James Quizon

Woodson’s firing is expected to be the first of many changes in the Knicks camp under Jackson, who has led the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers to multiple titles in the 1990s and 2000s.

The Oklahoma City Thunder took the first game of their Western Conference First Round series against the Memphis Grizzlies last Saturday. Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the rest of the Thunder hope to duplicate the feat and get the 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven affair.

It’s a Texas tiff in the first round of the Western Conference Playoffs with Game 1 between the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs set on Sunday (Monday 3:00 am AEDT).

The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs opened as huge 9.5-point favourites when they face the Charlotte Bobcats and Dallas Mavericks, respectively on Sunday.

The last time the Memphis Grizzlies and Oklahoma City Thunder met in a playoff series was in 2013 when the Marc Gasol-led squad drubbed Kevin Durant’s team in six games to advance to the West Conference Finals.

Both the Pacers and Hawks have literally crawled to the finish line at the end of the 2013-2014 NBA regular season. Still, it was enough for Indiana to bag the first seed (over the Heat) and for Atlanta to nail the last spot in the conference (over the Knicks).

The Phoenix Suns are the most surprising team in the 2013-2014 NBA Season. Pegged as lottery-bound, Goran Dragic, Eric Bledsoe and the rest of the upstart Suns can put an exclamation point on their efforts so far if they make the postseason.

Juan Martin Del Potro had some good news for his fans after initial reports that he’s going to miss the entire ATP season.

The Dallas Mavericks are not yet safely into the postseason. Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks host Tim Duncan and the Spurs on Thursday night and a win by Dallas over their Texas rivals will bring them closer to a playoff spot.

Joshua Clottey dominated and destroyed Australian Anthony Mundine on Thursday and it could be the final fight for the Aussie, who was just completely outclassed at the Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Projected to be a Top 1-3 pick in the NBA Draft 2014 is good enough to convince Joel Embiid that the time to enter the pro league is this year.

Only three players have been able to win back-to-back Master in the history of the sport. Australian Adam Scott will have the chance to achieve that rare feat and at the 2014 Masters at Augusta set from April 10 to 13.

Jason Collins encouraged active basketball players to come out and reveal their sexuality. Derrick Gordon, a guard out of University of Massachusetts has followed the pro baller’s lead and revealed his in the websites Outsports.com and ESPN.com on Wednesday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers have already clinched a playoff spot in the Western Conference but Wednesday’s match-up still has more at stake: a higher postseason seeding and the homecourt advantage if they meet in the conference semifinals.

The Memphis Grizzlies start a string of must-win games on Wednesday night when they face the visiting Miami Heat at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Mitch Kupchak is staying in Hollywood to run the purple-and-gold. The Los Angeles Lakers general manager will stay with the Los Angeles Lakers after agreeing to a multiyear extension according to a report in ESPN.COM.

Jeff Van Gundy called out radio personality Howard Stern during the broadcast of the Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks game last Wednesday. Stern learned about it and fired back in his radio show and blasted the popular basketball commentator calling him a “loser” and “midget” among a few choice words.

Dumars will resign as general manager and team president of the Detroit Pistons when the 2013-2014 NBA season is over. Various news outlets have confirmed the reports that former Pistons great have told multiple sources that indeed he will be stepping down from his position as the Pistons GM.

It’s usually a bad advice to bet your house on just one single wager but Saturday’s bout (Sunday morning in Australia) between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley is a good opportunity to win so we’re giving you the recommendation anyway: bet your house on Pacquiao and live like a king after the match.

Toronto Raptors sophomore center Jonas Valanciunas was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on Monday after allegedly being spotted with open beer bottle while passing by a drive-thru, according to a report from CBC Sports.

Guess which team has dominated the season series between the Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat. No, it’s not LeBron James and the defending NBA champions but the squad with a ragtag roster of veterans including Deron Williams, Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson.

The Memphis Grizzlies needed a victory against NBA’s best San Antonio Spurs while the Phoenix Suns also wanted the win versus yet another top team in the league in the Oklahoma City Thunder last Sunday. Only one performed above par and as a result is now ahead of the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

For all intents and purposes the controversial loss against Bradley on June 9, 2012 started what was probably the worst stretch in Pacquiao’s career. After the judges Bradley won that fight, the Filipino lost via a devastating knockout to nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez on December that same year.

Two NBA legends, Alonzo Mourning and Mitch Richmond were elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame leading a few others who will be recognized for their contribution to the sport. Also voted in on Monday are former coaches Nolan Richardson, Gary Williams and the Immaculata University’s AIAW National Championship.

Not even New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith’s NBA-record 22 attempts from behind the arc can save the Miami Heat from further falling in the Eastern Conference team standings.

The San Antonio Spurs are one of the rather “old” teams in the entire NBA. With a few games remaining in the regular season, the championship contenders are worried that one of their key players in Tony Parker might be suffering from an injury that can affect their chances in the postseason.

Who would have thought that it’s the seventh and eighth seeds that will advance to the 2014 NCAA national championship game. The Kentucky Wildcats take on the Connecticut Huskies in the unlikely pair in the national title game of this year’s March Madness.

The Essendon-Carlton match started at six goals to nil and it was downhill from there for Michael Jamison’s club even as the Carlton defender called it “the worst loss I’ve been involved in.”

Will the Milwaukee Bucks follow the path of the Seattle Supersonics franchise? The worst team in the league is about to get sold according to writer Bill Simmons, who shared the news via Twitter.