Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

TORONTO (AP) — Bryan Colangelo is still president of the Toronto Raptors, but he's no longer the club's general manager. The Raptors announced Tuesday that while Colangelo's contract as team president is being extended, a new general manager will be hired within the next 30 days. The changes...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

TORONTO (AP) — Bryan Colangelo is still president of the Toronto Raptors, but he's no longer the club's general manager. The Raptors announced Tuesday that while Colangelo's contract as team president is being extended, a new general manager will be hired within the next 30 days. The changes...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

Wizards could fall as far as eleventh pick Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld's preferred refrain when it comes to the NBA Draft goes something like this: "We can only choose the players that are available to us." Unless the Wizards make a rare jump forward when the winners of the 2013 NBA...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Tue, May 14, 2013

Joined on first team by Lillard and Davis Wizards rookie shooting guard Bradley Beal was named to the NBA all-rookie first team, earning 28 of a possible 29 first-place votes from NBA coaches. Beal, the third overall pick in last year's draft, tied with Pelicans forward Anthony Davis for the...

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Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

Miami's D dominates to take big 3-1 lead CHICAGO -- LeBron James scored 27 points and the Miami Heat nearly matched a franchise record for points allowed in a playoff game, pounding the listless and short-handed Chicago Bulls 88-65 on Monday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

Allen, James lead the way; three Grizzlies recognized Wizards players were denied votes for the NBA all-defensive team despite one of the franchise's best seasons statistically in more than two and a half decades. Memphis guard Tony Allen (53 points) and Miami forward LeBron James (52...

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Updated: Sun, May 12, 2013

OAKLAND, Calif. -- His spirits down, his left ankle limp and his team's season hanging in the balance, Stephen Curry wondered whether he could recover for the biggest game of his career until a text message popped up on his phone around 2 a.m. Saturday. Curry called back his mother, Sonya, and...

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Published: Mon, May 6, 2013

MIAMI -- Nate Robinson scored 27 points, Jimmy Butler added 21 points and 14 rebounds while playing every second for the third straight game, and the Chicago Bulls stunned the Miami Heat 93-86 on Monday night to take Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Trailing 86-83 with 2...

Thom Loverro

Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013

If one were to describe Washington sports hell, it might simply be called being a Washington Wizards fan. But I'm not sure that is true sports-fan hell -- to be a Wizards fan is to be indifferent at best, numb at worst. Now, if Dante were covering sports in Washington, he might say hell is...

Thom Loverro

Updated: Mon, Apr 29, 2013

Jason Collins didn't have much impact at the end of the bench for the Washington Wizards, but he carved out a piece of history Monday when he revealed in a Sports Illustrated story that he is gay -- the first active player in a major U.S. professional sports league to declare himself publicly....