Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan wants to "bring the buzz back" to Charlotte. The Bobcats owner said at a press conference Tuesday evening he's changing his team's name to the Charlotte Hornets beginning in 2014-15. Jordan said he submitted an application to the NBA board of governors...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan said at a Tuesday press conference he has informed the league of his decision and is optimistic the NBA board of governors will approve the name change when they convene in July....

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bobcats owner Michael Jordan says he's changing his team's name to the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan said at a Tuesday press conference he has informed the league of his decision and is optimistic the NBA board of governors will approve the name change when they convene in...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett began hearing from people around the NBA within minutes of Monday's tornado. Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver called. So did fellow owners and colleagues, all asking what they could do to help. Some made...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — Oklahoma City Thunder owner Clay Bennett began hearing from people around the NBA within minutes of Monday's tornado. Commissioner David Stern and Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver called. So did fellow owners and colleagues, all asking what they could do to help. Some made...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs. The team said Tuesday he won't be offered a contract when his current one expires at the end of June. He is...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after a season in which the team won its first division title but lost in the first round of the playoffs. The team said Tuesday he won't be offered a contract when his current one expires at the end of June. He is...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vinny Del Negro is out as coach of the Los Angeles Clippers after their first-round playoff exit. The team said Tuesday he won't be offered a new contract when his current one expires at the end of June. Del Negro had a 128-102 regular-season record in three years with the...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

MIAMI (AP) — For LeBron James, it's a fifth trip to the Eastern Conference finals in seven years. For Dwyane Wade, it's a fifth trip in nine seasons to the NBA's penultimate round. For the Indiana Pacers, this is pretty much uncharted waters. Only one current Pacers player has appeared in a...

Updated: Tue, May 21, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Oklahoma City isn't just a place where Thunder star Kevin Durant lives these days. It's home. So as he watched the horrifying images Monday as a tornado ripped through suburban Moore, the emotions came bubbling to the surface and so did the need to help. Durant pledged $1...