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Former NBA player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson passed along a tip from a police officer friend that federal agents were about to raid the home his half-sister shared with a drug kingpin, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Richardson, 43, is not charged in the indictment, which accuses only the Philadelphia detective with criminal wrongdoing.

A new North Miami high school will be named after former NBA star Alonzo Mourning, rather than the first female U.S. Attorney General, Janet Reno. A naming committee had earlier settled on the Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School Biscayne Bay Campus. The Miami-Dade School Board on Wednesday gave it the final OK.

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy is headed from federal prison to a Florida halfway house to serve the rest of his 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal. Donaghy was traveling Wednesday from the Saufley Field minimum-security prison camp in Pensacola to the halfway house in Tampa. A New York judge sentenced Donaghy last year to [...]

Former NBA player Jerome "Pooh" Richardson passed along a tip from a police officer friend that federal agents were about to raid the home his half-sister shared with a drug kingpin, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Richardson, 43, is not charged in the indictment, which accuses only the Philadelphia detective with criminal wrongdoing.

Kevin McHale is out as coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. New president of basketball operations David Kahn announced the move Wednesday, ending McHale's 15-year stint with the Timberwolves. In a statement issued before a news conference, Kahn lauded McHale's contributions as an executive and a coach, but there are many changes on the way and [...]

Kevin McHale and the Minnesota Timberwolves have come to a mutual agreement that he will not return as coach next season. A person with knowledge of the decision, speaking on condition of anonymity because an announcement had not been made, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that McHale and new boss David Kahn had decided [...]

Thousands of fans poured into the Coliseum early Wednesday to celebrate the Los Angeles Lakers' 15th NBA title with a parade and rally that the financially troubled city either badly needs or can't afford, depending on who you ask. Kobe Bryant, other players from the storied franchise and coach Phil Jackson will take a route [...]

Kevin McHale and the Minnesota Timberwolves have come to a mutual agreement that he will not return as coach next season. A person with knowledge of the decision, speaking on condition of anonymity because an announcement had not been made, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that McHale and new boss David Kahn had decided [...]

The Los Angeles Lakers will celebrate the team's 15th NBA title with a parade Wednesday that the financially troubled city either badly needs or can't afford, depending on who you ask. Kobe Bryant, other players from the storied franchise and coach Phil Jackson will take a route that begins at Staples Center and winds up [...]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love says on Twitter that Kevin McHale will not return as coach next season. In an update posted early Wednesday, Love tweeted, "Today is a sad day … Kevin McHale will NOT be back as head coach this season." Upon seeing the posting, a person in the league was told McHale [...]