John Stockton

Which NBA team is most in need of a nickname change?

2013-01-25 14:15:00

Now that the Hornets nickname is going to be retired at the end of the NBA season -- ladies and gentlemen, your New Orleans Pelicans! -- it's time to figure out what team should change its name next and what that new moniker should be. Writers from...

Steve Nash reaches milestone but is it on a Lakers road to nowhere?

2013-01-08 23:06:00

HOUSTON — The season started with Steve Nash posing next to Dwight Howard on the cover of Sports Illustrated, the headline reading, "Now this is going to be fun." At one point in the first quarter Tuesday, the Lakers point guard found himself on...

Watch: Kobe Bryant talks trash-talking

2013-01-12 16:25:00

Kobe Bryant recently spoke to ESPN about trash-talking, as well as the Lakers' difficult season. "Trash talking is part of the business.� I always look at it as a sign of respect," Bryant said� "There are certain barriers that you don't go into; I...

Steve Nash records 10,000th-career assist

2013-01-08 18:11:00

Steve Nash recorded his 10,000th assist of his career on Tuesday night as the Lakers battled the Rockets in Houston. With 29.1 seconds left in the half, Nash dished to veteran forward Antawn Jamison for a jumper.� The Lakers, playing as underdogs...

Chauncey Billups and the 'Clippers Curse'? That's mumbo jumbo

2012-02-10 10:26:10

Magic Johnson discusses Dream Team's superiority to Redeem Team

2011-08-04 16:35:55

Dream Team-Redeem Team comparisons spark debate

2011-08-08 16:35:48

Lakers react to Jerry Sloan's departure

2011-02-11 16:34:58

PASSINGS: Franklin D. Burgess, Dan L. Duncan

2010-03-30 17:22:00

Franklin D. Burgess Hoops star became federal judge Franklin D. Burgess, 75, a U.S. district judge and college basketball star who led the nation in scoring at Gonzaga University, died Friday of cancer at a hospice in Tacoma, Wash. He led the nation in...

Franklin Burgess dies at 75; Gonzaga basketball star became federal judge

2010-03-28 00:00:00

Franklin D. Burgess, a U.S. District judge and college basketball star who led the nation in scoring at Gonzaga University, has died. He was 75. Burgess died Friday of cancer, Robert Lasnik, chief judge for the U.S. District Court for Western Washington,...

PASSINGS: Dan Fitzgerald

2010-01-21 00:00:00

Dan Fitzgerald Gonzaga basketball coach Dan Fitzgerald, 67, the coach who built Gonzaga University into a national basketball power but resigned before the school began its current run of NCAA tournaments, died Tuesday night after collapsing in a...

In John Wooden's own words

2010-06-13 00:00:00

Even though most people call him Coach, John Wooden prefers to think of himself as a teacher, and not just one who taught hundreds of UCLA basketball players during his 27 seasons coaching the Bruins. His "Pyramid of Success," a diagram of core values,...

John Stockton (NBA Hall of Famer) Also: Bing Crosby

2013-03-18 17:13:58

Basketball Hall-of-Famer John Stockton is 50.

2013-02-06 18:04:00

Utah's John Stockton tries to guard the Super Sonics' Gary Payton as he drives to the hoop.

2013-01-21 00:00:00