There was a time when summer vacation meant a chance to take a break, but these days an idle mind and body is a rarity.

There was a time when summer vacation meant a chance to take a break, but these days an idle mind and body is a rarity.

Transition is a vital part of basketball and the area teams better be good at it this year because there sure is a lot of it.

Great expectations sometimes can lead to great disappointment.

The Suns’ Robert Sarver was the first owner to run afoul of the NBA’s new code of owner conduct, earning a $25,000 fine for his baseline histrionics during Wednesday’s win over the Los Angeles Clippers at US Airways Center.

Brandon Hudson, a 28-year-old Scottsdale real estate developer, was hooked up to so many wires and sensors that he looked like a plug-in robot.

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Mesquite and Hamilton will be without a starter each Wednesday in the first round of the 5A Division I boys state basketball tournament after each had a player ejected in their Fiesta Region title game on Saturday at Mesquite High.

Genetics was supposed to put them on a mythical fast track from high school, through college and to the NBA. Like father, like son.

Football might become his breadwinner in college this fall, but as Marcus Richmond sat in the bleachers last Tuesday and watched his Dobson High School track teammates compete, an ugly thought crossed his mind.

Memo to fans attending NHL games this season: Don’t feel bad if you’re a little lost upon your introduction to the renovated league and its multiple rules changes.

The long-term effect of the huge Stephon Marbury trade won’t be known for years.

For Seton Catholic’s Theresa Wirth, choosing a college wasn’t easy.

Snap judgment on the big Warriors-Pacers trade: The Pacers got hosed, mostly because they have to pick up the oversized contracts of Mike Dunleavy and Troy Murphy (whose combined deals at the time they were signed them totaled near $100 million).

Russ Pennell and Chase Budinger were talking the other day, trying to make some sense of the chaos that has engulfed the University of Arizona basketball program.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Wooden, college basketball's gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever, has died. He was 99.

At the beginning of each high school sports season, coaches are asked to identify noteworthy players on their teams. It usually has to do with accomplishments on the field.

Football might become his breadwinner in college this fall, but as Marcus Richmond sat in the bleachers last Tuesday and watched his Dobson High School track teammates compete, an ugly thought crossed his mind.

A cheap shot followed by a sucker punch, spitting on a rival, an arrest for assembling an arsenal without obtaining a firearm owner’s card — ESPN’s “SportsCenter” has resembled “America’s Most Wanted” over the past week.

Fan of the WNBA or not, you've got to admit one point: It's hard to imagine female pro basketball players becoming so full of themselves that they thumb their noses at the notion of playing in the Olympics.

The defensive back “has a lot of love” for the receiver he’ll be trying to tackle today. In return, the receiver says the defensive back he’ll be trying to beat today is “someone I have admired for a long time.”

CORVALLIS, Ore. - A one-hour bus ride today, presumably through rain, will take the Arizona State basketball team from its weekend base in Eugene to this rural Oregon town, site of the greatest win in the program's history.

Florent Pietrus is the second-best basketball player in his family, as judged by scouts for last month's NBA draft.

Suns guard Quentin Richardson appears doubtful for tonight's home game against the Los Angeles Clippers and Saturday's matchup with Sacramento.