PAUL Pierce shrugged off a right knee sprain to score 22 points yesterday, sparking the Boston Celtics past the Los Angeles Lakers 98-88 to open the NBA finals.
BASKETBALL legend Michael Jordan wants a judge to permanently bar a western Pennsylvania woman from having contact with him.
BOSTON Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers will square off in the NBA final for a record 11th time this week.
DETROIT Pistons head coach Flip Saunders was fired yesterday, despite leading the club to the Eastern Conference finals in each of his three seasons.
LIKE Mark Twain, professional basketball in Australia would like it known that reports of its death have been exaggerated.
IT'S time to burn the National Basketball League as we know it to the ground and start all over again.
PERTH Wildcats have secured the services of American point-guard Darnell Hinson for the next three NBL seasons.
LEGAL threats have prevented basketball identity Brian Kerle from discussing reports the new Brisbane Bullets' owners have backed out of a deal to take over the club's NBL licence.
FOUNDATION NBL club Brisbane Bullets could be defunct by the end of the week.
ANDREW Bogut is trying to fast-track an $80 million contract in the NBA so he can start training with the Australian Boomers Olympic squad for $125 a day.
THE NBA draft stocks of Cairns Taipans star Nathan Jawai have soared since the Australian arrived in the US on Sunday.
THE San Antonio Spurs booked their place in the Western Conference final with a 91-82 win over the Hornets in New Orleans.
THE Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-92 in a thrilling Game Seven to reach the NBA's Eastern Conference finals.
A TRIP to Queensland may be just what the inconsistent Ballarat Lady Miners need as they battle to keep their South East Australian Basketball League season alive.
KOBE Bryant added another honour today to go with his MVP award, becoming the only unanimous selection to the All-NBA team.
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Darnell Hinson, in action with the West Sydney Razorbacks against South Dragons, has signed with NBL team Perth Wildcats.
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IN THE week of their 20th appearance in the NBA championship series, the Boston Celtics can boast a turnaround on and off the court.
THE Sydney Kings moved a step closer to NBL extinction yesterday when a club representative failed to attend an Industrial Relations Commission hearing.
RUSSELL Hinder and his family are the human side of a sporting tragedy that threatens to drag the National Basketball League into extinction.
FORMER French tennis star Yannick Noah sprang to the defence of his son Joakim today after the basketball star was arrested for possession of marijuana.
THE Sydney Kings have staved off the immediate threat of being deregistered after paying former captain Jason Smith the back pay that was due to him.
CHICAGO Bulls forward Joakim Noah, son of former French Open tennis champion Yannick Noah, has been charged with possession of marijuana.
AT TIMES Nat Hurst surprises even herself with her confidence and self-belief.
KEVIN Garnett scored 26 points to lift the Boston Celtics past the Detroit Pistons in the opening game of their Eastern Conference NBA playoff series.
AUSTRALIA'S "Baby Shaq" has trimmed the fat and declared himself fit to become an NBA star.
GOLD Coast has pulled off a recruiting coup by signing four-time Olympian Shane Heal for the 2008-09 NBL season.
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A huge fire tore through a warren of warehouses in a back lot at Universal Studios
Space shuttle Discovery is on its way to deliver a Japanese lab to the International Space station
British police arrest 17 and shut down six London underground stations as thousands mark the last round on the underground
Japan, the maker of milk, horse radish and even Pharaoh's beer, promises a new brew that is made in space
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt established himself as the fastest man on the planet by setting the fastest 100m time this year
More than 500 Australian soldiers based in Iraq are beginning to return home.