BASKETBALL

Highly ranked high school basketball Kyle Anderson selected UCLA over a slew of other high profile suitors on Monday night.

Big East conference members Pittsburgh and Syracuse are heading to the ACC and possibly taking with it the Big East's chance of long-term survival.

Inside Ron Artest's decision to change his name.

Former professional basketball player Javaris Crittenton waived his right on Friday to appear before a magistrate judge in Georgia on a murder charge in the drive-by shooting death of a young mother of four.

Prior to a 70-person NBA players meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., NBPA president Derek Fisher sent out an extremely honest and heartfelt note to NBA players, assuring them that he is working tirelessly to end the lockout and bring back basketball.

Three of St. John's top incoming basketball recruits have been ruled academically ineligible, the school reported on Thursday.

Maryland football coach Randy Edsall announced via Twitter on Wednesday that his team would unveil its all-black football uniform for its game on Saturday against West Virginia.

Paul has repeatedly denied that he is a racist (as have his devoted supporters).

The former Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, who is expected to make an entry next year into the Republican race for 2012, is facing politically devastating allegations about her past. A new book, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, authored by Joe McGinniss, alleges that Palin used cocaine and marijuana, had a one-night stand with NBA star Glen Rice and had a long term affair with one of her husband's former business associates.

As it becomes more and more likely that Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Texas A&M will leave the Big 12, attention turns to figuring out what Texas will do.

Top girls basketball prospect Tayshana Murphy was gunned down in her Harlem apartment on Sunday in an incident family members say is a case of mistaken identity. There has been no arrest as of Sunday.

Murphy was shot to death as she tried to outrun a gunman on the fourth floor of the building she lived in. No arrests have been made in this incident as of Sunday afternoon.

Tayshana Murphy, a promising, young girls basketball star, was shot dead Sunday morning in New York in what appears to be a case of mistaken identity.

Paul was affiliated with newsletters that were obsessed with racial subjects.

The Phillies are still the team to beat in the postseason.

A student and basketball player of Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee was stabbed to death early Sunday morning, after a domestic dispute with girlfriend turned violent. Shannon Washington, 20, was found bleeding heavily from stab wounds on her neck and back when the police arrived at 2 a.m. at her apartment in Tallahassee. She later died at a hospital.

Texas A&M seeks to move from the Big 12. Here are five things to know.

Texas A&M officially announced what has long been suspected -- it's leaving the Big 12 conference and will pursue membership in another conference by June 2012.

Chad Ochoncino previously gave a ring to his Dancing With the Stars partner Cheryl Burke

Texas A&M is leaving the Big 12 and joining the SEC. Here are five things to know.

A former National Basketball Association athlete who once played for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Washington Wizards was arrested following accusations he killed a woman in Georgia, the FBI said.