Kobe Bryant, the legend gets royal send-off

‘I marveled at the skills and loved the energy you brought to the game wearing that purple and gold uniform’ ‘Very few people have changed the game of basketball but you will be......

It's the end of an era...

Lakers' Kobe Bryant to retire at end of season ‘I'm ready to let (basketball) go’ ‘I can't love you obsessively for much longer. This season is all I have left to give’......

Yao spurs China to giant upset

Yao Ming led China to one of the biggest upsets in men's Olympic basketball on Monday, netting 27 points as his team beat Serbia and Montenegro 67-66 to knock the world champions out of the......

U.S. men may be ripe for upset

The men's basketball Olympic gold medal may be ripe for the taking by a number of countries in Athens after a wave of defections left the United States with a young and decidedly weakened team.The......