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The only Boston team to resume play away from home after the successful manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev played a gritty game and stayed within six points either way until  New York’s Carmelo Anthony hit a tough jumper with 1:21 to

(AP) 5 things to watch in the NBA’s first roundBy TIM REYNOLDSAP Basketball WriterFive things to watch in the first round of the NBA playoffs, which begin Saturday: GAME 3 IN BOSTON: April 26, 8 p.m., Knicks at Celtics. You

(AP) Bruins cancel morning skate; Red Sox on holdBy HOWARD ULMANAP Sports WriterBOSTONBoston Red Sox players and other team employees have been told to stay home until a decision is made on whether Friday night’s game will be played, a

Earlier this week, Doug Collins stepped down as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Days later, the offseason has claimed two more coaches, as Byron Scott and Lawrence Frank were fired by the Cavs and Pistons, respectively. Scott, who was

Kobe Bryant’s achilles injury was a devastating blow to the Lakers hopes for making a surprise run in the NBA Playoffs. However, it also has some questioning the superstar’s long-term future with the only team he has ever suited up

The Los Angeles Lakers’ twin seven-foot towers combined for an incredible 38 rebounds for their seventh straight win, a 99-95 overtime victory over the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night to pit them against the San Antonio Spurs. Chris Paul’s 11

(AP) Lakers hold off Rockets, take West’s 7th seedBy GREG BEACHAMAP Sports WriterLOS ANGELESSteve Blake scored 24 points, Pau Gasol added his seventh career triple-double, and the Los Angeles Lakers secured the seventh playoff seed in the Western Conference with

Marcus Smart was expected to be guaranteed $8.7 to $9.7 million in a couple of months despite being in a shooting slump for a good part of his freshman season and having his Oklahoma State team lose in the opening

Recently I turned on the TV to catch up on the world of sports. You know, as in scores and athletic accomplishments. Instead, I was met with soap opera after soap opera that just happened to include a basketball here

After leading the Philadelphia 76ers to the playoffs the previous two seasons, the disappointing season for the Sixers has led Doug Collins to resign as the coach of the team he played for over the course of his career. Philadelphia

Dirk Nowitzki has made the case for being the best foreign player ever to play in the NBA. Now, few could dispute that the German Maverick is among the all-time greats in professional basketball. On Sunday night, Nowitzki joined Kobe

Tonight’s NBA Draft will feature one of the most dominant females to ever play the game, Brittney Griner, who is set to revolutionize the WNBA after her dunking and shot blocking ability enabled her to take women’s college basketball by

The Chicago Bulls hit some three-pointers to keep the score respectable, but the Miami Heat’s dominance was most evident by the 57% of the 2-point shots they hit to the 32% accuracy they allowed the Bulls while holding them without

The best NBA West player on the best NBA West team may not be Mr. Nice Guy this playoffs. The Thunder is camped out in Oklahoma City for their last two regular season games (Sacramento Monday and Milwaukee Wednesday), after

Sacramento Kings players could save around $2.3 million in State Income taxes if the teams move to Seattle goes through – but former NBA great and current Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson is fighting to keep the players in the Capitol of

Throughout the year, Breitbart Sports had Trey Burke pegged as the top player in the land and named his as the Player of the Year early on. Eventually, everyone else hopped on board the bandwagon, and the Wolverine guard won

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant will be out 6-9 months after rupturing his Achilles tendon in a freak injury in the Lakers victory over the Golden State Warriors on Friday. He had surgery on Saturday.  On Saturday, longtime Lakers

(AP) Bulls stop Knicks streak at 13 with 118-111 OT winBy ANDREW SELIGMANAP Sports WriterCHICAGONate Robinson scored a season-high 35 points and the Chicago Bulls stopped another lengthy winning streak, rallying to beat New York 118-111 in overtime Thursday night

President Barack Obama congratulated another champion with a phone call to Rick Pitino Wednesday. In January, President Obama talked to Nick Saban after Alabama won the football title, and a few weeks later he welcomed the champion Miami Heat to the

(AP) Denver beats Spurs 96-86 for 21st home win in rowBy ARNIE STAPLETONAP Sports WriterDENVERWilson Chandler scored 29 points and Corey Brewer had 28 as the Denver Nuggets overcame a slow start Wednesday night to post their franchise-record 21st straight

Going into Washington to face John Wall is no longer an easy win, particularly when you had to beat Milwaukee the night before, your four top players are out, and you happen to be a 37-year-old who had to sit

Victor Oladipo, the star guard for Indiana who spent much of this past season ranked #1, is headed to the NBA, foregoing his senior season with the Hoosiers. The first team All-American was one of the nation’s most electric players,

With only one college game left to be played, Trey Burke needs a solid national championship Monday to become the 10th player ever with a Value Add of 11% or more, as shown by the new top 100 Value Add players listed

If Brittney Griner focued on the NBA rather than the WNBA, noone would benefit more than Elena Delle Donne, pictured leaving the court after Delaware was eliminated in the Sweet 16. Delle Donne would likely become the No. 1 pick

Jeremy Lin, the first American-born NBA basketball player of Asian descent, said he believes his race was one one of the reasons why he received no Division I scholarships out of high school, even though he was named Northern California’s

At the outset of March Madness, we noted that the teams with the best trios have the best chance to go alll the way. In the “almost” final Value Add rankings below (see table) just three teams – Indiana, Louisville

Mark Cuban, the eccentric and controversial owner of the Dallas Mavericks, said Tuesday night that he would consider adding dominant female Baylor star Brittney Griner to his basketball team. “If she is the best on the board, I will take

This week, Breitbart Sports will be taking an in-depth look at the upcoming NFL Draft. In our inaugural season we will work to become the top site for coverage of all four major drafts, starting with the NFL Draft to

Michigan’scomeback against Kansas in the Sweet 16 is among the most memorable ofthe tournament. The Wolverines were able to carry that late surge intothe Florida game as they came out confident and in control. Despitethe best efforts of the Gators,

USC is targeting Florida Gulf Coast head coach Andy Enfield to be their next basketball coach. According to Yahoo! Sports, the Trojans will try to hire the coach who took a No. 15 seed to the Sweet 16 for the

In the debut section of Breitbart Sports at the beginning of 2013, we listed the Minnesota women’s hockey team as the best college team in any sport. They were 20-0 at the time, and this week improved to 41-0 to claim

The Miami Heat came to Chicago on Wednesday looking to extend their winning streak to 28 games against a Bulls squad playing without Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose in a dynamite regular season game that had the feel and intensity

Major League Baseball and the Players Association frustrated baseball fans years ago when they began requiring licensing that forced board games like Statis-Pro Baseball to stop producing player cards. I even invented my own game of 36 historic teams, and

Former NBA great Earvin “Magic” Johnson has seen Obamacare and has pronounced it good. According to Johnson, “a lot” of CEOs at hospitals have told him that Obamacare “is working.” Johnson was invited on MSNBC to talk about the March

As the women’s Sweet 16 was set Tuesday, it was great to see how far women’s basketball has come in the 40 years since Title IX. Young girls and their parents now know from an early age that if they

After Minnesota bounced UCLA out of the NCAA tournament last Friday, UCLA fired head coach Ben Howland and reports indicate VCU head coach Shaka Smart is at the very top of UCLA’s wish list.  The Bruins need to go all-in