Basketball

The Russia-USA hockey game was spectacular to watch Saturday, even at 7 in the morning, but the Russians, team and fans alike, still don't think they lost.

Area hoops fans have been looking forward to Tuesday night's matchup of rivals Norwich and Oneonta since the Tornado handed the Yellowjackets their only loss of the season last month. Oneonta comes in at 11-1 while Norwich has won their first 10 games...

Jason Collins' decision to become the first openly-gay player in American pro sports may have inspired a high school basketball coach to follow suit.

You don't always need to feel embarrassed when a dude in a Lycra bodysuit schools you at streetball. If the schooling is done by The Professor, it's totally acceptable to get trounced on the court.

The NBA playoffs is no time for child's play. Or is it?

If you've been hiding under a rock, or just somehow not on the internet at all today, here's a newsflash -- Jason Collins is now the first active NBA player to be openly gay.

I didn't know it before today, but I have cenesillicaphobia, and this is no April Fool joke.  I guess in the spirit of truthfulness, I have to admit  that I knew I had the "affliction," I just didn't know what it was called, or that it had a name, period, for that matter...

Sorry, it's not that Usher. Regardless, he's still got the beat so might as well move those feet, right?

This guy is so totally busted. He thought he could get away with not giving one tiny spoonful of mint chocolate chip ice cream to his girlfriend at a basketball game, but now everybody knows it, thanks to a hilarious play-by-play by Isaiah Thomas and C-Webb.

Honestly, you don't even need to be a sports fan to enjoy this one. During a recent game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Detroit Pistons, the Clippers own DeAndre Jordan rocked the house when he successfully landed a "monster" alley-oop over Pistons player Brandon Knight. It was a shot that caused an immense uproar inside the Staples Center, one which you might still be able to