NEW YORK (Reuters) - A business analyst from Virginia beat out 8.15 million other entries to win ESPN's annual prediction contest for the NCAA basketball championship - but has gained more attention for the handle he created than his powers of p... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - CBS is telling its NCAA basketball crew not to show replays of Louisville guard Kevin Ware's gruesome injury during Sunday's tournament game between his team and Duke. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A delegation spokesman says former NBA star Dennis Rodman met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, telling him, "You have a friend for life." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SEOUL (Reuters) - Retired U.S. basketball player Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea to film a television documentary on Tuesday with representatives of the Harlem Globetrotters celebrity team, North Korean state television reported. Rodman, now 51 ... [Full Article]
British basketball fans now have something more than a moral victory to celebrate after the Olympic hosts beat China 90-58 on Monday in a men's preliminary round contest that could give the game a boost. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
With NBA standout Yi Jianlian struggling with a knee injury and tightly guarded defensively, China proved no match for Brazil on Saturday, remaining winless at the Olympics with a 98-59 defeat. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
NBA guard Patrick Mills scored 39 points and Australia secured a berth in the Olympic men's basketball medal playoffs with a 106-75 victory over winless host nation Britain on Saturday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Tiago Splitter scored 21 points and Brazil held off upset-minded Britain down the stretch for a 67-62 victory on Tuesday in a round-robin game of the Olympic men's basketball tournament. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
An Australian side lacking NBA star centre Andrew Bogut came up short in its Olympic opener, falling to a Brazil team with four NBA standouts 75-71 on Sunday in round-robin Group B play. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]