basketball

The NBA Draft is proof that while some players may have on-court smarts, they’re not so good with math.

Jason Collins’ decision to reveal he’s gay is having quite the impact on the sports world. And not necessarily in a good way. Former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler claims an anti-bullying talk he was scheduled to give was canceled after he posted a tweet in support of Collins, in which he simply wrote, "Congrats to Jason Collins." After ...

This might be one of the most painful videos to watch.

It's every fan's dream: you get picked to take one shot from the middle of the court, and if you make it, you win ... something pretty great. But in this glorious age of online video, you also win eternal glory.

If you have ever worried about the youth in our country, take a couple minutes to watch this video.  We've all seen the Cinderella story where the coach puts an unlikely hero in the game at the last minute to make the game winning shot.  I'll admit, this story is similar to those.  But this one has a whole new twist.

I played basketball in high school.  Well...I was on the team.  I didn't play much, but I practiced a lot.  That includes the hours of wasted time trying trick shots.  Evidently that time pays off for some people.

The NCAA men's basketball tournament is returning to Buffalo.  That's right, Buffalo will host some of the early round games in the 2014.  The NCAA announced that the First Niagara Center will host first and second round games on March 20th and 22nd in 2014.  The last time

This past weekend was the 2012 Gus Macker tournament.  For those who don't know, the Gus Macker is a huge  basketball tournament where any regular Joe can assemble a team and compete.  From what I remember teams are 3 or 4 man and there are a number of divisions.  Unfortunately this year, the tourney was cut short by inclement weather. ( as were other BIG events in town)  If you missed some of the

After dominating a middle school basketball tournament, a Fulton County, Georgia eighth grader has been offered two university scholarships.  Chris Lewis is six-foot-seven, 190 pounds and has already received full ride scholarship offers from the University of New Mexico and the University of Memphis.

So, the four-day marathon known as the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament is now in our rearview mirror. If your bracket busted like a cheap watch, you may not care too much about the rest of March Madness, so here are some ways to pass the time until a national championship is crowned:

My mom always said not to count your chickens before they hatched.  This is a good example of that.  A team thinks they've won the game.  But there was still :06 seconds left on the clock.  Watch the coaches face as horror sets in...

Years ago Buffalo was a big basketball town. We even had our own NBA franchise called the Buffalo Braves. My uncle had season tickets for the Braves and he took me to quite a few games at Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium. Ever since the Buffalo Braves left town in 1976, my interest in the NBA fell right off...