basketball

With the NCAA tournament getting into full swing there are plenty of reasons not to get a bit of work done today.

There are several watch parties planned at restaurants  in Nacogdoches on Friday as the Lumberjacks head to the NCAA Tournament. Congrats, Jacks, on making it to the Big Dance!

As we approach the end of round 1 in district 14-5A play, the Lufkin Panthers face a big game tonight at Panther Gymnasium.

Over the weekend our Houston Rockets took a huge leap of faith towards winning an NBA championship, when they learned by tweet, that the well traveled Dwight Howard was signing with them.  Sure hope 'DH' let the team know of his intentions prior to unleashing his decision.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is thinking about giving his team a very different look this offseason.

It hasn't been this way in 36 years.  The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is going to be without representation from the great state of...

Much of the first part of this week will not be spent concentrating hard on deadlines and meetings at the office.  Instead, big chunks of time will be spent online, filling out brackets for the NCAA tournament. It's not just a guy thing....many women are on board with the bracketology at the office, and some bosses even say it's cool with them!  One in five bosses say March Madness boosts office m

High School basketball players from Angelina and Nacogdoches counties will play for bragging rights in the upcoming Pineywoods Showdown. TV station KTRE puts on the event, and they say the date will be April 25th at Panther Gym at Lufkin Middle School...

A Colorado high school basketball player did something in a game last week that NBA players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant don't even attempt. We'll give you details, but you should watch the video first: That's Lewis-Palmer High School basketball player Anna Olson of Monument, Colo...

Are you a basketball fan?  If not, then strike the "enter" button and kindly move on to the next story. Can't help being somewhat overjoyed with the Houston Rocket acquisition of Jeremy Lin.  The New York Knicks loss the way I see it.  Now Lin can play B-Ball without having extraordinary pressure placed upon him to perform.

Labor issues could very well wipe out the 2011-2012 NBA season, but a fledgling basketball league appears prepared to pick up the slack if Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki and company aren’t allowed to hit the hardwood.

Phoenix Suns' head coach Alvin Gentry labeled the dunk Los Angeles Clippers' rookie Blake Griffin threw down over Suns' center Marcin Gortat on Sunday as "impressive of a dunk as I have seen in the NBA in 23 years." Unfortunately for Griffin, the dunk didn't count, since he was called for a charge. After the jump, watch Griffin posterize Gortat. (Does it still count as posterization when