>Sports Illustrated</em> magazine. SI's Chris Stone made the announcement on CNN this morning.</p> <p>The honor caps a very good year for King James. He won his first NBA title, was named league MVP for the third time in four years, and helped lead Team USA to an Olympic gold medal - his second - in London last summer.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/03/lebron-james-named-sis-sportsman-of-the-year.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/12/03/lebron-james-named-sis-sportsman-of-the-year.htm Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:19:25 +0000 2012-12-03T11:19:25Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/11/30/meet-mike-dantoni.htm On March 14th, with his team in the midst of a post-Linsanity dive and Carmelo Anthony in more-or-less open revolt, Mike D'Antoni resigned as head coach of the Knicks. Eight ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/11/30/meet-mike-dantoni.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/11/30/meet-mike-dantoni.htm Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:14:30 +0000 2012-11-30T17:14:30Z http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/11/30/holiday-gifts-for-basketball-fans.htm <p>As of about eight and one-half hours from now, it will be December. Black Friday is over. The lines at your local Wal Mart no longer resemble the Rajon Rondo/Kris Humphries kerfluffle* under the basket at TD Bank Garden.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/11/30/holiday-gifts-for-basketball-fans.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://basketball.about.com/b/2012/11/30/holiday-gifts-for-basketball-fans.htm Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:34:14 +0000 2012-11-30T16:34:14Z