Early entry deadline changes bring flexibility, challenges to pre-draft process

Edit Deseret News 14 May 2016
The 6-foot-9 Sky View High School product has had a few solid collegiate seasons, earning second team All-Mountain West Conference honors as a sophomore and third team as a junior, but wasn’t exactly being discussed far and wide as a bona fide NBA prospect ... two seasons in the NBA with the Seattle SuperSonics before a 10-year career overseas....

Thunder are quite a contrast to Spurs

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 14 May 2016
Oklahoma City won 55 regular-season games — 12 fewer than San Antonio ... “He’s the fastest player in the NBA, so you really can’t take possessions off,” Thompson said Friday ... game in the regular season ... The Thunder easily led the NBA in rebounding differential this season, averaging 8.4 more per game than their opponents....

High school football coach Roger Grove dies at 70

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 14 May 2016
Longtime area high school football coach Roger Grove, who spent 27 seasons in charge at Norristown, died Friday morning from complications related to skin cancer....

Like Donovan, Magic to keep Skiles sidelined

Edit Orlando Sentinel 14 May 2016
Scott Skiles might not ever coach again in the NBA after resigning in Orlando. Then again, he might. What's certain is that he won't be coaching in the league for a while, perhaps for as long as the next two seasons under a non-compete agreement with the Magic. The Magic saddled former Florida... ....

Bundy could be starting option for O's in 2017

Edit MLB 14 May 2016
BALTIMORE -- Dylan Bundy is pitching out of the Orioles' bullpen this season as a matter of necessity, but that doesn't mean the organization's No ... Showalter added that Bundy might even get a start later this season, "in a perfect world," but that such an outing might be limited to three innings or so ... Worth noting ... McGregor, who pitched for the Orioles from 1976-88, usually works out of the team's Sarasota, Fla., complex ... ....

Warriors rest up and gear up to face Thunder in West finals

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 14 May 2016
After a whirlwind week that included becoming the NBA's first unanimous MVP on Tuesday, Curry looked forward to taking some much-needed downtime between now and the next round to rest his body and mind ... Curry came off the bench and overcame a slow start to score 40 points in a 132-125 Game 4 overtime win at Portland on Monday night, including an NBA-record 17 in overtime....

Michael Mina, Ayesha Curry team for latest Test Kitchen project

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 14 May 2016
Ayesha Curry — media personality, cookbook author and wife of NBA superstar Stephen Curry — is adding a new line to her resume ... some dishes from Curry’s cookbook, The Seasoned Life....

After long road, Maker adds intrigue to next month's draft

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 14 May 2016
"I've had this for two years," Maker said Friday at the NBA Draft Combine ... Maker is one of the many prospects trying to look good for NBA executives in an effort to boost their stock in next month's draft ... Not since the league instituted a rule in the 2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement that players be at least 19 and one year removed from the graduation of their high school class, has a player made the leap from preps to the NBA....

Raptors vs. Heat Game 6 live stream online & TV info, 2016 NBA Playoffs odds

Edit The Examiner 14 May 2016
Heat live stream online and televised coverage will bring Game 6 of their 2016 NBA Playoffs series to hoops fans....

SLCC time proves invauable to Payton II

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 14 May 2016
Chicago • Some NBA prospects have been hot items for years. They've been sought after since high school. They were stars through college, and were destined to be pros seemingly since elementary school. Gary Payton II is not one of those guys ... But he became a big factor at Oregon State, and unreeled several highlight plays this week at the NBA's pre-draft combine. He seems like ... ....

Andrew Bogut no certainty to play against Oklahoma

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 14 May 2016
"Not really sure," Kerr said, when asked if the injury could keep Bogut from playing ... The Warriors host the Thunder in game one of the NBA Western Conference Finals on Monday, with Kerr pointing to the rebound battle as the key to the series ... A Bogut-Adams match-up would be a ferocious one, with both among the toughest, most aggressive big men in the NBA. Bogut is a 213cm tall, 31-year-old, 15-year NBA veteran ... ....

Media groups seek access to Sandusky insurance case records

Edit The Miami Herald 14 May 2016
alleged that a boy told head coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that Sandusky had molested him and that two assistant coaches witnessed abuse of other children in the 1980s ... ....

Toronto Raptors vs. Miami Heat LIVE SCORE UPDATES, Game 6 (5/13/16)

Edit NJ dot com 14 May 2016
The Toronto Raptors can eliminate the Miami Heat from the playoffs with a victory in their NBA Eastern Conference series on Friday, May 13, 2016, at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. The Toronto Raptors can eliminate the Miami Heat from the playoffs with a victory in their NBA Eastern Conference series on Friday, May 13, 2016, at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami ... Check the scoreboard and stats link above ... Tipoff. 8 p.m....
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