Ramon Sessions

Former N.C. State forward C.J. Leslie knows he needs to make a big impression on NBA executives between now and late June to be a first-round pick. His only chance of doing that at this week's Draft Combine is verbally. A wrist injury suffered about a...

 Northern State senior Luke Hauert ran for his Creator, teammates and school.  Everyone was pleased.  In front of a record-tying stadium crowd of 14,504 fans, Hauert ran in the finals of the 110-meter hurdles at the 104th Drake Relays Saturday in...

By virtue of the Clippers' winning a random tiebreaker over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday, the Lakers will not receive the Grizzlies' 2013 second-round pick in the NBA draft. Dating to the Chris Mihm trade in 2009, the Lakers expected to receive...

Since Steve Blake went to the Los Angeles Lakers three years ago, the former Maryland point guard had rarely been much of a factor – first playing behind Derek Fisher, then Ramon Sessions and finally this season behind Steve Nash. Many Lakers fans...

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The Northern State soccer team has signed eight student-athletes for the upcoming 2013 season.  The signing class includes Anna Bondy (Pierre), Shayli Kirsch (Watertown), Michaela “Kay” Hernandez (Austin, Texas.), Stephanie Carillo (Ronert...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Gerald Henderson came up big, and Jrue Holiday came up small. That was the story in a nutshell as the Charlotte Bobcats rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 88-83 on Wednesday night. Henderson scored a...

The Lakers climbed to a season-best four games over .500, finishing Week 20 with a 36-32 record. Dwight Howard's return to Orlando for the first time since he was traded by the Magic to the Lakers was a hot topic of conversation.  Of course that didn'...

The Cleveland Cavaliers are midway through a difficult 21-42 season. The team has one of the brightest young players in the league in point guard Kyrie Irving, but a shoulder injury may keep him out for the rest of the year. Last season, the Lakers...

He drives the lane, spins and slips backward like a fading star. He returns to the lane and scores on a layup under two defenders like a kid. He curls around the baseline, stops in front of the basket, and the ball is swatted from his hands as if he's...

Lakers 100 - Bobcats 93 (Final) The Lakers overcame a 20-point deficit to the Charlotte Bobcats to win 100-93.  In other words, it was business as usually against one of the toughest teams in the NBA ... relatively speaking. Regardless of how awful...

After getting trounced by the Boston Celtics on Thursday night, the Lakers (23-27) visit the Bobcats in Charlotte (11-37) on Friday. The Bobcats have lost five in a row and, after a relatively strong start, have the worst record in the NBA. Still, the...