Basketball

The Cleveland Cavaliers are considering taking Georgetown forward Otto Porter with the No. 1 pick in next month's draft, according to the Washington Post. Though there is no clear consensus as to who should be the top choice in this year's draft, Kansas...

The Sports Xchange NBA roundup: Celtics won't let Nets talk to Rivers The Boston Celtics will not grant the Brooklyn Nets permission to speak to Doc Rivers about their vacant head coaching job. ESPN Boston reported that Celtics president of...

A look at the starting lineups, inactives, referees and a pregame note of note for Friday's 8:30 p.m. playoff game between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers at AmericanAirlines Arena (TNT): Starting lineups MIAMI HEAT (1-0) Center: Chris Bosh...

— If the Indiana Pacers are to get past the Miami Heat in the NBA's Eastern Conference finals, Lance Stephenson understands he's going to have to continue doing more. On Friday, Pacers coach Frank Vogel described the third-year player as "the key...

The Sports Xchange By Walter Villa, The Sports Xchange Defensive effort key to Pacers beating Heat, tying series MIAMI -- The Heat fans inside AmericanAirlines Arena weren't the only ones shocked to see Miami Heat star LeBron James commit two crucial...

-------------------- MAY 25, 2013 Q: Did the Heat run out of steam Friday night or was it just a case of LeBron James trying to do too much? -- Chet. A: The issue is that LeBron had to do too much, with Dwyane Wade in a diminished state and Chris...

Roy Hibbert endured a whirlwind 48 hours before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. He answered countless questions about Indiana coach Frank Vogel’s decision to keep him on the bench in the final seconds of the Heat’s series-opening...

MIAMI -- LeBron James blamed one person after the Miami Heat let home-court advantage in the Eastern Conference finals slip from their hands.  Predictably, that was himself.  The league’s MVP had two turnovers in the final minute -- both times...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Auto Racing--Formula One, Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, 7 a.m. (NBCSN); NASCAR Nationwide Series, History 300 pole qualifying, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Nationwide Series, History 300, 1:45 p.m. (ABC) College Softball--NCAA...

Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports. What is the central issue in the legal skirmishes between Maryland and the Atlantic Coast Conference...

The Sports Xchange Mavericks plan to pursue Howard The Dallas Mavericks believe they have a better shot of landing center Dwight Howard in free agency this summer than point guard Chris Paul, according to the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. The newspaper...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite expert guidelines advising against intense sports activity for people with implanted heart defibrillators, a new study suggests that some can compete without serious consequences. Researchers followed 372 athletes with...